Christmas Charity Plug
I'm giving. Are you?
The holidays are coming up fast and, as usual at this time of the year, many of us are thinking of the less fortunate. For my part, I’d like to make a quick plug for my charity of the year:
Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research
They are still the only national research charity solely devoted to blood disorders in both adults and children. 24,500 people in the UK every year are diagnosed with a cancer of the blood and leukaemia is the most common form of cancer in children in the UK. They rely entirely on voluntary donations.
My mother died suddenly of leukaemia about 18 months ago, which is why I’m plugging them (instead of Cats’ Protection who I’d normally opt for).
They have a webpage here and tons of auctions on eBay.
Thanks for listening.
Stupid People Don’t Read The Small Print
Something that still surprises me is the huge number of people who don’t read their contract when they start freelancing work. That’s like getting on a plane with no idea of where it’s going, buying things without caring what they are or marrying someone for the publicity¹.
It’s stupid.
Allow me to impart a wonderful little nugget of wisdom that I picked up from a certain Mr. Coker.
Picture, if you will, a 15-year-old Spike and the said Mr. Coker, a schoolmate who was later to achieve legendary status among his peers by placing a satsuma in the path of a bus and singing the “Small ones are more juicy” song from an Outspan advertisement as it was obliterated.
Free Half-Hogging Information For Freelance Writers?
Oink!
As you all know by now, Going The Half Hog: Freelance Writing Without Marketing will soon be published. Since I’ve been somewhat obsessed with getting it done and consequently talking about it a lot, I’ve run into several people who’ve asked me the same two questions:
Is it true that almost everything in the book is available on ScrawlBug for free? And if that’s true… why am I publishing a book? Aren’t I cutting my nose off despite my face (as they say)?
There are a lot of answers to those questions, so I thought I’d clear the matter up publicly instead of replying to each individual who asks.
