McLaren Vale, is honestly my favourite wine region in South Australia. I absolutely adore visiting this area and taking in the sun and authentic Australian wine. Though it sometimes takes a backseat to the albeit more commercialized Australian wine region of the Adelaide Hill’s Barossa Valley, this wine region combines everything I love: wine, beaches and food! McLaren Vale is a must do for anyone visiting South Australia and Adelaide. Whether you only have time to head down for an afternoon, ... Read the Post
Ultimate Guide to South Australia’s McLaren Vale
Ultimate Guide to Freelancing and Finding Your First Paid Remote Job!
Freelancing. This is something that can often be compared to Russian roulette or playing the lottery. You basically shoot with your eyes closed and hope to hit a bullseye. This is something that people spend their life tirelessly doing and sometimes to no avail, I’ve been there, and am mostly still there. Freelancing is HARD, and requires the time, dedication and drive to succeed. Getting your first paid “anything” feels like winning the lottery, and you will be on cloud nine. Then you will do it ... Read the Post
What I Learnt From 3 Months on FlexJobs – Is it Worth the Money?
FlexJobs promises to be the be-all-end-all of flexible work arrangements. As someone who works a full time job, and freelances on the side, I hoped it would be the perfect place for me to find flexible arrangements that were long lasting. This would cut out the time I spend applying for random freelance writing jobs, so I could spend more time focusing on my second book and my various blogs. So, after reading the killer reviews and seeing everyone's great success, I decided to fork over the 30 ... Read the Post
How to Get Your Book Traditionally Published
As my book was released and I became an official "traditionally published author" , I got a tonne of questions! Everybody who found out I was an actual author started to ask me a handful of things, and out of the few recurring questions, one of the biggest was, "how did you publish a book?". People I met and talked to wanted to know how I had made such a dream a reality! For many, the publishing world is a dark mystery and everyone seems to be curious about how you take a bunch of words on a ... Read the Post
A Very Real Letter To Myself on Publishing My Book
Dear Me: Publishing a Book was HARD, now enjoy it! (I don't normally write this type of post, I'm usually too busy trying to be perfect, and work hard, and be better, or something to that crazy extent. I am always about trying to create content that is personable and also helps the people who are reading this. But, it's been 5 days since my book came out on Amazon, thanks to Solstice Publishing, and it's time to enjoy the fact that I made it through publishing a book. So here it goes... ) Dear ... Read the Post
What I Learnt from Working With an Editor for the First Time
As a writer, you become hypercritical of your work. Whether that is a blog post or a novel, it almost becomes a piece of your soul that you are sharing on a piece of paper. Those simple words that you type on your keyboard in front of you, and string together creating sentences and paragraphs, let your readers into a new world, a new place, or give them a new perspective. As a writer, I worked with editors who have proofread my word and given me the go-ahead to post my piece. However, while ... Read the Post
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