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A love letter to my weird little town
I often describe my town as “quirky” and “artsy.” However, there can be a lot of push and pull between the people who have lived here forever and who are immediately horrified by any changes to what they consider established institutions (basically anything they grew up with), and the “newbies” who envision a future P-ville…
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Some Thoughts on Love on Valentine’s Day
The other day I saw a gangly, awkward teenage boy walking through Giant carrying an enormous heart-shaped box of chocolates. There were a million stories in that one image — his story, her story, everyone’s story of those first teenage crushes and the agonizing, innocent sweetness of young love. Merriam Webster says love is “a…
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Check Out This New Thing I’m Doing
Hi all! Just wanted to share a new project I’m launching in January at WriteWorks.co. Starting January 12, I’ll be writing a weekly series on how to get work as a freelance writer. If you’re a writer at all, you know this is harder than it sounds … I’ll share my “secret sauce” for getting regular,…
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Taking (some of) the pain out of transcription
This post for all the writers out there. If you ever have to transcribe interviews, I just found a great tool that you’ll want to get your grubby little mitts on. I have always found the transcription to be extremely painful. I wasn’t ever able to find a transcription system that worked well so I…
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You won’t believe how [blank] this [blank] is!
I’m so tired of all the videos floating around social media that say something like “Cutest [blank] ever!” “You won’t believe how [blank] this [blank] is!” “Don’t watch this without tissues!” Invariably, I watch these things and then wonder why I spent the time on something that just couldn’t live up to the hype. The…