Seasons Change

Happy Summer Solstice friends! As the sun warms my face, I look forward to what summer brings. As much as beach days, vacations, and late night bonfires draw me, I need to keep my pulse on the work world too. With a client cutting back on hours, I am in the market for new clients…

Get Social

Networking is a skill I am actively working on. Most days I cloister myself in my home and scroll through news feeds and emails solo. It is the bane of most writers—our creativity flourishes in quiet spaces and most often alone. This works well for me most of the time. No wary looks from strangers…

Tips to Kickstart Writing

Back to school. Back to work. Contrary to popular belief, I don't take the summer off. I might not have the same writing output during the summer months, but I'm still around. Anytime I slip away, I schedule posts to publish while I am gone, but places that require real-time presence slip a bit. My…

A Guest Post: The Hitch…

Done! I just finished a difficult article that challenged my writing skills, and sense of diplomacy. Writing skills might be self-explanatory, but diplomacy, you ask? Yup. Let me explain. A Guest Post Everyone says it's good to accept guest post roles on other blogs, and to feature them on your own. And I agree. Unfortunately,…

Pursue Awesome

This week a woman looked me in the eyes, really stared into my soul trying to see… me. She was looking; searching for meaning, depth, story. And then she smiled. Just as she expected, it was there. She didn't learn my story, but she knew there was one hidden in the quiet way I returned her…