It’s My Monday
I’m kicking off the new year with a new-to-me concept: taking one workday per week to focus on my own creative writing projects. I dubbed it It’s My Monday.
do what you love
Conveying Your Message Through Laughter
In previous posts, I explained how creative writing can help improve your business writing and told you that a 10-minute play I’d submitted to the 2018 Rockford New Play Festival was one of the plays chosen to be read at the event. Organized by The West Side Show Room, the festival was held August 23 … Read more
Copywriter & Playwright, too?
Remember the 10-minute play I submitted to the Rockford New Play Festival a couple months ago? I’m happy to say it was among the six plays selected to be read at an event slated for August 23. My favorite play of all time is Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, so my aim was to try … Read more
Late Night Ice Cream Wars
The summer’s first real heat wave had me craving ice cream. While I usually make my own, I love sampling premium ice cream when it’s on sale. Last week it just so happened that my favorite grocery store had Ben & Jerry’s pints on sale for $2.99 a piece. While perusing the store’s somewhat limited … Read more
How Helping Others Helps You
Something amazing happens every time another writer—newbie or old pro—asks another writer for advice, tips, or simply to be a sounding board. Both parties wind up learning something new. Last weekend, Mika Doyle arranged an informal meeting for us with a former co-worker of hers who wants to break into freelance writing, Jes Richards. We … Read more
When Worlds Collide: Television, Crafts, and Lots of Yarn
Every so often my worlds collide. And I love it. Sometimes that involves writing about food and television, but usually it means I’m writing about knitting, crocheting, yarn, or crafts. Last week I got a double dose. My column about a new, crowd-funded digital series—The Knit Show with Vickie Howell—ran, and my article from the current issue … Read more