New Project! :) :)

I am thrilled today because I have a new project to work one and it's something completely different to what I've done before. I'm starting to work on blogs for Podio/chillisauce, writing on a range of topics, this week's are fashion and beauty related. Blogging is a phenomenon that fascinates me and is an area of writing I have been very eager to get in to, so I am hugely grateful for this opportunity. I love the informal, comical, friendly tone that comes with blogging about fun things, and to add the cherry to my blogging pie, this week I get to talk about fashion! yayyy. I love my fashion and I think it is something I would have loved to have gone into if writing wasn't my calling in life. One of the posts I have to produce is about budget clothing, i.e charity shops, personalising etc. This is me all over!
I can't wait to get home from 'the day job' tomorrow and get cracking with them.

I am so happy to be back in the writing game. It's like coming home after a long, awful holiday where it rained for 3 weeks and you forgot to pack warm clothes..

Travel Signs

I started writing destination pages for easyJet Holidays at the start of this year, and since, I have received work from Ideal Cruising, as well as writing travel blogs for other sites, through easyJet Holidays. My research for these pieces has opened my eyes to places I never would have thought of travelling to, and as I am required to attract readers to these places I have to pick out the best things to do and writer persuasively. Often, I find myself wanting to go there myself.

After my recent holiday to Benidorm, my ambition to travel was heightened. As described in my last post, I had mixed feelings about the resort and these feelings propelled me to want to see other places in the world. When I discovered a different side to Benidorm - the beautiful, alive ocean available to explore through snorkelling - I realised that I would love to travel and see the parts of towns and cities and countries that aren't all about tourism. Whilst I write about some amazing activities and attractions on offer, I want to find out what goes on beneath the tourism driven life of destinations. Like discovering snorkelling in Benidorm, I want to find the less-advertised things to do and see. I would love to be able to write about these things; persuade people to travel to certain places because of natural beauty, hidden histories and the exciting real life of residents, rather than use the internet to find out which water parks are the best and which areas are best for nights out.

Also, on my holiday to Benidorm, I got talking to one of my cousin's friends who told me about all the places he's travelled to. He also told me about a qualification which would allow me to teach English abroad. I had already been looking into teaching in Japan, but knowing about this qualification has opened up more doors, and more countries.

I picked up a copy of Ryanair's in-flight magazine on the outward journey to Benidorm as I thought it might come in handy with my travel writing. I flicked through and thought about how great it would be to write for a magazine like this; to explore different countries, their food, culture, attractions, and come home to write about all the wonderful things you'd found and accompany them with stunning photographs.

I believe that everything happens for a reason, so on my return from this holiday I thought about all the recent things and thoughts that had happened about travel. Maybe they are signs, maybe I am meant to travel, maybe I am meant to travel and write about travel. So now I have a new one for my bucket list.

However, I know that had it been fashion, or art, or childcare I had been writing about, I would have developed the same interest in the subject. I like to be fully informed when writing articles. While I hope to inspire and persuade through my writing, the topics inspire and persuade me too. It's a two way relationship and it's one of the best things about my job.