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My top ten rules of freelance writing
My top ten rules of freelance writing

  I got together with a small group of travel writers last night for our informal monthly meeting. It’s one of the most useful things I do workwise.  It had me thinking and I wrote this.  Would be useful to hear what other freelances feel.       1.  Never ever write anything without establishing

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My kingdom for a plate
My kingdom for a plate

When the fashion for serving food in or on something other than a plate first caught my attention – what, ten to fifteen years  years ago? – it was a bit of a novelty. I can remember having French fries served in a mini chip frying basket and thought it was rather cute. But now,

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The Great Luxury Hotel Stink
The Great Luxury Hotel Stink

The unusually hot summer of 1858 gave rise to the Great Stink in London, the unpleasant smell of noxious waste emanating from the River Thames even causing discomfort for MPs, with Disraeli seen dashing from the House with a handkerchief over his nose.   In 2014, we may have another smell to contend with –

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