The Lemon Song

by | Apr 25, 2019 | 0 comments

After 13 years of working, studying, trying and failing online, you’d think I’d have learned my lesson. I tried with Naughty by Nature, a novel that didn’t make it past the first draft despite me lining up a formatting person in the States, having a...

Patience

by | Apr 24, 2019 | 0 comments

A simple lesson I’ve learned over the years is that things tend to take much longer than you think. Whether it’s putting a quote together when pricing up a project for a new client, learning how to use a new piece of software, or – dare I say it...

Sad But True

by | Apr 23, 2019 | 0 comments

Sadly, some companies want to rip us off and then hide. Sometimes they hide behind anonymity, but there are two places where we can try to uncover a bit about companies online who want to avoid our awkward questions: A whois lookup website, to try to identify the...

Over And Over

by | Apr 22, 2019 | 0 comments

Something I see lots and lots, online and off, is poor writing. Many will argue that it doesn’t matter. Others will say language is always evolving, and they’re right. Ignoring poor grammar and misspellings, what I think is more important is the ability to...

Going Up The Country

by | Apr 21, 2019 | 0 comments

A brief but important inted lesson for kids should involve teaching them how to search for and book train tickets and flights. Some questions to answer: Which are the best/most popular sites to search for flights, and why? What do those companies gain by offering that...