What are the right stories to make your blog a success?
Why Do 95% Of Bloggers Give Up?
What’s the point of blogging at all?
Storytelling: 5 Stories I Tell Myself When I Write
This is a post about the lies I tell myself when I’m writing.
Storytelling – A Beginner’s Guide #3: How To Start A Story
Read the title? Good. Let’s start a story.
Okay – I Quit.
I’ve decided this isn’t working out. So – I quit. Let’s talk about why.
Freelance Writing: What I Did Wrong
Okay, so I wrote this post called Freelance Writing: What I Did Right , about the things that worked for me in 2010 as a newly self-employed (p/t) writer. And I wrote it from the heart, as honestly as I could, in an attempt to avoid sounding smug. It’s up to you to decide if I succeeded or not. But … Read More
Freelance Writing: What I Did Right
Hi! My name is Mike, and I’m the proud owner of a bouncing part-time online freelance writing business (staff: 1), focussing mainly on travel. So that makes me a travel writer, yes? Well…er… Tell you what, let’s discuss that elsewhere, and for the moment, I’ll say “kinda” (or add that dignity-salvaging word “aspiring”). Ta. Being a freelance writer! Wow. Like, getting … Read More
TBU ’11: A List Of Top Non-Tens
In the style of ieatmypigeon. With a dash of mobilelawyer-style list-hatred. And a dollop of laziness, because 10 is way too huge and my life is short. Last Sunday I attended the second day of the Travel Bloggers Unite 2011 Conference in Manchester. I’ve always prided myself on being the kind of person that does things by halves, and this … Read More