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Social Expedition Podcast

Confession: I hate the sound of my voice. I think I sound like a hick. But when my good friends at LunaWeb asked me to be a guest on the Social Expedition podcast, I couldn’t say no. These guys work very hard to sponsor, promote and organize BarCampMemphis, SocialCamp Memphis and the monthly social media [...]

Creative People are Weird

My personality exhibits some symptoms of creativity: I use a Mac, love to design things, am a night owl, thrive on deadlines, cannot deal with numbers, and am at times disorganized and scatterbrained. I’m great at seeing the big picture, but not always so great at figuring out how to actually do what’s in the [...]

Fingernails on a Chalkboard

I read a lot, look at zillions of Web sites and check out print pieces everywhere I go. Though I’m a laid-back person, there are some things I’ve been seeing a lot of lately that are like that certain sound that we all hate.

“Scare” quotes. Quotes are not for emphasis. They are for quotes.
Comic Sans, [...]

Writing Down the Bones

by Natalie Goldberg
Just finished this book. I will say that it helped me get excited about writing again. It freed my mind to think about writing not as something that always has to be immediately productive, but can be creative for its own sake. The chapters are brief and easy to read, but there is [...]

Life on the Balance Beam

Lillie Ammann, Writer & Editor, on her blog A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye poses an interesting question about finding the right balance in life. I’m honored that she tagged me for a response, but I’m not sure that my answer will be as meaningful as perhaps Lillie had hoped.

I love gymnastics — in fact [...]