Copywriting and Features
I started DorkyMum in 2011 – when I was still living in Edinburgh – as a creative outlet that I could fit around my life as a stay at home parent.
Now that DorkySon is older and requires a little less attention (only a little!) I work freelance as a copywriter and feature writer. I’m based in Hobart, Tasmania, but have clients across Australia, the UK and US.
To check out the services I offer in copywriting and feature writing please visit my professional website ruthdawkins.net
You can also browse a short selection of my published pieces below.
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Parenting and Family
- The Washington Post: I’ve become an accidental Dear Abby
- Guardian: He’s not my father, he’s my husband
- Literary Mama: The Last Bedtime Story
- Kidspot: 5 things only expat parents understand
- Elephant Journal: Making sense of motherhood
Environment and Activism
- Guardian: Au revoir Aurora Australis
- SBS: Even in Antarctica, women are experiencing sexism
- Guardian: Inspirational climate researchers feared dead on Arctic expedition
- Observer: Death on the Ice
Travel
- Guardian: I was told to live like a tourist after my 18,000km move
- Guardian: Four of the best Tasmanian road trips
- Guardian: Dark Mofo or no
- Guardian: Tasmania’s off-beat gin boom
- The Simple Things: My City, Hobart (pdf)
- Caught by the River: Going Home
- RACT Journeys: Tasmania’s most scenic 4WD routes
Miscellaneous
- Literary Mama: Confessions of a Diary Writer
- RACT Journeys: Still Stoked
- Caught by the River: Dog walking at the bottom of the world
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Photo Credit: Margaret Clift McNulty
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My mother and sister told me this week that people get paid to blot. Let me know if you actually get any offers.
A voice from the ether: ask your husband Young if he went to Camp Tonset as a kid…I was his pal
Richard
Hi, wish I came across your blog earlier. Glad I have now. Thanks for writing :o)
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Hi, you are an amazing writer. I have read “Yes And No” and your blog about chasing the Northern or Southern lights. I loved both and agreed with your views. I am glad I found your blog and I will continue to follow it!
Your blog has inspired me so I have nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. For rules and details, read this post: http://thoughtsofachristiangirlblog.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/inspiring-blogger-award/