blogging
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This week’s award has to go to this sheep who certainly gives me a run for my money in the ‘Horrendous Hairdo’ stakes!
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Well, it’s nearly the end of the first day of the working week and I’ve been completely rushed off my feet. Clearly someone else has been able to take Monday at a leisurely pace 😉
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Amazing anniversaries Every day marks the anniversary of a famous person’s birth or death, an historical event or the invention of something which altered lives. Anniversary-based articles make fascinating reading and a lot of magazines use them. So where can you find out about what happened when? There are lots of websites which feature lists…
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Being a writing can feel very isolating; this in turn can make us doubt our ability, especially when just starting out, so we sometimes turn to family and friends for support. Perhaps you know someone who’s brilliant at grammar and can check your work through for any obvious errors, which is great or maybe you…
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After a sluggish start to the week, I’ve been kept on my toes with lots of assignments to mark and queries to answer. I’ve also been working on editing my books (slow going but necessary if I ever want to see them published!), some fresh ideas and a quick rewrite of a commissioned article. I’d…
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My award this week goes to a video clip I’ve watched many times yet it still makes me laugh out loud!
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How’s your Monday going so far? I don’t know if it’s the sweltering weather (yes, the UK is actually in the middle of a heat-wave!) or the exhaustion of watching the Andy Murray Wimbledon final, but my Monday feels a little like this chap’s:
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Shout It Out! It’s so easy to make mistakes in your writing, whether it’s missing full stops, an extra word, stilted sentences or a comma in the wrong place. An excellent way for highlighting those mistakes is to read your work aloud. You’ll soon see where a full stop should go or if you’ve repeated…
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Yesterday I advised that I was going to start sharing ideas for markets for freelancers. I’ll provide websites whenever possible so you can find out further information. However, as well as looking up details on a publication’s website, it’s also important to obtain a copy/copies of the magazine. On its website, you can get a…
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After the thrills of being seated along the start/finish straight at the British Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday, it’s been hard to get into the writing groove this week. My ears have only just stopped ringing from the deafening roar of the cars racing round the track at ridiculous speeds but it’s certainly an…
Esther Chilton 