1. Strengths
   1. Experience
      1. Positive News
      2. Permaculture Magazine
      3. GGI
      4. Red Pepper
      5. Permaculture News
   2. Well networked
   3. Good relationships with Editors
   4. Diverse niches
      1. Community organising
      2. Animal Liberation
      3. Extreme Energy
      4. Food & Land Struggles
      5. Permaculture
      6. Alternative Education
      7. Anarchism
      8. Prison system
      9. Repression
   5. Website in place
   6. IT knowledge
      1. Scrivener
      2. Indesign
      3. Basic photoshop
      4. Basic html
2. Threats
   1. Unable to sustain writing work due to income levels / need for focus on other areas
   2. Lack of interest from publishers
   3. Lack of markets e.g. magazines closing
3. Weaknesses
   1. Reputation
      1. Criminal Record
   2. 'Busy-ness' & distractions
   3. Have to be in the 'mood' to write
   4. Limited paid writing work for alternative publications
   5. Distaste for corporate press
   6. Computer based
   7. Skills & Competencies
      1. Mixed media
         1. Film
         2. Podcasts
         3. Photography
      2. HTML for newsletter production
      3. Social media
   8. Grammar
   9. Academic referencing
   10. Academic writing
   11. Total political bias!
   12. Attitudes & Fears
       1. Rejection of mainstream journalism
       2. 'Selling out' by writing for liberal publications
   13. Don't have a 'system' for my writing yet
4. Opportunities
   1. Paid work with Gaia University
      1. Articles / Website / Blog / Newsletter
   2. Book writing
      1. Ideas
         1. Anarchist Agroecology
         2. Plant based permaculture / agroecology
         3. Liberation Permaculture
         4. Prison Abolition/PIC in UK
         5. Access to Land
      2. Potential publishers
         1. AK Press
         2. PM Press
         3. Verso
         4. Permanent Publications
   3. Submissions to more alternative academic journals
   4. Stacking writing with MSc Work
   5. Am becoming increasingly well known / may be commissioned more
   6. Courses & self education
5. Design Goals
   1. Optimise opportunity with Gaia U
      1. Editor relationships
      2. Regular work
      3. Increasing portfolio
   2. Submit at least one piece to an academic publication each year
   3. Design Anarchist Agroecology Book Proposal in 2014
      1. Design capstone MSc year to stack
      2. Design anarchist agroecology research project
   4. Continue to write regular columns
   5. Write at least one unpaid substantial anarchist orientated article per month
   6. Research courses & learning opportunities to strengthen practice
      1. Proofreading
      2. Effective writing systems
      3. HTML
      4. Mixed media