Getting Started as a Freelancer
4 top tips to find your Freelance Feet! A disclaimer to start. If you’re here for talk of 10k months, working 3 hour days or heavy...
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Phil Shorland
- Apr 18
- 5 min
Three tough truths for any freelancer
If you're a freelancer, you already know that your mental health is taking some new hits on this journey. Different hits to the ones life...
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Phil Shorland
- Jan 24
- 5 min
Six months of Socials as a Copywriter: Instagram Edition
I was sceptical about the world of social media. My background in education had convinced me it was the route of all evil. Over the...
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Phil Shorland
- Dec 5, 2023
- 5 min
Should I write Content or Copy?
The transformation While the country was in lockdown, I was in my garage. A lot. 2020 was the year we converted our double garage into a...
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Phil Shorland
- Nov 26, 2023
- 5 min
Guest Blog by Alberto Scales: 'Choosing the Right Dog: A Tail of Companionship'
Choosing the Right Dog: A Tail of Companionship It was a bright Saturday morning, the kind where the sun sneaks in through the blinds,...
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Phil Shorland
- Oct 23, 2023
- 6 min
Teacher Titles: how to be a good Head of Year
What makes a good Secondary School Head of Year? I distinctly remember the first time I landed my first pastoral promotion at my current...
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Phil Shorland
- Oct 23, 2023
- 4 min
Fatherhood and Freelance Writing: It's different with the second...
That’s what they tell you, isn't it. They’re right too. In fact, there are lots of examples of those little snippets you heard through...
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Phil Shorland
- Apr 11, 2023
- 3 min
Dad Bod.
Crisps. Everywhere. It never used to be like this. I had almost forgotten the taste. It's been years since I'd purchased crisps in a...
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Phil Shorland
- Jan 23, 2023
- 5 min
Just. Get. Writing.
It was October half term when I really got stuck into some research. Blogs, Youtube videos, websites, forums. I soaked up as much...
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Phil Shorland
- Jan 23, 2023
- 5 min
The Sound of Fatherhood
I popped to a friend’s house recently for a pre - Christmas catch up. I hadn’t seen him for a while and I wanted to make sure, despite...
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Phil Shorland
- Jan 5, 2023
- 3 min
Like Father...
Noah is nearly 3. Already. They grow up so fast. You hear it all the time, don’t you. Turns out it’s because it’s true. But you only get...
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Phil Shorland
- Jan 5, 2023
- 5 min
5 signs you're in Dad Mode
I'm in full on Dad Mode now. I'm not sure when it fully kicked in. Some say it's as soon as you leave that hospital and have had the...
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Phil Shorland
- Jan 5, 2023
- 3 min
Guest Blog for laughtercise.co.uk: The Lost Laugh
If you read my previous blog, you’ll know just how important the joy of laughter is to me. It always has been. When I think back to some...
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Phil Shorland
- Jan 5, 2023
- 4 min
Guest Blog: Meet Aaron, the fun loving founder of laughtercise.co.uk
I’ve always been silly. I’ve always loved to laugh too. Real laughs. You know, belly laughs. The ones you just can’t stop. Eyes...
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Phil Shorland
- Jan 1, 2023
- 4 min
Right under my nose...
The jump from classroom teacher to freelance writer may not be as big as I first thought... If you’ve read my other blogs on moving on...
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