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Gordon Hamilton is the Food and Drink Channel Steward here on Helium but his professional background is within the UK Banking Sector. Between the years of 1988 and 2007, he worked for what was initially Halifax Building Society (Savings and Loan,) became

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Arts & Humanities > Writing for Success Freelance writers need self-discipline: 1 of 21
As much as I love being a freelance writer, I occasionally wonder why I chose for myself a profession where I work at least double the number of hours per week of any of my friends or family? I wonder why when everyone else is enjoying Christmas celebrations or the likes, I am sat at a computer writing articles, posting to b... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to write a short story: 1 of 21
The basics of how to write a short story are very different from those describing how to write such as a novel. The simple length of the story will eliminate a lot of the procedures which would be applied to novel writing and the process should therefore not only be quicker but easier. I like to think of a short story as a h... More..
Arts & Humanities > Internet Writing & Blogging What it means to be a blogger: 1 of 18
A blogger is someone who is likely to wear many hats and individual bloggers will fall in to many categories depending upon the subject or subjects to which they write but the successful blogger should view themselves, above all else, as a service provider. They have to provide the information which visitors are seeking and ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Where writers find inspiration: 2 of 33
Inspiration for the writer is like lightning - it rarely if ever strikes twice in the same place. We can be at any stage of our day to day activities, in any location, when without warning, the flash will go off and inspiration will have struck. What we have to do is ensure that we are prepared to harness the incredible crea... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Tips for finding story ideas: 4 of 65
The first stage of any story writing process is when the seed of an idea begins to germinate in a writer's mind. It may strike at any time and come from any one of a thousand sources. There are no rules and no guidelines as to where a writer gets his or her story ideas from but there are a few practises they can adopt to fir... More..
Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Does insomnia help or hinder creativity?: 5 of 80
Insomnia is an unenviable condition which has a cause. The cause of insomnia is most likely to be our dwelling upon something negative which is happening in our lives at the moment. This can cause worry, stress and ultimately the sleeplessness which defines insomnia. Creativity is a human process which requires us to be at o... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to succeed as a writer: 1 of 16
It is absolutely imperative when determining as to how we go about succeeding as a writer that we first of all establish why we wish to do so. If we only wish to be a successful writer in order to make a great deal of money but have no particular interest in the craft itself, we should realise that we are doomed to failure b... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to get started writing a book once you have a great idea: 1 of 16
Just as from small acorns big oak trees grow, almost every literary classic in history has started with the germination of a tiny idea in the author's mind. So how does an author nurture and develop that idea to eventually form it in to a full length novel? What are the stages he must go through in order to achieve this goal... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Tips for writing a first draft: 1 of 15
There are some few writers who can simply sit down and write an article, story or novel straight away in what will all but be its finished form. It may require a little editing afterwards in order to rectify such as some spelling mistakes or slight grammatical inaccuracies but they effectively only write the piece once. Ther... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Tips on creating the perfect title for your writing: 1 of 15
Creating the perfect title for your writing is of paramount importance, irrespective of the genre or medium to which you write. The title is almost certainly going to be that which successfully draws a potential reader's eye to your work, or alternatively fails to do so, and therefore has to both accurately reflect the natur... More..