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Little Irksome Things
What’s on the iPod: Murray by Pete Yorn Remember when you were taught to use a 50-cent word in place of a five-dollar one? In plenty of projects I handle and Internet postings I read, I see a multitude of sins against this piece of advice. So for the record, let’s just get it all…
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Life Goes On
What’s on the iPod: Sweetness by Jimmy Eat WorldWhat I’m reading: Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather Dear friend Anne Wayman has a post up about saying no. It’s a small word, easy to spell, but damn tough to utter sometimes. Anne has learned how, but how many of us have? Here’s the…
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Pricing and the New Freelancer
What’s on the iPod: Viva la Vida by Coldplay Yesterday’s return to work was pretty fruitful. I managed an article revision, an ongoing project section, and interview requests for an upcoming article. Also, I sent out an idea to my editor chum. All this while going to the dentist and helping someone in the house…
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Re-entry
What’s on the iPod: War is Kind by Jakob DylanWhat I’m reading: Traveller’s History of Ireland Has it been just a week since I last worked? More like a week and a half, which makes sense given the disconnection from work, stress, and all things responsible I’m immersed in. We drove north to Ontario two…
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Links and Things
What’s on the iPod: Poke by Frightened Rabbit I love bloggers who make me laugh. As I was avoiding packing for my trip last week, I went around the Internet and found some hilarious posts on everything from Craig’s List to … Craig’s List: The Grand Experiment byClint Osterholz – Clint, you crack me up…
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Grammar and Your Client
What’s on the iPod: Into the Mystic by Van Morrison After having more than two client interactions get heated over grammar and sentence structure, I was itching to hire some mensa-level kid-geek to plant a virus in every Word Grammar Check function in the country. I loathe that program and all it’s done to ruin…
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The Creative Break From, Well, Your Creativity
What’s on the iPod: Where You are by Rascal Flatts Before you think the heat’s gotten to me, let me explain the title of this post. As I was sitting crafting poetry the other day – me, the person least likely to have time to write poetry – I couldn’t help but wonder where the…
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Putting the “Try” Back into Marketing
What’s on the iPod: Poison Prince by Amy MacDonaldWhat I’m reading: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen Hopefully as you read this, I’m reeling in record-breaking bass or pike. One can only hope. Per usual, here are some vapor trails of my existence…. The birthday is now a day old and I…
