What to expect in 2010: you ask, I answer, and other endeavours

Hi, I'm Rachel Hills.

I'm a London-based (via Sydney, Australia) writer, researcher and contributor to publications including the Sydney Morning Herald's Sunday Life, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Glamour, Jezebel, Alternet and more. I'm also writing a book about Gen Y, sex and identity. This is my blog.

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I’ve been back in Australia a little over 24 hours, but I am bizarrely missing the European weather. Sure, I felt like my feet were going to freeze off a couple of times, but it was nothing central heating and a good hot chocolate can’t fix, and breathing is somehow easier at 0C than it is at 30C. Hair is also easier to style, for that matter.

I won’t go into too much detail about what I got up to while I was gone (see this post, if you’re interested in a snippet or two), but suffice to say I am feeling rejuvenised, re-energised and ready to embrace 2010.

Some of the things I have planned:

- A bunch of new initiatives on this here blog, the first of which will be a new feature answering your questions on all things writing, media and freelance journalism related - sometimes with a little help from my media savvy friends.

I get loads of emails from people asking how different aspects of the industry work, so if there’s something you’d like to know - whether it’s about pitching, the job hunting process, how to get tardy publications to pay up, how to get a book deal, find interview subjects, or just come up with a story idea, shoot me an email and I’ll answer it here.

- Finish the first draft of my thesis, and focus my freelance writing on thesis and other accessible sociology related topics.

Between these first two (and things like going to work, having friends etc) I’ll be pretty flat out, but there’s also:

- Insane amount of overseas travel (well, not for webutante types, but for we normal people) in first half of the year, including a good friend’s Wellington wedding in February, and my first academic conference in Dublin in March.

- Possible relocation to London or New York.

- Saying ‘yes’ to as many things as possible, but being judicious and selective about what I say yes to (so only exciting and/or productive things). Things I would be likely to say yes to include: cool conferences, dinners in secret locations, meeting interesting and energetic people, ten pin bowling, karaoke, anything involving Good Friends or Boyfriend.

What are your plans for 2010?

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