Today, I will be going out to buy a huge stash of A4 manila envelopes and stamps. For the past 2 years, I have made it a point to ensure that I send copies of magazines to every person I interview and/or every PR person that provides me with information for my freelance editorial articles. Of course, I could just get the publication to mail copies to them directly - but more often than not, that takes a while to happen, if at all. So now, I just ask for X no. of copies from them and do the … [Read more...]
Saturday
An old-fashioned, impatient website
July 11th, 2009
I'm in the midst of creating my own website. As you can see, it is as simple as you can get but it's been infuriating nevertheless, mostly because I only went for a rookie's course in Dreamweaver many moons ago. And while I used to be the "spider girl" - revamping and managing a Swedish MNC's website, this mostly meant writing online copy, amending prices of products, photoshopping images or passing the message onto the web agency that my boss wanted flashier flash effects. It has been a … [Read more...]
Saturday
Why am I doing what I am doing (1)
July 4th, 2009
The answers will evolve over time. At present, I am writing this as I prepare to be irregularly employed as a freelance writer and have no idea what lies ahead. But for now, here are the reasons why: 1) I work best independently, and in situations that encourage independence. 2) Variety makes things interesting - I am excited at the thought of meeting different types of people from different industries leading different lives and embracing different philosophies from me. You get the idea. 3) … [Read more...]