1. Summarising long copy into shorter copy is ‘quick’ This misconception is birthed from the non-writerly habit of confusing reading time with writing time. Yes, a summary is quicker…to read. But to write it requires reading ALL of the source material, prioritising the salient points, reordering them to maintain a flow and then basically rewriting …
Which is exactly never, when you’re really hurting- something I recently learned courtesy of an extended hormone treatment that left me ping-ponging between nauseating migraines and splitting headaches for 6 weeks. Let me put this into perspective. I’d never had a migraine before, so my first experience with one- three days after I started the …
And by that I mean I should be allowed to tote a gun while doing it. In the next month or so, my comparatively happy-go-lucky life partner and I will be, once again, packing up our action figures, comic books and our two fluffy, scatter-cushion-cats and heading for greener pastures. This will be our second …
I’m not saying he did it, or that he didn’t, what I am saying is that it’s sad and worrying that in the last week the biggest item of news in the media, in our tweets and on our minds is the Oscar Pistorius trial. Although it’s easy to understand why. ‘Paralympic Athlete Shoots and … Continue reading »
Okay, yes, I know I’m not the first person to call Mark Zuckerberg’s evil brainchild this, but the title is apt. Many of the complaints I’ve seen about the way people use Facebook are based on the user experience, which up to the last half of 2012, described my full understanding of the service. Between … Continue reading »
Always finish what you start. I have tried in recent years to live by this mantra- at least when it comes to dessert. But when it comes to writing, either in a professional or personal capacity, is finishing everything you start always the right thing to do? Take for instance the case of my last, … Continue reading »
It’s strange, because for a long time there, I didn’t think there would be one. The fact is that I’m not at the place I thought I would be at age 29 ¾ back when I was in high school or college. Sometimes I feel saddened and disappointed in myself at my seeming lack of … Continue reading »
Dearest Fartface, I hope you don’t mind my over familiarity, but during the many, many weeks of unrequited correspondence from me to you practically begging for the payment we agreed upon, I feel like we’ve grown close enough for us to toss around a couple of pet names. Anyway, while we’re on the topic of … Continue reading »
First off, it taught me that it’s okay to have a title that sounds like something you were forced to write when you were twelve. Secondly, it taught me that art is does not have to be the often pretentious, overly self-aware, inaccessible and unreliable deluge of imagery and emoters that I’ve come to associate … Continue reading »
It’s always sunshine and roses when you meet a new freelance client for this first time. They tell you what they want, you tell them what you think they want to hear and there are a few, beautiful, shining moments where you both believe that the two of you were brought together by fate to … Continue reading »
