A Day of Writing

Today was writing, writing, and more writing. Thankfully I enjoy it!

Firstly, I wrote the answer to yesterday’s task, which I enjoyed doing as the question allowed for a fair amount of text on an interesting subject. I think writing is a good way of keeping the mind sharp, which is especially important at the ripe old age of 19.

After my brother proofed my application for an American freelance company who write ‘how to’ guides for websites such as eHow, and after I was accepted for the job, I was able to get cracking on writing my first couple of articles. One criterion specifies roughly 500 words for the average article, but this obviously varies with requirements. My first three articles get sent to senior editors to ensure my content and style is correct. These requirements are obviously different to that of a freelance company writing for British websites, so I’ve set my word spellchecker to accept ‘color’ and ‘canceled’ and reject ‘colour’ and ‘cancelled’, etc.

Interestingly, to me at least, I just discovered a sentence ending with ‘etc.’, or something else with a full stop, only needs one full stop. It ends the word or acronym, and the sentence.

I’ve also got to describe situations as having a ‘wrench thrown in the works’ as opposed to a ‘spanner thrown in the works’, for example, or to say to ‘knock on wood’ for superstitious reasons. All this can be a bit overwhelming, so I glad of the editors – we’re ‘on’ an effective team, rather than ‘in’.

Today I’ve been thinking about the onset of (fall/autumn) and how my (apartment/flat) will get a lot cooler, meaning I’ll need a nice, thick (sweater/jumper) to keep me warm. Although, with no (elevator/lift) to get me to the top floor, I definitely won’t be cold. I can’t wait to move up there, but I will have to pay my mum for the (gas/petrol) used. I do hope there’s enough room in the (trunk/boot) for all my stuff, too.

Not all of that is necessarily true, but it shows the scale my challenge.

This evening I’m going to a friend’s surprise 20^th birthday party. That should be fun.

Today’s Food and Drink

Cereal and orange juice

Ham and cheese toastie (My lazy lunch)

Fruit salad

Milk

Mushroom quiche with salad

Rhubarb yoghurt