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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Go read my article in Her Nashville
Hey, look, I’m famous! Well, sort of. Remember my rant about all the junk at my parents left at my house at Thanksgiving? You know…The Mom Bomb? Well, that blog post has turned into a feature article in the March … Continue reading
Posted in Freelancing
Tagged autograph, blog, Her Nashville, issue, junk, magazine, March, mom bomb, Nashville, newsstands, print
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Which one of these is not like the others?
How’s this for random? My Amazon.com recommendations today include 1) Sometimes I Wonder if Poodle Like Noodles by Laura Numeroff, author of my son’s beloved If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… books, 2) Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus … Continue reading
The book you couldn’t–or wouldn’t–finish
Admit it. You have one. You must have one. A book that you just couldn’t finish. A book that you just didn’t like. And you’re not going to apologize for it anymore. Author Brendan Halpin couldn’t get through A Confederacy … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged a confederacy of dunces, a prayer for owen meany, augusten burroughs, book, Books, dan brown, finish, freakonomics, greatest, gregory maguire, herman melville, Ivy League, john irving, john kennedy toole, moby dick, novel, read, running with scissors, the brothers karamazov, the davinci code, wicked, written
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Fast. Good. Cheap. Pick two.
About ten years ago, I worked for a non-profit organization in Memphis, and we contracted with a local ad agency to produce some brochures for a new fundraising campaign. The agency, the name of which I have regrettably forgotten, was generously … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Freelancing
Tagged advertising, advertising agency, bank, brochures, cheap, donating, Economy, employer, fast, fee, freelance, freelancer, fundraising, good, graphic designer, health insurance, Memphis, mortgage, nonprofit, reality, result, struggling, work, writer
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Why was this never a holiday when I was a kid?
So it’s President’s Day today. The powers that be merged George Washington’s birthday (Feb. 22) with Abraham Lincoln’s birthday (Feb. 12), did some fancy math and chose…the third Monday in February to honor these great former leaders of our country. … Continue reading
Posted in Random musings
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, banks, birthday, February, George Washington, Gwin Elementary, Holiday, Monday, post office, President's Day, school, stock market
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Let me call you “sweetheart”
Two of my favorite writing-related blogs had very interesting discussions this week about whether it’s reasonable to get annoyed when a client (or source) calls you by a name like “sweetheart.” Tamara first raised the topic at Freelance Parent. Then Allena … Continue reading
Posted in Freelancing, Journalism, Random musings
Tagged affection, bless your heart, blog, client, darling, dear, freelance, freelance parent, garden wal publications, interview, lied, nickname, patonizing, professional, slur, source, sugar, sweetheart, worry, writer
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Satellite radio’s future uncertain
Ack! The end of satellite radio as I know it may be looming. Sirius XM may be headed towards bankruptcy…or could be bought out by EchoStar. Apparently Sirius XM has huge, huge money woes (gee, like almost every other company … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Economy
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