I've been promising this for a while. I was originally going to combine site + blog from the start, but made the decision last week to turn the blog that I'd been developing offline into a static web site for now (it'll magically become a blog in a month or two ;-)).
The Boyfriend did the design, I turned it into code, and learned a good bit more CSS along the way. And here it is: Aliventures
If you're after a copywriter, blogger, editor or web site creator, check out the services and portfolio pages. I'm doing full web sites (including hosting, email address, design and layout and optimising copy for the web) for just £199 until the end of August. If you're a fellow writer, you could easily make back the money selling just one extra short story or article as a result of having a clear, easy-to-navigate, modern and professional-looking site.
Or if you happen to know anyone in need of a web site or a freelance writer, why not put them in touch? My business email is ali@aliventures.com -- feel free to give that to any friends who you think I could help.
In a couple of weeks time, I'll be emailing round lots of friends to let them know about the launch of Aliventures ... it's one of the most exciting things I've done this year, and I'm hugely looking forward to expanding my writing and web creation work. :-)
Saturday, 21 June 2008
Saturday, 7 June 2008
Week off work!
It seems like ages since my last holiday -- the four-day Easter weekend. But I have the whole of next week off! We're spending Sun-Thurs in the Lake District (and the weather looks like being good), then Friday will be a day to work on my new website...
As usual, things have been busy. Work's been more stressful than usual, especially with my line manager being away quite a bit recently. I'm trying to cut down on how much I'm doing outside of work and have:
I feel guilty about both -- I was really enjoying the course and wanted to get further on with it before Goldsmiths, and although I got rather put on the spot and talked into doing the property committee job, I feel I shouldn't say "no" to Church things. I'm justfying it on the grounds I've taken on a much bigger role in the children's work recently.
My new personal website/blog template is going well: it's taking a long time to do quite small things, and it's a steep learning curve, but I'm definitely finding out a lot. And the design is coming together very nicely, thanks to the Boyfriend's help. I'm hugely excited about this site, and want to get it off to a really good start.
I've also ordered some business cards to advertise my writing and website creation services; those should be arriving soon ...
The Office Diet now has 242 subscribers (over double the number from May 17th's update). I've earned over £600 so far from the staff blogging too ... so much that Paypal have asked me to verify my account information. I'm going to buy myself an HP Mini-Note with some of the earnings ...
At the moment, it still feels like there's a long way to go before I get to where I want to be with the freelancing and with my other writing. But I'm convinced I'm moving in the right direction!
As usual, things have been busy. Work's been more stressful than usual, especially with my line manager being away quite a bit recently. I'm trying to cut down on how much I'm doing outside of work and have:
- Put my short story correspondence course on hold till September
- Stepped down as property committee secretary at church (I just have to write up the minutes from last Thursday's meeting, then I'm done...)
I feel guilty about both -- I was really enjoying the course and wanted to get further on with it before Goldsmiths, and although I got rather put on the spot and talked into doing the property committee job, I feel I shouldn't say "no" to Church things. I'm justfying it on the grounds I've taken on a much bigger role in the children's work recently.
My new personal website/blog template is going well: it's taking a long time to do quite small things, and it's a steep learning curve, but I'm definitely finding out a lot. And the design is coming together very nicely, thanks to the Boyfriend's help. I'm hugely excited about this site, and want to get it off to a really good start.
I've also ordered some business cards to advertise my writing and website creation services; those should be arriving soon ...
The Office Diet now has 242 subscribers (over double the number from May 17th's update). I've earned over £600 so far from the staff blogging too ... so much that Paypal have asked me to verify my account information. I'm going to buy myself an HP Mini-Note with some of the earnings ...
At the moment, it still feels like there's a long way to go before I get to where I want to be with the freelancing and with my other writing. But I'm convinced I'm moving in the right direction!
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