Filler Finance
They may be short and sweet but, as Simon Whaley explains, the letter and filler market can produce a useful income stream to your writing business Dear Reader, The rising …
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Seven Fabulous Farm Shops!
It’s a double whammy this month with two pieces in the September 2022 issue of BBC Countryfile magazine. As well as this piece about the Rothiemurchus Estate, I’ve also a …
Rothiemurchus Estate
My feature about the Rothiemurchus Estate is in the September 2022 issue of BBC Countryfile magazine. It’s a fabulous place to explore and the farm shop is a must visit, …
Celebrate International Dog Day With A Book!
Why note celebrate International Dog Day (August 26th) with a book about your faithful friend? Check out One Hundred Ways For A Dog To Train Its Human to learn how …
Beat The Burnout
With one Bank Holiday until Christmas, Simon Whaley asks if we should take a break from our writing business. As writers, we can work from anywhere. Whether that be a …
Magnificent Much Wenlock
This week’s issue of The People’s Friend has my travel piece about the Shropshire market town of Much Wenlock. Sandwiched between the River Severn and Wenlock Edge, this quintessentially English …
Top Seven Seaside Railways
Check out my top seven seaside railways journeys in the August 2022 issue of BBC Countryfile magazine. (They’re all more ‘unusual’ railway journeys, including cliff railways, funicular railways, tramways and …
Facebook Live with The People’s Friend
I had a great chat with Alex at The People’s Friend this morning during a Facebook Live event, chatting about my writing for the magazine, as well as some of …
Medium Money
Can writing for online platforms generate a useful income? Simon Whaley reviews his first year on Medium In August 2012, Evan Williams, who founded Blogger and co-founded Twitter, launched a new online writing …