Hello fellow writers and happy new year. Big welcome to the 40 or so of you who’ve joined the courses in the past two weeks – and thanks. You can expect to get a post here and helpful links once a month.

This video here is a trailer for a full version which has just arrived in Section 11 of The Complete Freelance Writing Course, Lesson 61. It’s a favourite way of mine to focus at the start of a new year, or whenever the compass needs a reset. You are most welcome to share your ideas and goals in the course q & a, or message board.

The idea of a personal monopoly comes from a online writing teacher called David Perell, who runs acclaimed online courses, a podcast and an amazingly helpful article on how to write online ( long but most valuable read). He’s also quite active on twitter, if you’re there.

We’ve had extremely stormy weather in West Wales since the year start, but as I write this post, the sun has just started to shine. Wherever you are, I hope you have something that feels like sunshine on your horizon for 2023. Avanti!