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How to Pitch to an Editor as a Freelance Journalist I became a freelance journalist, alongside my full-time role in publishing, in 2018. I am entirely self-taught, having never studied journalism or even attended classes on…
20 Things to Do If You’ve Been Furloughed A lot of workers have been furloughed recently, including staff at my company HarperCollins. It’s a shame, but a safety measure that has been put in place…
30 Day Blog Challenge At the beginning of 2020 I said I wanted to do more 30 day challenges this year. Well, I haven’t been able to, so I thought I would create another. For…
80 Things to Do During Self Isolation I think we’re all at that point of self isolation where we’re running out of things to do. Unlike many, I don’t have kids, but like so many…
10 Side Hustle Ideas for Creatives If you’re a creative – like me – having a side hustle is a great to way to utilise some of your outstanding creative energy. But what is the…
What Skills Does a Marketing Executive Need? I’m currently mentoring a marketing assistant in the publishing industry, and the first question she asked me when we met – beyond, who the hell are you –…
Going Up? Traits You Need To Have To Progress To A Managing Role It’s in the name: being a marketing manager means that you are in charge of people. When you are working in a…
How to Handle Blue Monday It’s Blue Monday. Blue Monday is not a holiday, or even a real day. It was made up for Sky Travel. Nevertheless, getting the blues (particularly in January) is common, so let’s discuss it.…
How to Write a Stand Out Cover Letter As someone who has changed jobs multiple times over three years I have written my fair share of cover letters. I also worked in recruitment and have…
20 Feminist Halloween Costume Ideas Halloween is nearly upon us and I thought I would give everyone a heads up to get their costumes in order! Now I am a stringent feminist and I don’t believe we…
30 Day Challenge | Results & Next Challenge So September marked my first 30-day challenge and honestly… it didn’t go great. As a recap, here are the challenges I set myself: I succeeded in the…
Your Story Tag 2018 Edition I’m a writer, and recently I’ve begun writing my fifth book and my first ever Young Adult novel. When I say ‘fifth’ novel I mean fifth novel unpublished novel. There was…
Writing on my Lunch Breaks Every writer is different, let’s start this conversation right there. I’ve worked with a lot of authors in my life, even at only 22, and I expect I’ll meet many…
50 Lifestyle Blogpost Ideas I am currently going through a blogging slump but I find that reading these sort of posts really help to inspire me. So I am going to write one today. 1. …
