(Note: This article was originally published to JamieMcSloy.co.uk on May 2nd, 2019. I’m going through an old backup of the site, which has hundreds of posts that aren’t currently uploaded. As I’m working hard on updating the site – and releasing The Vault, letting these old posts be the daily posts for a while. We’re…
(Note: This article was originally published to JamieMcSloy.co.uk on April 26th, 2019. I’m going through an old backup of the site, which has hundreds of posts that aren’t currently uploaded. As I’m working hard on updating the site – and releasing The Vault, letting these old posts be the daily posts for a while. We’re…
(Note: This article was originally published to JamieMcSloy.co.uk on June 18th, 2019. I’m going through an old backup of the site, which has hundreds of posts that aren’t currently uploaded. As I’m working hard on updating the site – and releasing The Vault, letting these old posts be the daily posts for a while.) On…
(Note: This article was originally published to JamieMcSloy.co.uk on March 20th, 2020. I’m going through an old backup of the site, which has hundreds of posts that aren’t currently uploaded. As I’m working hard on updating the site, letting these old posts be the daily posts for a while.) I messed my eyes up typing…
I just wrote 500 words of a god-knows-how-long it should be article on how we need a better word than “hustle” when describing online business. I’ve deleted it and am posting this non-event instead because one thing I’ve always found true is that there is no point in writing gibberish. Many writers do a rushed,…
“Bleed On The Paper” Is Horrible Advice When I started writing online, it was pretty common for bloggers and the like to tell you to “Bleed on the paper.” By that, the common wisdom was that if you shared your struggles, vulnerabilities and the “real life” behind the work, that it’d pay dividends in terms…
Writing Is Not Difficult I had an interesting chat on Twitter today. Long term friend of the project and guy I called out yesterday, James Holt, has been looking for some writers for hire in order to expand his content business empire. And he’s not been having much luck. He hired a couple of writers…
Let’s just do some writing here. I haven’t got a plan in mind for this topic, so it’s a Dear Diary, random thoughts article for the day. Let’s start off with why I constantly say do some experiments. As an experiment, I spent a little more time on Twitter over the past week. I added…
I haven’t talked about burner projects for a long time. Burner projects are projects which you burn afterwards. Like a burner phone, where you use the phone for illicit activities and then throw it away. It’s important to have little projects with no real consequence. They increase your skills, get you used to whatever it…
But What If They Find Out Your Tricks? A while back I asked readers of the email list (you’re on that already, right?) what they’d like to see if I created some more in depth material. Those things are coming, but on the backburner while I tend to more pressing issues and fix my hands….