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Bill sent me a copy of his most recent, hot off the press, newsletter today, and guess what? I feature in it! 2. A client called me up and asked if he could meet me for a session to support…
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Bill sent me a copy of his most recent, hot off the press, newsletter today, and guess what? I feature in it! 2. A client called me up and asked if he could meet me for a session to support…
Continue readingI’ve been working up the hours this week to make up for having today off. Weather-wise, I’m really glad I did as we woke up to a fresh covering of snow, and then pretty much blizzard conditions by breakfast time…
Continue readingI had a great weekend. It was good, really good. My parents came up to stay on Friday night and I cooked pizza for them. Then on Saturday we went into Bicester and chose some new stair carpet (will just…
Continue readingWhen snugglebunnyjm asked me about Project Nelly, this set me thinking about a publisher’s rejection note that aurora_floyd got sent recently. It’s so utterly, completely wrong that publisher’s need there to be a story in an author’s life that make’s…
Continue readingSo I finally heard what is what with my job interview today. Apparently I gave a good interview, and I impressed them, and I would have fitted in well with the team, and my skills were good, but… And yes,…
Continue readingBack when dreams were dreams, and college was something in the future, I thought that Editorial or Commissioning Editor was where I was pointed. Then I did my publishing course and I tempted in some publishers and saw what goes…
Continue readingThe road ahead is on, not back. So last week, I had the finale, the curtain call to my probationary period in my new job. It was nothing that I did not know already – I have been finding the…
Continue reading…via Oxford City Centre, two flooded roads, a missed opticians appointment and miles and miles of traffic queues. One of my pieces of homework from last week’s coaching session was to look at myself in the mirror, long and hard,…
Continue readingThis morning, seemingly a blink of an eye since it first started, the Project NellyTM series of coaching, came to a close. Bill came up to Oxford for a wrap-up session, that first involved me for, and then brought in…
Continue readingTwo sides to every story I have just finished watching Richard Curtis’ new tv film set around the upcoming G8 Summit (intriguingly switched from Scotland to Reykjavik). I felt it to be an extremely compelling drama for the MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY campaign….
Continue readingA roundup of Project Nelly #4 (the third London session). Hot on the heels of last week’s additional session, yesterday I was back to London Town for more coaching. So what had changed since my last coaching session? Well, of…
Continue readingYears ago I was standing with all my peers in a big old fashioned school type hall with tables down the side. We were cued up for ages waiting to be handed our uniform and books, pencils and pens and…
Continue readingI sometimes think that I am not learning. That nothing is changing. On the outset I look at my training course last week, and wonder, when I try to explain to others how it went or what I am doing…
Continue readingThis afternoon, Bill sent me the details of the profiling site which will, after answering a series of questions bring back a profile of how one prefers to be communicated with. It consisted of 26 questions – each one consisting…
Continue readingI thought I might get a bit of a lie-in today. I was off to a training course – so I ought to get a bit of a lie-in. But no, train times dictated I rise with my normal alarm….
Continue readingI’ve just watched a very interesting documentary about the riddle of the hobbits. In other news, my insides are all of a topsy-turvy about tomorrow. Instead of heading in to work, I am off to London Town to begin my…
Continue readingPheww! It’s the weekend! And boy am I glad it’s here. It’s been quite a busy week this one, and one which as seen me slowly sink under work, to bubble back to the surface over the days and end…
Continue readingEach year, my work sponsor places on personal development programmes for men and women, and these called Navigator and Springboard respectively. They consist of four day long sessions at a location, away from work, spread over four months – and…
Continue readingfrom siren_songs, by way of jordaaner – and oddly too, many answers didn’t need changing. 1. As a kid, I missed the chance to: have friends who I could call up and meet with at a moments notice 2. As…
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