Sins from the Office of One
Working alone from home is hard, it’s easy to fall into some common freelancer sins. It’s even harder with a teething seven month old Jack Russell…
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Things my 11 week old puppy has taught me
This has been a life-changing four weeks in which I’ve lost numerous important things; patience, sleep and definitely a few layers of skin around the ankles. But it’s been a month that has taught me more about myself than any other…
What I’ve been reading
Yes, that’s right, reading. And not just your average back-of-a-cereal-box, Netflix credits or how-to books but actual fiction. I thought ‘Jeez Spadge, put down the friggin Macbook and pick up an actual book’…
Readability for kids who can’t read good
When writing, a lot of people automatically go into ‘bullshit’ mode. Do you know what I mean? They sit down at their laptop and start using unnaturally long, complicated language and quoting Wikipedia…
Champion freelance advice
The first time I tried this, the inexperience left me tired, poor and unhealthy. It was a valuable experience but one that majorly stressed me out. This time around, I was determined to make it work for me…
Break through Writer’s Block
Sitting in front of a blank word document, in my experience, is the worst thing you can do. That, and giving yourself a deadline of course, closely followed by a migraine. Nothing like a bit of pressure to replace any thought processes with pure panic!…
Don’t give up on the creatives
It makes me sad that so many industries, I suppose the medical one in particular, rule out creative problem-solvers from their team. That’s what creative people do; they solve problems and find a solution in a way that nobody else would think of…
How to add Google Authorship into your WordPress blog.
Getting my head around Google Authorship has been on my to-do list for months, but today my boss told me to sort my life out and so here are my findings, to hopefully save you guys some time…
Will Spadge die out?
Moving to a new place always makes me wonder if my nickname, Spadge, will follow. Hundreds in Lincoln called me Spadge for almost 8 years, but this was a new job, in a new city, with no external introductions. Did ‘Spadge’ survive the leap?