Copywriters usually become writers.

I’m doing it the other way around. And it’s all due to Covid-19. This 2020 Virus has given me the much-needed shove to finally do what I’ve been dreaming about for many decades.

Write.SaidRose. (Dammit)

Rosemary Gillan signature, Write.SaidRose, Black

Where Ro’s passion for writing began

It all started with my tongue-in-cheek newsletters from nearly two decades abroad in five different continents. These later morphed into a book, Tales of a Hotel Wife and Other Stories from Hell, now in its final draft.

Next were three short stories: two published in expatriate anthologies, Once Upon An Expat and Knocked Up Abroad Again with the third currently awaiting publication in a Turkey Anthology.

From that,

Write.SaidRose

was born

But all that writing was simply a glorious aside while I had a “proper” job working 9-5 in real estate, in IT, in travel… Pre-kids, I had written dozens of press releases, sales material, promotional letters and advertising copy in my roles in the advertising and movie industries. Post kids I wrote blog posts, reports, and edited/proof-read documents for various corporate clients.

Until Covid caused a reassessment of my future.

Would I invest in myself and go it alone?

AlWrite.Said Rose!

Copywrite.SaidRose!

First I polished my writing skills via several copywriting courses, attended multiple online seminars, subscribed to SEO journals, did an Overcoming Imposter Syndrome course through the University of Queensland ☺, was accepted into the NEIS (National Enterprise Incentive Scheme) Program, and completed the Micro Business Operations course.

So here I am. I may not have the long arm credentials of most copywriters, but I write powerful words that stir, that engage, that sell.

I write words right.