“So… what do you do?” If you’re at a wedding or a networking event… or even making polite chat with the bloke servicing your boiler, chances are you’ve been asked this question at least a dozen times. I’ve been a medical writer for the best part of a decade, yet I still struggle to answer […]

I did all the research. I passed all the writing tests. I smashed all the interviews. But nothing could prepare me for my first day as a junior medical writer. Suddenly, I was thrown into a pretty niche (and secretive) industry with lots of strange rules and even stranger lexicon (symposia? Who is she?). As […]

Thought experiment series: famous writers of history PART 2 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a pharmaceutical client in possession of a generous budget, must be in want of a Med Comms agency. And if your agency is trying to woo said client, a team of skilled, sharp medical writers is essential. Which is […]

The phone had not stopped ringing. It seemed like the second Toothy bid goodbye to another promising lead, the Toothphone was glowing purple again. Toothy usually loved this part of his job, but Christmas was around the corner and there seemed to be no let up. He took a deep breath and picked up the […]

You’ve been honing your best lines. You’ve started putting yourself out there. You’ve even contemplated ironing your shirt. But that prospective client just isn’t getting the hint. At Word Monster, we have years of experience building successful client relationships virtually. In fact, we wrote a whole blog post about it just last month. But how […]

For over a decade, all my New Years’ resolutions followed a depressingly predictable pattern.  Every January 1st I poured away the last of the Christmas booze, laced up my running shoes and dusted off the spiraliser. Yet, within a few short weeks I was pounding the merlot in my unicorn onesie, eating spaghetti that was […]