What’s on the iPod: Overjoyed by Bastille So how do you recover from two weddings in two weeks, a huge rehearsal dinner, and guests to entertain? You run away. That’s just what we did. It was my birthday gift from my husband, and it fit like it was made for me. We cut our workday…
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The Evolving Writing Career
What’s on the iPod: Yes I Would by Frightened Rabbit After all the nuptial hubbub this month, I’m finally settling back down into work routines. I’m lining up interviews for an article assignment and I’m doing some prelim work on a query I intend to send out today. Plus, the marketing and LOIs continue in…
Finding Expert Sources
What’s on the iPod: More Than a Feeling by Boston Yesterday was one of those days where I thought I’d get so much work done. I had plans. I was marketing. I was writing. I was lining up sources for an article. Instead, I lined up pillows on the bed and took a long nap….
Wedding Redux
What’s on the iPod: Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison Over. The weddings are now part of our immediate past, and the house is slowly returning to normal. The second wedding occurred on a beautiful Midsommar day and involved all the pageantry and color befitting Midsommar (or Midsummer, depending on your preference). Appropriate, since our groom (my…
Writing Banging Queries
What’s on the iPod: Can’t Hold Us by Macklemore It’s a week off for me. Not intentionally, but the projects were finished early and others that were supposed to show up didn’t, so I get some much-needed time to myself. This house is cleaner than it’s been in years, and today is the day the…
Picture Perfect
What’s on the iPod: Everything by Michael Bublé Meet my daughter and new son-in-law. On a picture-perfect day in an oak grove in Lancaster, PA, these two crazy kids agreed to marry each other. Nothing marred the day — not weather, not stress, not anything. The day started early with a spa trip for hair…
Free Advice Friday: When Clients Hold Checks Hostage
What’s on the iPod: 1985 by Bowling for Soup Tomorrow. Tomorrow, my little girl becomes a wife. She’s waited for this, planned for this, since the first day boys became more than just playmates. I’m off today getting nails done, packing, and heading to the rehearsal venue in Lancaster, PA. A slow workweek was an…
Handling Controversial Writing Assignments
What’s on the iPod: Best of My Love by The Eagles You are what you write, aren’t you? If you’re good at what you do, no. Recently, I wrote an article on a controversial topic for a favorite editor. I knew when I wrote it there would be debate. And boy, there has been. I’ve…
Writers, Work, and Weddings
What’s on the iPod: Magnificent by U2 Today starts a week we’ve been waiting for. Five days from now, my youngest will become a married woman. But until then, there is much to do. At this writing, I am printing wedding programs. After I write this post, I’ll be marketing for an hour, then stapling…
Monthly Assessment: May 2014
What’s on the iPod: Quiet Little Voices by We Were Promised Jetpacks What a month it was, and what a month it is about to be. Our floors are done, furniture is starting to come back, and my work day doesn’t revolve around sanders and smelly varnishes. What it does revolve around, and will for…