I won’t pretend to have this job-hunting thing figured out, but if the online application process pisses you off too, then give some thought to… Read More »Job-Hunting Artists: Your Portfolio Could Use More Bon Jovi
This isn’t exactly Pulitzer material, and I didn’t even get a byline, but here’s a link to an article I wrote back in January. It… Read More »This is When I Post A Link To One of My Published Articles To Prove That I'm Actually Getting Paid to Write Something
This isn’t exactly Pulitzer material, and I didn’t even get a byline, but here’s a link to an article I wrote back in January. It… Read More »This is When I Post A Link To One of My Published Articles To Prove That I’m Actually Getting Paid to Write Something
This afternoon, I attended the freelancers meet-up with Tucker Mitchell, a long-time newspaperman who got out of the business as other print types buried their… Read More »Hyperlocal Reporting and Starving for Your Art
Last year, I received an e-mail from a group who books shows in Charlotte, among other cities. It sounded wicked sketchy, and after some quick… Read More »Scammers: Another Reason to DIY
I got a needed break this weekend and spent it away from the computer and writing jobs and word counts. Basically, any sort of critical… Read More »Five Minutes on Don Delillo's "Point Omega" and Why It Will Melt Your Brain
I got a needed break this weekend and spent it away from the computer and writing jobs and word counts. Basically, any sort of critical… Read More »Five Minutes on Don Delillo’s “Point Omega” and Why It Will Melt Your Brain
“With nine separate trails, each is relatively short and harmless, giving beginners the chance to hit the trail without literally hitting the trail with their… Read More »A Sentence I Wish I Could Include in My Mountain-Biking Feature
Happy America Day, everyone! A Contrarian Prediction for today’s big game: Both Peyton Manning and Drew Brees will be knocked out by the second quarter,… Read More »A Super Bowl Prediction for Contrarians
A chapter into Seth Godin’s latest, “Linchpin”, and the reader may find that something is different from his previous efforts. No worries, the sticky content… Read More »Two Books to Invest In