Yes, yes, I know I've been posting a lot recently but, if you've read each post, you'll see that I've been sat on this laptop thingy with a broken keyboard (damn you epilepsy!), whacking out articles for Devil's Deeds and London Impact. Along with this I've spent many hours on Gumtree looking for paid work. Sadly I was unsuccessful.
Until today, that is. During my daily browse I came across a website which is looking for writers which they'll be paying (amount I am currently unsure of but money's money, right?).
In other news: Semester B starts in a week which means that this blog will be updated with actual writing rather than updates weekly. However, it also means I won't get the lie-ins I've been taking advantage of these past weeks although, excluding Wednesday, all lectures begin at 1 which means an extra 2 hours sleep and an alarm set a bit later. Bliss or a bad idea? You decide.
That's it for now but knowing me, I'll probably knock out an article or update by tomorrow. We'll have to see.
Monday 31 January 2011
Saturday 29 January 2011
So, My Egg Nest may have taken me back (and more)
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of checking my emails and finding one from the site I was writing for which had an invoice with it for the previous work I've done. This email also mentioned that the boss of the place sends out payments on the last Friday of the month. Although that would have been nice to know two weeks ago, I'm just glad that I may be back on the writers team.
However, now that it's the weekend aka no work time I'll probably have to wait until Monday for any more correspondence from/between the site and, hopefully, said correspondence will involve some links being sent with articles for me to make a bit of money from which will, without much doubt, go towards Lucozade, cheap alchohol, clementines, travel around London for writing inspiration and snooker. Happy days may follow.
Along with this, I was recommended another site by a friend which is looking for marketing people to try and get local companies advertising on the site/magazine thing so I'm also applying for that job.
It seems that since starting university, I've written more articles, assignments and blogs than I did in school. It all goes on the C.V. I suppose.
And finally, semester B starts in just over a week. After a long 2 months Christmas holiday it'll be good to get back to work as, other than be ill, write articles, play snooker, read and sleep, I've had little else to do and no routine. Saying that, I believe it's not long until we have yet another reading/drinking week.
My life: the epitome of shits and giggles.
However, now that it's the weekend aka no work time I'll probably have to wait until Monday for any more correspondence from/between the site and, hopefully, said correspondence will involve some links being sent with articles for me to make a bit of money from which will, without much doubt, go towards Lucozade, cheap alchohol, clementines, travel around London for writing inspiration and snooker. Happy days may follow.
Along with this, I was recommended another site by a friend which is looking for marketing people to try and get local companies advertising on the site/magazine thing so I'm also applying for that job.
It seems that since starting university, I've written more articles, assignments and blogs than I did in school. It all goes on the C.V. I suppose.
And finally, semester B starts in just over a week. After a long 2 months Christmas holiday it'll be good to get back to work as, other than be ill, write articles, play snooker, read and sleep, I've had little else to do and no routine. Saying that, I believe it's not long until we have yet another reading/drinking week.
My life: the epitome of shits and giggles.
Wednesday 26 January 2011
A few updates
So, since my last post mentioning my first publication, I've managed to get a couple other pieces published which I'll link below. I also managed to hook myself a little job rewriting news articles. However, this site appears to have lost some interest in me suddenly so I don't know where this will be leading to or if I'm still on their writers list. Ho hum.
http://www.devilsdeeds.com/booksreviewcomment.html - This link has two of my current pieces on it: review of a book on Kraftwerk and the most recent one on how books are an endless source of inspiration.
I've also written another piece on Islington which is due to be put onto London Impact when it launches at the beginning of next month so I'll post a link up to that when it happens.
Following on from that, semester B starts on the 7th which means a return of the weekly postings of assignments.
Fun times ahead.
http://www.devilsdeeds.com/booksreviewcomment.html - This link has two of my current pieces on it: review of a book on Kraftwerk and the most recent one on how books are an endless source of inspiration.
I've also written another piece on Islington which is due to be put onto London Impact when it launches at the beginning of next month so I'll post a link up to that when it happens.
Following on from that, semester B starts on the 7th which means a return of the weekly postings of assignments.
Fun times ahead.
Wednesday 12 January 2011
Good news re. previous post
As you may have read in my previous post (if you did read it,that is), I'd written a review for my current living area of Beckton/UEL. This article was sent off and, after waiting a few days I got a nice reply of:
"Thank you for submitting to London Impact. We have looked at your work and we will be using it in our debut online publication".
So it looks like my journey as an article writer is beginning.
I have also applied and will be appearing in another article site due to appear on Friday. I'll keep the name secret until my article appears. Saying that, it won't be mentioned on this blog so you'll just have to find it yourself. Think of it as a treasure hunt, if you'd consider a book review to be treasurable.
If I write an article to appear on one of the sites it won't be appearing on here and vice versa. Best to keep things fresh and different, wouldn't you say? Rather than clicking on a link just to find yourself reading the same thing which you read two minutes ago.
Keep an eye out for the next posts :)
Pete
"Thank you for submitting to London Impact. We have looked at your work and we will be using it in our debut online publication".
So it looks like my journey as an article writer is beginning.
I have also applied and will be appearing in another article site due to appear on Friday. I'll keep the name secret until my article appears. Saying that, it won't be mentioned on this blog so you'll just have to find it yourself. Think of it as a treasure hunt, if you'd consider a book review to be treasurable.
If I write an article to appear on one of the sites it won't be appearing on here and vice versa. Best to keep things fresh and different, wouldn't you say? Rather than clicking on a link just to find yourself reading the same thing which you read two minutes ago.
Keep an eye out for the next posts :)
Pete
Monday 10 January 2011
Beckton/UEL publication submission (non-academic)
This is a piece of writing I submitted for a new site about to pop up called ldmimpact.co.uk. It is a detailed review/information piece about the area I'm currently living in which is Beckton and UEL. Hopefully, if it's good enough, it'll be considered for online publication. Fingers crossed.
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Beckton, a place of Asda, retail parks and an academic arena known as The University of East London, Docklands. Being a student and resident of the aforementioned university, I have the pleasure, and sometimes displeasure, of the looks, sounds, smells and weather of this small area.
As I look out of my bedroom window on the second floor of Redbridge House, also known as the Yellow Building, I can see a big green building of the same size covered in windows. We call this place Shepherd House.
If I look to my right on the other hand, I can see the flowing water of the docks and a feeble, leafless tree being attacked by the high winds of January.
Beyond the docks is the London City Airport. Some might consider it a noisy place, especially when the planes start up their engines at seven in the morning. I, however, am used to the roaring of those flying machines. Due to this “skill”, I can continue my daily doings (I would say routine but what student has one of those?) and even sleep through the roar.
We then have the path beside the buildings which often smells of illicit substances and has kids riding their bikes up and down. If you’re lucky you might get involved in a 2am snowball war.
Outside of campus is the Docklands Light Railway, commonly known as the DLR or Cyprus. Outside of that there is very little of interest other than the community centre which many of us believe teaches the skill of graffiti and beyond (if anyone can confirm this, please get in touch) and a chemist. However, we can’t forget the newsagent’s slash off-license which provides us poor students with the pleasurable park bench cider and Polish beers.
Those who are fans of the smell of eggs will be glad to know that by standing outside of Templars, aka party, house you can have yourself a nice whiff of said smell. Those who aren’t fans of such should prepare themselves. I find a scarf does the job just fine.
Some people seem to be slightly unwise in these buildings as, at this moment in time, I can see through many windows, although unfortunately, nothing interesting is happening. If we’re lucky though, the view directly opposite from the kitchen shows another kitchen. I’ve found in the past that owners of the other kitchen are fans of three males dancing at the window.
When it comes to tenants in this place I often have the pleasure of catching my flatmate attempting to sing ‘Arabian Nights’ in its original language. From the repetitive wording, I’d say he is unsuccessful in that department. Keep to your sports, Tino, singing doesn’t suit you.
Would I recommend this are as a place to live? Yes and no, depending on what you’re looking for. If you wish to live in an uneventful place, seemingly in the middle of nowhere but with three retail parks nearby, Beckton is your place. If you wish to live in a lively area, keep well away.
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That's it for the first piece of writing. I've also contacted another person in regards to some writing but so far he hasn't replied.
From this point on I'm going to start sending out pieces for publication in the hopes that I can get some work further than the assignment submissions office.
I'll post up when I get notice of whether it is due for publication or not :)
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Beckton, a place of Asda, retail parks and an academic arena known as The University of East London, Docklands. Being a student and resident of the aforementioned university, I have the pleasure, and sometimes displeasure, of the looks, sounds, smells and weather of this small area.
As I look out of my bedroom window on the second floor of Redbridge House, also known as the Yellow Building, I can see a big green building of the same size covered in windows. We call this place Shepherd House.
If I look to my right on the other hand, I can see the flowing water of the docks and a feeble, leafless tree being attacked by the high winds of January.
Beyond the docks is the London City Airport. Some might consider it a noisy place, especially when the planes start up their engines at seven in the morning. I, however, am used to the roaring of those flying machines. Due to this “skill”, I can continue my daily doings (I would say routine but what student has one of those?) and even sleep through the roar.
We then have the path beside the buildings which often smells of illicit substances and has kids riding their bikes up and down. If you’re lucky you might get involved in a 2am snowball war.
Outside of campus is the Docklands Light Railway, commonly known as the DLR or Cyprus. Outside of that there is very little of interest other than the community centre which many of us believe teaches the skill of graffiti and beyond (if anyone can confirm this, please get in touch) and a chemist. However, we can’t forget the newsagent’s slash off-license which provides us poor students with the pleasurable park bench cider and Polish beers.
Those who are fans of the smell of eggs will be glad to know that by standing outside of Templars, aka party, house you can have yourself a nice whiff of said smell. Those who aren’t fans of such should prepare themselves. I find a scarf does the job just fine.
Some people seem to be slightly unwise in these buildings as, at this moment in time, I can see through many windows, although unfortunately, nothing interesting is happening. If we’re lucky though, the view directly opposite from the kitchen shows another kitchen. I’ve found in the past that owners of the other kitchen are fans of three males dancing at the window.
When it comes to tenants in this place I often have the pleasure of catching my flatmate attempting to sing ‘Arabian Nights’ in its original language. From the repetitive wording, I’d say he is unsuccessful in that department. Keep to your sports, Tino, singing doesn’t suit you.
Would I recommend this are as a place to live? Yes and no, depending on what you’re looking for. If you wish to live in an uneventful place, seemingly in the middle of nowhere but with three retail parks nearby, Beckton is your place. If you wish to live in a lively area, keep well away.
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That's it for the first piece of writing. I've also contacted another person in regards to some writing but so far he hasn't replied.
From this point on I'm going to start sending out pieces for publication in the hopes that I can get some work further than the assignment submissions office.
I'll post up when I get notice of whether it is due for publication or not :)
Friday 7 January 2011
Goods and bads of 2010
This is a thing I've been doing for 3 0r 4 years now (it appears that I didn't do one for 2009, oops) - a blog post listing the goods and bads of 2010. It began on the now unused Myspace but moved onto Facebook and now here.
Now, I normally do this earlier but this year I haven't bothered. Until now.
As you can see, I have two blogs, one for book reviews and this one for creative writing. As this post is a form of writing, it'll go here.
Beginning with the goods:
- Finishing and passing college
- Getting offers from all 5 of my uni choices
- Going to uni (UEL, if you're mightily interested)
- Meeting God knows how many people
- Becoming friends with some of these people
- Getting drunk on a number of different alchoholic drinks
- Writing has improved
- Discovering many new authors and books (just need to find the time to read them all now)
- Being able to cook
- Now living in London
- Amaretto
- Park bench cider (or maybe that should be in the bad?)
- Chinese takeaways
- London nights out
- Procrastination :D
- Surviving the new year
Bads:
- Bit of trouble with some college work
- Lack of monies
- Park bench cider
- Cooking failures (it's gonna be a long time 'til I can cook rice perfectly)
- Procrastination :(
- Hangovers!!!
2010 was a good year for me and one of the best yet. A year of new beginnings and also endings.
I'm not going to set myself any resolutions as they're one of the things I don't believe in. However, I am going to set some targets. Those being the following:
- Get a job
- Not leave work to the last minute (which I'm guilty o at this exact moment)
- Spend less
- Meet more people in and outside of uni
- Eat more healthy (this is a long shot though, we all know what us students are like)
That's all and until next time, See ya!
Now, I normally do this earlier but this year I haven't bothered. Until now.
As you can see, I have two blogs, one for book reviews and this one for creative writing. As this post is a form of writing, it'll go here.
Beginning with the goods:
- Finishing and passing college
- Getting offers from all 5 of my uni choices
- Going to uni (UEL, if you're mightily interested)
- Meeting God knows how many people
- Becoming friends with some of these people
- Getting drunk on a number of different alchoholic drinks
- Writing has improved
- Discovering many new authors and books (just need to find the time to read them all now)
- Being able to cook
- Now living in London
- Amaretto
- Park bench cider (or maybe that should be in the bad?)
- Chinese takeaways
- London nights out
- Procrastination :D
- Surviving the new year
Bads:
- Bit of trouble with some college work
- Lack of monies
- Park bench cider
- Cooking failures (it's gonna be a long time 'til I can cook rice perfectly)
- Procrastination :(
- Hangovers!!!
2010 was a good year for me and one of the best yet. A year of new beginnings and also endings.
I'm not going to set myself any resolutions as they're one of the things I don't believe in. However, I am going to set some targets. Those being the following:
- Get a job
- Not leave work to the last minute (which I'm guilty o at this exact moment)
- Spend less
- Meet more people in and outside of uni
- Eat more healthy (this is a long shot though, we all know what us students are like)
That's all and until next time, See ya!
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