Last summer, I searched high and low for a cactus with a pink flower that wasn’t fake. And by high and low I mean the local garden centres, Ikea and Tesco. I found only one. And this one had the teeniest, tiniest bud with a dash of pink. But that bud was real. So I took […]
Single shoe on the side of the road, Where did you come from, From who were you thrown? Didn’t they know that you came in a pair? Or when they get to the shops, One foot will be bare? Single shoe at the side of the road, Where did you come from? From who were you thrown?
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“Apply,” they said. “No one ever gets in,” they said. They were wrong. It was 8th October 2018 and while my friends were Whatsapping smiley faces alongside their rejection emails, I was stood (barely) with a provisional acceptance form in my hands. “Your entry into the Virgin Money London Marathon to be held on Sunday 28 April
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I missed last week’s blog. I’m as guilty as charged. It’s not that I forgot or that I didn’t care. It’s that I had a serious of tricky topics to write about and that took up all of my brainpower (come on, there’s not a lot.) As a content writer whose specialism is being able to
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I don’t mean right, right now. But, in general. When I’m not talking about running or eating ice cream, I can usually be found copywriting. And one of the most common questions I’m asked right now is: “Should I be blogging, what with everything else going on?” While my accountant would certainly say: “Yes. Absolutely. If
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My virtual diary has never been this busy. Speed networking, catch-up Zooms, Eurovision parties, Friday afternoon drinks and even a murder mystery. The variety has been great, but the opening question is always: “So, how has copywriting in Milton Keynes been during the lockdown?” And, while I politely smile and say “everything is great, thank
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At Away With Words, we sometimes encounter people who genuinely want to know “why use a blog writing service?” And since “because it feeds out cat” wasn’t getting the laughs we hoped for (and we don’t have a cat) we thought we’d write something a bit more sensible. Why use a blog writing service You already
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You would be forgiven for thinking of the British as a nation fueled by English breakfast tea, amber ale and a bacon buttie but with consumers more likely to be found sipping a flat white on an oversized sofa, than gulping a pint of builder’s tea in a greasy-spoon, the coffee industry is booming and
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