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Who is Nexus Publishing? Originally from a small town called Darlaston – about ten miles north of Birmingham – I moved to West Sussex about ten years ago to help develop one of the first online retailers. Having recently moved to Shropshire I am now enjoying the working from home life in a semi rural location. I have been a freelance writer and journalist for about fifteen years. Eight of them were spent doing various other jobs such as bookshop assistant, print finisher and returns clerk for a large library supplier, with the writing taking up evenings and any of my spare time. As you can see, much of my life so far has been spent working with books and publishing of one kind or another. My time as an employee came to a conclusion some six years ago with redundancy, so I took the opportunity – and the money – to see if I could survive as a full-time freelance writer. That was five years ago. There have been some lean times – just ask my wife, Joanne. But after tasting the freelance life, there’s no going back.

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Visualise Your Year

Thursday, May 29th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

I don’t know about you, but I have used a year planner for well, years. I had used ordinary bound desk diaries, but I found it hard to visualise the year as a whole. A friend suggested a wall planner as the obvious solution, and a superb piece of advice that was.

The year planner enables me to relate time to the work I have to do. I place holidays and other events on the planner each December for the following year. I can then at a glance instantly see any clashes or issues I may have if a client commissions some work.

I had used flimsy poster type wall planners as they were cheap. But after stumping up the £20 for a mounted Sasco planner I’ve never looked back. The rigid board that these planners use is ideal. The surface takes stick-on dots and other visual aids and comes with a write on wipe off pen for quick notes.

Also, I had used to attach the planner to the wall with massive blobs of Blue Tack until I discovered that it was leaving unsightly grease marks on my walls. After some investigation I found a new 3M product called Poster Strips. They’re basically Velcro with a sticky backing. But they come in various sizes to attach posters and heavier objects. I’m using them to secure my year planner and my magnetic message board to my wall. I tested removing the strips. They came off easily and without any grease marks. If you need to attach anything to your walls, Poster Strips are perfect.

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