Rediscovering the joy of writing speculative fiction after a long hiatus
I have always been a writer, although at times I’ve done my very best to pretend that I’m not. In fact, for most of my life, writing has been such…
Why I Won’t Bid For Your Task on Airtasker or Upwork
Airtasker and Upwork are two platforms that have become key components of the gig economy. Upwork is by far the better platform from a writing perspective, whereas Airtasker tends to…
Why Bother with creating anything?
Last evening, I had a visit from a friend that I used to work with 35 years ago. Although he is five or so years younger than me, we were…
Work experience with John Loughnan Stud Stock marketing- a week that resonated for years.
When I was wandering aimlessly through my last year of secondary school, I was given the opportunity for work experience with a local firm that specialised in producing a magazine…
Success tasted dirty stale and repugnant
I know success. Or so it would seem. Before I was thirty I was the Accountant at a small country branch of the Commonwealth Bank. By the time I’d reached…
Free Writing Time Saver
Today I would like to share a free writing time saver tool and technique with you that I use to at least double my writing output. I make a substantial…
8 Core Freelancing Tactics to Keep You On Track
Freelancing is not what it’s cracked up to be. For the most part it’s hard work, it can be boring and it’s highly competitive. However, these drawbacks are more than…
How long does it take for Google to index?
How long does it take for Google to crawl my site? If there is one question I can’t give a definitive answer to on SEO related matters it’s the how…