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Bashful Blagger: March 2009
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Thursday, March 26, 2009. As Easter draws near it is time for my annual confession. Yes, dear Reader, I’m not Ragini Werner, your freelance editor and author’s friend who’s been faffing about online blowing NEEDSer’s horn. To all and sundry (more sundry than all at this early stage). No indeed. I am in fact the Easter Bunny. You’d never have guessed it, but I do declare it’s true. I am. Bunny Not just any Bunny, the. Easter Bunny or Hare to be precise:. Moving on quickly now,. Also rhymes with the plural...
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Bashful Blagger: February 2010
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Monday, February 01, 2010. Top Tips: Beating the dry spells. There are two certain Ds in a freelancer’s life. The first one, the big D, happens to us all in the end. ‘The End’, I should say, meaning: all of us die. The little D may be just as obvious, certainly to the veteran freelancer, but happily this D needn’t be as fatal as its big cousin. Whatever your business and whatever target audience you want to reach,the tips I am sharing with you here – and in the following parts of this new Top Tips ...
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Bashful Blagger: April 2009
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Thursday, April 30, 2009. May 2, 2009. This episode was written and posted online in all ignorance of the tragic drama at Apeldoorn. April 30, 2009. Don’t tell me a Dutchman doesn’t know how to have a good time. It’s just not true, no mimsy. You’re not wild about this hot colour? Too, all that wonderful silliness comes out of the orangery again, to be worn with pride and more often than not accompanied by the battle cry “. But before I go, let me give you something to mull about at least. Did you kno...
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Bashful Blagger: April 2010
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Top Tips: Harness the horse's mouth. So, how do you get round this problem? By getting other people to blow your horn for you, that’s how. And how do you do that? Well, I’m about to tell you in this part of my series on Top Tips for Freelancers. The answer is. Publicize the positive. When clients say nice things about my work I ask if I can post their comments on the Warmly recommended. It’s all good publicity that both harnesses and accentuates the positive power of word o...
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Bashful Blagger: May 2011
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Bye-bye Blog, Hello Facebook. All good things come to an end and, yes, faithful Fobbies (Friends of Bashful Blagger) even the NEEDSer blog must have its day. No doubt you noticed the long absence of anything new to read from the Bashful Blagger. The explanation is simple. Pressure of work has meant I've had no time spare to compose the loving creations on wordcraft I used to love posting here. So, please join me now on the new NEEDSer wordplay-ground. Pop on over now! Simple templa...
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Bashful Blagger: Bye-bye Blog, Hello Facebook
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Bye-bye Blog, Hello Facebook. All good things come to an end and, yes, faithful Fobbies (Friends of Bashful Blagger) even the NEEDSer blog must have its day. No doubt you noticed the long absence of anything new to read from the Bashful Blagger. The explanation is simple. Pressure of work has meant I've had no time spare to compose the loving creations on wordcraft I used to love posting here. So, please join me now on the new NEEDSer wordplay-ground. Pop on over now! Simple templa...
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Bashful Blagger: June 2009
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Thursday, June 25, 2009. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve got nowt against long words as such. When used aptly, the long word is perfectly in its place. And considering the amazing extent of the English language. Why not mine the glorious length and depth of its vocabulary? It’s not that I'm an anti-size queen for lawd’s sake (‘gimme the ant-sized not gi-ant-sized’) or suffer from hippopotomonstrosessquipedaliophobia. True word junkie and editor at the Oxford University Press, puts it. What’s that I hear? Did yo...
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Bashful Blagger: August 2009
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Thursday, August 27, 2009. Back from the beach. 8211; at last! 8211; and it’s straight back to work. I’m now editing a bright new paper by one of my favourite professors who fully understands the importance of getting her charmingly Dutch-flavoured English onto the same level as her lucid research findings. It’s a joy to work for such a clever client and… Gracious! Did I just say “straight” in relation to “back to work”? To get your salt-encrusted brain back into shape after lolling about on the beach fo...
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Bashful Blagger: February 2009
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Thursday, February 26, 2009. So sue me, I’m a blagger. What’s a blagger? I hear you ask. Well, it's easy to define. One dictionary of British slang (see below) says:. Wheedle; bluff; wangle:. I managed to blag a ride to work. I had no idea what I was talking about but I think I managed to blag it. Likely derived from the French “blague,” meaning a tall story. Americans use “mooch” and “moocher” in the same context. Adds this helpful little note: (. To brag on one’s blog. Guess there’s no answer to ...
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