Category Archives: work

It Shouldn’t Happen… But It Did: The Developer’s Wife and the Hot Flush #lawyerlytales

Posted on Mar 1, 2019 by

This is part of a series based on my life in the law as a property lawyer. Some clients were easy going and some not; some were bright and some not; some were patient and some not. And then there … Continue reading →

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Appraising The Big Beasts #workplace #memories #management

Posted on Nov 29, 2018 by

Having finished this year’s Nano with a book in first draft form and a few days to spare, I was thinking about the need to maintain one’s self confidence to achieve these sorts of goals. Historically I haven’t been that … Continue reading →

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Naturalised Londoner: part 3 – that first job

Posted on Aug 22, 2018 by

I’m spinning some plates just now. As well as pulling together all the short fiction I wrote during 2017 for a new anthology, Life In A Conversation, and reworking the very first book I wrote, I’m getting close to finalising … Continue reading →

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Ponderings While Pulling Trees

Posted on May 10, 2018 by

A little light musing, interspersed with pictures of the garden.. I was digging up a tree yesterday. It’s the sort of work that I used to love when working at the legal coal face. It meant I couldn’t actually think about … Continue reading →

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Picking (At) A Winner (or what not to do when interviewing)

Posted on May 1, 2018 by

I found myself doing something that, frankly, is going out of fashion. I was with a group, discussing something worthy and I doodled. Nowadays the distractions tend to come electronically with the subtle, and often not so subtle, phone use … Continue reading →

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Interview Technique

Posted on Feb 13, 2016 by

When the Lawyer began his job hunting post University, there was a certain amount of chitchat between us about interview technique – very right and proper; after all, I’d been in the business world; I could help, couldn’t I? Well … Continue reading →

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Heavy Industry

Posted on Jan 4, 2016 by

Charli Mills latest flash fiction prompt is thus described: December 30, 2015 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write an industrious story. It can be about an industry or the efforts of a person or group of people. … Continue reading →

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