All together now: "Dis place (aaah-ah!) is comin' like a ghost town…"

Filed by: Darren Turpin on September 11, 2007 at 21:38
Filed under: Miscellania

Hello? Anybody here..?Bit quiet around here lately, I know, but I'm afraid it's a situation that's quite likely to continue for a little while yet...

The thing is, I had a cunning plan, way back when. I was going to finish the new, full content version of Richard Morgan's website (almost done, hopefully it'll be live by the end of the week) and then spend most of September working on a few side-projects of my own, catching up with long overdue blog content, running a few admin tasks that have been on the to-do list for a good while, that sort of thing.

But the Morgan site has been taking a little longer than I planned, if only for all the usual miscellaneous reasons (note to any other would-be or relatively new-start freelancers: when estimating the length of time a job will take, always double it, then add a bit...) And then I got a full schedule data update through from Pete at PS Publishing late last week, which means that I can now crack on with finishing the long-awaited new e-commerce version of the PS website, which is what I've been doing - along with a few other update jobs - pretty much solidly since then.

Having said that, I did manage to get a basic blog setup started for my own work-related info / promo / portfolio site, which is now live at www.darrenturpin.co.uk, although it definitely needs some more work, particularly round about the Portfolio and with regard to contact details etc.

But yes, anyhow, the PS job should take up most of September, which means that my other plans will have to return to the back-burner for a while. October is booked pretty much solid already, and I'm hoping that I'll get chatting about websites to a few folks at Fantasycon the weekend after next, so hopefully I'll end up busy through November. Which means I might have to wait until December to get everything sorted out properly. C'est la vie, and I'm certainly not complaining about being busy.

Although having said that, if I can sneak some schedule space in the meantime, then what I'm hoping to do is: finish DT.co.uk and expand the range of content I'm posting there (marketing, productivity, GTD, freelance working, that sort of thing), then re-template The Genre Files (it's looking a little dark and dingy in here, compared to a few of the cleaner templates I've seen online recently) and re-focus the content on books, bookishness, publishing and related topics, whilst moving out the more general, chatty and / or personal stuff into a new blog. Possibly at darrenturpin.me.uk, possibly at lessordinary.me.uk ("aiming to live a life less ordinary..." yes? no? good? okay? crap?) which I registered a while back on whim and haven't done anything with yet. And of course, I'll be keeping things ticking over on UKSFBN and I will try to pick up the pace again here, pending the re-design...

Phew. Wish me luck!

Filed on: September 11, 2007
Filed under: Miscellania
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6 Responses to 'All together now: "Dis place (aaah-ah!) is comin' like a ghost town…"'

  1. Paul Raven on September 12th, 2007 11:32 am

    ...note to any other would-be or relatively new-start freelancers: when estimating the length of time a job will take, always double it, then add a bit...

    Troo dat! Remember that outsourcing is always an option, though ... ;) Will go and sub to your DT site, I need all the advice I can get. Good luck!

  2. Ariel on September 12th, 2007 12:08 pm

    LOL. Paul mate, I'm probably going to be getting most of my content from the links you find for your 'fresh from teh intarwebs' round-ups...

    But your subtle hint re sub-contracting is duly noted... :)

  3. Joe on September 12th, 2007 8:49 pm

    "Too much fighting on da dance floor!"... (showing my age by knowing those lyrics you allude to, even more by admitting dancing at the roller disco to them.... In blue sued roller boots with yellow trims and red stars mind you, tres chic).

    DT.co.uk - possibly the first time I have welcomed a case of the DTs.

    Estimating time for work projects - I refer you to the great god Scotty "Lad, ye didnae tell yer captain how long it would really take, did ye? How dae ye expect tae keep a reputation as a miracle worker?"

    PS update - terrific, anything that makes Pete's wonderful small press better known is good by me. Heard Jeff V has a book coming out with PS and is very excited about it and now so am I :-)

  4. Ed on September 12th, 2007 10:55 pm

    I always add a day or two when the boss asks when a job will be completed. That way the teams always look good when they finish ahead of schedule :)

  5. Ariel on September 13th, 2007 8:22 am

    Joe - all the info on the Vandermeer that we have at the moment is on the PS News Room already...

    Ed - Ah, the joys of middle-management... plenty of Friday lunchtime pub meetings as well? Always good for morale, I used to find :)

  6. Big Dumb Object on September 20th, 2007 7:10 pm

    Comments working, now iwth OpenId...

    Thanks to Ariel for letting me know that my comments were broken. They're not only working now, but you can also signin with OpenId, so that's using Livejournal, Vox and Wordpress.com accounts amongst others.Let me know if youhave problems.........

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