shooting crocodiles

The personal views of an opinionated copywriter. No crocodiles were harmed in the writing of this blog. It's just a metaphor, writers are like that.

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

My objection to the demolition of the Welsh streets

Planning ref 11PM/0603. Dear Decision-Makers, One of my most vivid and earliest childhood memories was the car journey back 'home...

Sunday, 13 March 2011

Marketing for girls

Somewhere there is a picture of my youngest child, slumped asleep in his buggy with a nappy at bursting point. We were on holiday, he fe...

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

How not to sell French enamel house signs

Date: 9 September 2010 17:24:14 BDT Hi Roy, As requested, this is to confirm we would like to proceed with our order for a custom sign ...

Friday, 13 August 2010

Free copywriting - but check the conditions

I've often said I'd rather work for nothing than for cheap, and like everyone else in this business I have on occasion given my serv...

Turning base metal into...more base metal

A recent radio discussion on what to do with all those spare coppers (money, not lazy bizzies) attracted some amazing texts. Apparently, Bri...

Tuesday, 27 April 2010

The old man and the tree

Behind this street there's a smaller street that runs at 90 degrees. So our kitchen looks out over their long back gardens. In the thir...

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Everyone forgets...why they were sh*t-scared

With one of the kids doing a school project on JFK, we asked my partner's dad for his 'where were you when' memory. It turns out...

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Judy Olsen: Somewhere up the A1, United Kingdom; Copywriter with issues Follow me on Twitter - @judycopywriter

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