I’m a writer. Oh sure, I’ve tried other things and scouted out alternative avenues (little known fact: I once owned a yoga and Pilates studio), but the fact of the matter is, I’m a writer. I’ve always been a writer. My husband delights in the ever-so-embarrassing book of haikus that I wrote when I was…
Tag Archive: writing
How Old is “Too Old?”
Over at the Creative Freelancer Blog, contributor Laurel Black seems to have struck a nerve with her post asking if she was too old to be a designer. 80 comments later (and counting), the merits and disadvantages of age vs. experience are still being debated. What do you think? How old is “too old?” Does…
Strategy For All Content
There’s an endless amount of buzz about content strategy and how it can improve your corporate website. I’m a firm believer in content strategy and the results that it can deliver. Not familiar with content strategy? The idea is that the presentation of information — design, navigation and site structure — should be built around…
Moment
Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. Describe it in vivid detail (texture, smells, voices, noises, colors). The boys had gone east to visit Grandma and Grandpa. I was alone in Pacific Grove, walking back from dinner in Monterey. I could hear the gravel crunching under my feet as I walked…
Writing
What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can you eliminate it? That’s the 2nd prompt for Reverb 10, and it’s a doozy. Sure, there are a million distractions in life, but are they distracting me from writing? Yes, probably. And no. I write for work, all day long….
Confessions of a Once-a-Year Fiction Writer
Now that it’s December 1, I feel like I can freely confess this: I blew off NaNoWriMo this year. I’ve written a “novel” (I use the term loosely) every year since 2004. Some are better than others; none are great. I’ve always been ok with that. I know that I’m not a novelist, but after…
Not My Job. Or Is It?
We sat at breakfast one Wednesday morning, and I was recapping the previous night’s Team in Training run with my then 3-year-old son. He listened carefully as I talked about our tempo run, and seemed deep in thought as he ate his oatmeal. “Is running your job?” he asked between bites. “No,” I explained. “I’m…
The New Project
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 Do? As you’ve probably noticed, a significant number of my blog posts were about food, fitness and my Team in Training progress. The new blog will allow…
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 high school, I asked for…
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 always cringe when I hear that. Sure, maybe they’re intimidated…