Recently a family member was looking for a course or a school for art instruction. This isn’t a beginner, but someone who wants to improve on skills already learned. They did it the right way — they looked at the schools that were touting the best results. Funny how even the best schools can disappoint….
Tag: education
Boosting Income by Boosting Skills
What I’m reading: Wheeling Motel by Franz Wright What I’m listening to: Sometime Around Midnight by The Airborne Toxic Event Happy 2017! Now let’s get busy. The new year is just into its second day, but it’s business as usual here. Because it’s a new year, it’s a perfect time for this guest post by…
31 Days of Freelancing: Add One More Skill
What I’m listening to: Domino by Van Morrison Thursday already? I best you’re still scrambling to get your holiday plans in order. Maybe you’re working on a project in hopes it will be done before tomorrow. Either way, there’s probably some down time you’ve been wanting needing. Today is your day. Today, give yourself permission…
7 Ways to Vet a Writing Course
Today is going to be busy. I have plenty of interviews to go over for a white paper, and some research to finish up. Plus, writers group is here tonight. Not only do I need to clean — I need to write something to present. Behind the scenes here at the blog, I’m busy putting…
The Excuse Train
Currently, I’m at a conference, so forgive any delay in responding to your comments. I should be back here Thursday. In the meantime, I wanted to bring up a topic we’ve talked about in the past, but deserves a bit of resurrection. As I watched the discussion and debate swell and morph over an article…
Lessons We Teach Ourselves
What’s on the iPod: Late March, Death March by Frightened Rabbit How was your yesterday? Mine was somewhat productive. I started the day with a poetry writing project I’m putting on the front burner. It’s something I’ve been wanting to promote and yesterday I had time to do so. I had time also to work…
6 Ways to Be a Studious Writer
What’s on the iPod: 1983 by Neon Trees Tax day – as if any of you needed to be reminded. We hired an accountant this year, who did an amazing job and found us some deductions we hadn’t taken in the past. We still paid, but because I’d calculated my portion of things early, I…
The Lemming Factor
What’s on the iPod: Strange Girl by The Airborne Toxic Event Despite having a clear plan in place yesterday, my day spiraled from laid-back to somewhat chaotic. I didn’t get done half of the stuff on my list. I didn’t have any deadlines, which is probably for the best. A lot of piddly stuff got…
Wednesday Workshop Links
What’s on the iPod: The Rifle’s Spiral by The Shins Yesterday was unexpectedly, blessedly slower. The pace up to this point has been break-neck speed with no pit stops. I was glad for a small reprieve. I wrote a radio script, pitched another magazine query, researched two current article projects, and wrote a few blog…