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My domain and site name are wrong
This site's name is not up to scratch, find our why it matters, and doesn't.
I need an Angel
kilobox communiqué is looking for a cash injection.
If you were a real writer, you’d be writing for magazines
Is getting into magazines the pinnacle of a writer's success? Are you 'published'? Is Wedge?
podcast.org.uk domain for sale
Wedge might want to sell the podcast.org.uk domain.
The social web on your mobile
Wedge explores 16 brilliant mobile websites, for socialising and working while on the move.
Whatever your business, be people-focused
Wedge reminds business people that 'business writing' is a very different skill to writing for people. Consider the audience, Wedge says.
Write concisely
Be succinct.
Got something important to say? People will thank you for being concise
Those incredibly long marketing 'letters' that sell 'Marketing Secrets' and 'Fitness Machines' are horrid, yet they work; people buy from them. Wedge doesn't, nor does he think great communicators have to hit the audience continuously to get the message through.
Deal with things while they’re small
How can we differentiate between the important things and the urgent things? Wedge identifies the key elements in dealing with the little rocks in life, before they become boulders.
All round writing
Are you a specialist, or a generalist? Who do you write for? Do you dabble in too many fields? Wedge worrys.
Whatever your job title, people will still treat you like the IT guy
Do people treat you like you're their personal assistant? The role of editor or publisher can be undervalued and misunderstood by people. Wedge shares some of the common conmplaints he receives, and offers some glib retorts.
Who’s asking who when you write questions?
Does Wedge like questions? Not all of them. Just who is doing the interrogating here? Why do authors pretend to be their readers? Ugh.