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Oh the Horror – Pitching to Editors on the Phone

November 8, 2007 Joanne Mallon 3

If you’ve been following the posts on getting started as a writer, you may well be gearing up to the freelancer’s horror – following up […]

Magic Tidying – Decluttering’s not just for Spring

October 29, 2007 Joanne Mallon 0

Have been in major decluttering mode lately (interspersed with a trip to Belfast where I injured my toe.  But rest assured, this is a toe-free […]

Getting Organised: The To Don’t List

October 16, 2007 Joanne Mallon 0

Have you ever tried to get organised, and written a To Do list that was so vast and daunting in its scale that you felt […]

Procrastination for freelancers – is it really so bad?

August 1, 2007 Joanne Mallon 2

So I nearly signed up for a time management course but didn’t get round to it. I sometimes think that procrastination isn’t as bad as […]

Why Creative People Need to Bake More Cakes

July 9, 2007 Joanne Mallon 0

When I’m coaching creative people they often complain that they’re great at starting things but not at finishing them.  So they can come up with […]

How to write a CV for a job in media

June 18, 2007 Joanne Mallon 2

Traditional careers advice doesn’t really take account of the fact that CVs land on media recruiters’ desks in their hundreds, and getting yours to stand […]

Comfort Zones and Fear of Pitching

June 15, 2007 Joanne Mallon 0

You will often hear the term ‘Comfort Zone’ bandied about by personal development types, usually with the implication that staying within your comfort zone is […]

Write it down – make it so

April 20, 2007 Joanne Mallon 0

There is a famous study from Yale University which is often cited by motivational speakers. The story goes that, of the Yale class of 1953, […]

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