A recent online chat with a graphic designer in Bristol (near my home town of Bath) reminded me of the different names we use for everyday objects. In this case it was footwear. Or, to be precise, canvas shoes. A dap…
Thank you so much, you’re so efficient! You’ll be pleased to know the client agreed with almost all of your comments, which is fabulous, and with turning it around so quickly helped to get it signed off ahead of deadline! Related Posted in Uncategorised
Do you ever wonder what job or profession you might be doing now if your career had taken a different direction? Perhaps if you’d got better grades at school or had accepted job offer A versus job offer B? From… Have you ever met someone whose surname was a perfect fit for the job they […]
Geraldine is one of the few copywriters I’ve ever come across who actually ‘gets’ her trade, resulting in copy that not only connects superbly with the audience but is of high quality – meaning few changes or amends, if any at all. Related Posted in Uncategorised
As any non-native speakers learning English as a second language soon discover, English is a funny language! Not only has its vocabulary derived from several European language families, but there are also numerous paradoxes and inconsistencies that are a real test of…
Most people are familiar with common literary devices such as similes, metaphors and alliteration. Yet there are numerous other devices that are frequently used – both in literature and in everyday speech – without getting the recognition they deserve. What exactly are…
I recently overheard a radio news presenter refer to “less people” at a particular event. The issue of whether to use less or fewer in a sentence is one that catches many people out. This is confirmed by Oxford Dictionaries,…
As yet another fabulous series of Strictly Comes Dancing nears its conclusion (I’m a bit of a fan, in case you were wondering) it seems apt to focus on dancing idioms for the next post in my series. So, without further…
Unless you’ve had your head completely buried under the duvet in recent years, you can’t fail to have noticed that hygge is the mot du jour. Hygge (pronounced ‘hoo-gah’ or ‘hue-gah’) is an integral part of Danish culture, especially during the… Numerous Latin phrases and abbreviations have endured the test of time to still feature in English today, […]
Every now and then I undertake a large proofreading job, such as a manual or an annual report. The most recent was a meaty 90,000-word operations manual. What I’ve noticed is that the same writing mistakes crop up time and…
Go on any marketing for small businesses course and you’ll no doubt be told that building up an email list is an essential step to growing your business. So why have I recently deleted my blog subscribers from my website after taking four years to accumulate them? Some might call it drastic; I call it liberating. […]
Every now and then I undertake a large proofreading job, such as a manual or an annual report. The most recent was a meaty 90,000-word operations manual. What I’ve noticed is that the same writing mistakes crop up time and time again with these kinds of jobs. In fact, I reckon that about 80% of […]
Home › Posts tagged freelancer Would you believe it, but it’s been 21 years since I decided back in October 1996 to set up my stall as a freelancer? After initially offering four services – copywriting, editing, proofreading and translation – I soon dropped the latter to… In most industry sectors, employees get sent on various training […]
Would you believe it, but it’s been 21 years since I decided back in October 1996 to set up my stall as a freelancer? After initially offering four services – copywriting, editing, proofreading and translation – I soon dropped the latter to focus on the first three. And I’m still earning my crust doing just that. The […]