A lack of slack
Sometimes we try and squeeze so much in that we leave ourselves no space for the unexpected.

Two years and counting
In February 2017, I was thrust into self-employment without any clients or any sense of what would come next. Two years later and I have what appears to be a sustainable freelance content business [http://verymeta.com]. It's a landmark! I believe in noticing landmarks. Anyway, I wrote

People like stickers
Last month I ordered 50 stickers with my company logo on it almost entirely because they were on sale from the ace Sticker Mule (get $10 credit if you want to bag some stickers of your own [https://www.stickermule.com/uk/unlock?ref_id=1382431701&utm_medium=link&

My favourite email newsletters
Super busy week of (actual) work for me, so no exciting blog post of my own to show you. Instead, I'm going to keep you here and share a list of my favourite newsletters at the moment. These are the ones that I look forward to receiving the

Start a book club
I’m pleased to say that week one was no fluke [http://newsletter.iainbroome.com/issues/this-from-the-writing-shed-5384?utm_campaign=TFTWS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter] and just as many of you fine folk opened, clicked and goodness knows what else you did with issue two [http:

How to start a book group
Some exciting tips for starting your own book group based on what me and my own cool book crew do.

This is the year
I was bowled over by the response to last week's newsletter. Thank you so much to everyone who replied by email or said nice things on Twitter [https://twitter.com/amythibodeau/status/1085348244312317952]. I really appreciate it. Two things. One. This week I wrote about having not written

That difficult second novel
On trying to write a second novel when everything seems to be stopping that happening. And then it being okay.

A brief Twitter break
With all sorts of nonsense going on in the world, it's time to take a short Twitter break to escape and recharge.
How to convert a Google Doc to Markdown or HTML
Ever want to convert your Google Docs to Markdown or HTML? I have just the Google Chrome extension for you.
