My Blog
Writing, business, family life, Milton Keynes - there's all sorts on here!
What was your very first job?
My first job was in 1992. I was 14, and became a waitress in a family-run restaurant in a little North Yorkshire market town. My trial week earned me £1.50 an hour, which rose to £2 an hour once I’d made the grade. I did this every Saturday and most holidays until I...
C4’s Derry Girls – why do we ache for the era of our youth?
This week I wanted to write about the one topic that’s really gripping the nation this week. Obviously that’s season 2 of Derry Girls. When I say nation, I mainly mean lots of people my age, who look back on the 90s as that blessed time of Britpop, Father Ted and...
Do you have Website Updates Fear?
You’ve got your own website. You love it – it does everything you want it to do. It works beautifully and you are confident enough to make your own updates and changes to it, so you’re not on any service or maintenance plan with your developer. But there’s a...
On International Women’s Day, a book every teenage girl should read
"Sometimes I wish that the woman I am today could step back in linear time and meet the woman I was becoming as a teenager."(Abigail Horne - published on International Women's Day). Some days, I wish that too. I would love to tell her all of the things I've...
Why Use a Copywriter?
On meeting a few different people recently, and introducing myself as a copywriter for small to medium businesses, I’ve been interested to note that I’ve been asked the same question – “so, what do you actually write for them?”. It’s a fair question. Writing the...
Half Term – Did I Learn My Lessons from Last Year?
Last year, I wrote about the five things I’d learned from working from home over half term. I’ve compared this year to that, to see whether I’ve actually remembered any of my lessons and acted on them. (Thinking about it, I probably should have done that before the...
Blood Test or Bloodshed for the Five-Year-Old?
The little one (LO) needed to have a blood test. We’ve known about this for a few months, and the appointment came through for this week. In an ideal world, this is how that first conversation would have gone: Me: So, you need to have a blood test, darling. The...
Daddy’s Guidance Notes for a Seamless Morning Routine
Last week I wrote about the wonderful time I had with my sister, on our personal shop – and why it was about so much more than clothes. What I didn’t mention was that it was so much more than a trip to a shopping centre – it was my first trip away alone since I had...
