I've made some references to a new project on the horizon, and it's finally here. Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce my new blog: What Would Betty ...
Category Archives: writing
Pens, Lost and Found
All my life, I wanted a nice pen. My father had a golden Cross pen and pencil set, and I just loved it. The weight conferred a sense of importance upon anything written with it, from my fourth grade Social Studies paper to my college applications. When I graduated from ...
Not-So-RDQLUS Thinking
Ever since I read this blog post from Steve Gordon -- a.k.a. RDQLUS -- I've been thinking about the creative professionals that I've worked with during my career. "I'm so sorry," they say by way of preemptive apology. "I'm not much of a writer." I ...
Economies of Scale: Why Shorter Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Cheaper
There was an awkward silence on the other end of the line. My client was dumbfounded. “How could a web page cost so much? It’s only three paragraphs!” I hate having this conversation. It’s not that I can’t justify my rates – oh believe me, I can, mostly because I'm far from the most expensive in ...
What I Did On My One Day Vacation
As I sit here listening to the clock tick in an otherwise quiet house, I'm marveling at the fact that I took the day off -- most of it, anyway -- and the world didn't end. Aside from being on an island beach somewhere, this day was probably as close to ideal as it could have ...
New Project in the Works
I'm not going to bore you with the details of my new project yet -- at least not until I have more details to share -- but I will tell you that it's ...
The Next Big Thing
I had the privilege of watching Dyana Valentine work her instigator magic at the Creative Freelancer Conference last ...
The Power of Food
On three separate occasions this past week, I've had the same conversation. "I checked out your blog," they all said. "I love the recipes!" This always blows me away. I started posting the recipes just because I have a personal tendency to print out a new one, modify it in some way, and then proceed to ...
The 3rd 40: Days 25 and 26
The weather in California has been less than stellar this winter. Yes, I know, boo-hoo; tell that sob story to the east coasters who endured multiple blizzards. And yet, I can't recall more consistent rain in the 11 years that we've lived here. So the weekend weather forecast -- mid-70s and sunny -- had me ...
The 3rd 40: Days 21-24
I haven't been the best at updating this, have I? I've turned a corner with kickboxing. I went on Tuesday and even though I could feel the exertion in my muscles, I never actually hurt. I went back this morning and felt like I was in a really good groove. I'm far from the best in ...