Thursday night in Falmouth is Rowdy Dickhead Night. I don’t know why it should be a Thursday, I just know that it gets LOUD.
I used to live in a flat on the main street that overlooked the route between the pubs in the centre of town and a bar that has a licence until 3am. It was a typically narrow Cornish street which meant all the noise was directed upwards and, as the building I lived in was listed, there was no double-glazing to block out the noise. If I didn’t get to sleep before 11pm I was awake until about 3.30am when I’d get about an hour or so before the delivery vans for the shops and restaurants started thundering through town.
I did this on a night that I failed to get to sleep in time. I thought I might as well do something productive instead of laying there swearing and imagining what might happen if I had a crossbow…
where’s the design stuff gone?
/0 Comments/in design, update, writing /by JervisMarket forces. I haven’t done any commercial design work for about eighteen months – it’s all been business writing and teaching. I thought I’d make the transition official so I’ve updated the website accordingly.
Nevertheless, if you’d like to look at my old design portfolio you can find it here.
ghost blogging
/in blogging, recruitment, writing /by JervisA selection of blog posts written for SES Recruitment between November 2015 and July 2016. SES gave me the themes they wanted to address each month and left me to write the content using their existing tone of voice…
How to improve your networking
10 tips for communicating within a business
5 ways to boost office morale during the winter
The dos and don’ts of office Christmas parties
Common hiring mistakes
10 New Year’s resolutions for businesses
10 tips for writing job and character references
A brief guide to LinkedIn
10 tips for running an effective interview
Experience vs Personality
Agency vs Consultancy
The pros and cons of hiring school leavers
Guide to hiring graduates
The real costs of hiring the wrong person
10 ways to invest in your employees
another q&a for faber & faber
/in fiction, tips, writing /by JervisI took part in a few more live chats recently for students on Faber & Faber’s online writing courses. Just like the chats in November, The Professional Writing Academy very kindly tidied up my answers and put them together into a blog post.
falmouth rowdy dickhead night bingo
/0 Comments/in design, falmouth, writing /by JervisThursday night in Falmouth is Rowdy Dickhead Night. I don’t know why it should be a Thursday, I just know that it gets LOUD.
I used to live in a flat on the main street that overlooked the route between the pubs in the centre of town and a bar that has a licence until 3am. It was a typically narrow Cornish street which meant all the noise was directed upwards and, as the building I lived in was listed, there was no double-glazing to block out the noise. If I didn’t get to sleep before 11pm I was awake until about 3.30am when I’d get about an hour or so before the delivery vans for the shops and restaurants started thundering through town.
I did this on a night that I failed to get to sleep in time. I thought I might as well do something productive instead of laying there swearing and imagining what might happen if I had a crossbow…
q&a for faber & faber
/in fiction, tips, writing /by JervisI took part in several live chats recently where students across a few of Faber & Faber’s online courses asked me questions about writing. The nice people at The Professional Writing Academy tidied up my rather hurried answers and put them together into a couple of blog posts.
The first is about fiction writing tips and the second is about getting started as a writer.
case study – hiddenfolk book cover
/in book cover, case study, design /by JervisThe design process for the hiddenfolk book cover…
job opportunity at plinth
/0 Comments/in advert, jargon, writing /by JervisA job ad that puts a positive halo on solutionalising take-homes…