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How to fail at fashion and social media all at once…

December 21, 2012 By Ellen

A bit of a turkey Earlier this week I had an interview for some work… something interesting that would slot nicely into the portfolio career. I was all organised – I’d read as much background as I could find, printed out CVs as requested, put on makeup and dressed as a grown up. A bit like a […]

Filed Under: cautionary tale, clothes, fail, fashion, fashion fail, journalism, Portfolio career, social media, twitter, work

A most unusual career: Dead people and throbbing pasions, Violet Fenn’s story

November 17, 2012 By Ellen

  Earlier this year I met the very lovely – and utterly compelling – Violet Fenn. It’s fair to say she’s one of my top internet crushes.    Ellen very kindly invited me to write a guest post about my strange employment combination. But I have no idea where to start. Some days it does […]

Filed Under: blogging, guest blogger, guest post, Indigo Moore, juggling, Portfolio career, The Skull Illusion, Violet Fenn, writing

My portfolio career: at last I have a ‘what do you do?’ answer

October 24, 2011 By Ellen

What do you do for a living? Erm, well, it depends… Since I decided to work for myself about four and a half years ago, the answer to that question has been increasingly vague. I usually say “freelance journalist” because that’s what I first struck out doing, but there’s much more to it these days. […]

Filed Under: journalism, Portfolio career, STV, work

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