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Have you ever wondered why you would pay a copywriter when you can write something yourself? Well, there are many reasons why…
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I am white. I have two children of mixed race. Their father is African American. I have benefited from white privilege all…
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Lockdown. We’re all in it together. I think. Everyone’s lives will be forever changed by events that are out of their control,…
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I have just sent off my first speculative email to a magazine commissioning editor.
When I say first I’m not including the…
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We like to believe that every cloud has a silver lining and after a storm there will be a rainbow. We want…
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Sometimes they’re relentess, one after the other. And sometimes they appear out of nowhere after a long…
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Writing – it should be so easy. One word after another. You just need a subject and off you go. Sometimes the…
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