If you opened up my last issue, I’d like to clarify something. Neither of the images I used in the Thoughts section were of my work. The captions indicating that they were screenshots did not render, which may have led to some confusion. My writing was solely about how
Two weekends ago, I went on a self-organized group writing retreat. We booked a house on AirBNB and spent Fri-Sun just writing. I made some great headway into some non-coffee personal essays and 4500 words into a fictional short story! Also, I recently listened to the Boss Barista podcast episode
Can you believe it’s midway through July? I’m really excited for an upcoming writing retreat this weekend. It’s a self-organized retreat of area writers (of various topics and disciplines). In the woods and mountains! Possibly the most exciting part is that I plan on working on some
I am back from a long weekend in Seattle, where I visited around six shops (I’m so overcaffeinated) and got to see some familiar faces. In my plant life, I’ve officially killed the sugar snap peas, 3 of 5 basil plants, and the tomatoes are only flowering &
For the last two issues, I talked about outsourcing. I have one more outsourcing piece to publish (how to find your ideal person/people), but I thought I’d take a break this issue for those who don’t care at all about outsourcing. Plus, I just spent an incredible
This is a milestone issue! I’ve not only reached 50 issues on this newsletter and not missed a single send… but I ALSO celebrated six years of freelancing this past Saturday. I guess I’ll be eating ice cream today to celebrate! Thanks to everyone who has been part
Hello! I’m currently in Raleigh for a day and half of SCA council meetings (I’m on the Membership, Marketing, & Communications one), so this is another prescheduled newsletter. I hope you enjoy it! I also welcome feedback (would you rather not read the whole blog post in the
Oh wow. It feels like I’ve finally recovered from Expo brain – thanks to all of you who said hi to me in person at Re:co & Expo! Some highlights from Re:co are in tweet-form below. Recently announced, I’ve joined Sprudge’s first Editorial Advisory Board. This
I’m in Seattle! I’m a tad stressed out, but this issue was scheduled, because my current self is probably listening to a Re:co lecture. This marketing tip is going to be short and sweet – as well as easily implementable – just in time for Expo! As you may
It’s coming down to 2 weeks to Expo and let’s just say I’m working on my stress management skills. Expo Game & Pizza Night is back for the second year. Event details are here. I don’t have my full schedule yet, but I’ll be posting
A few work updates: * I’m speaking at Re:co Seattle in a roundtable on “Sustainability, Diversity and Inclusion” * For a good chunk of April, I will not be taking on new client consultations. Expo is dominating the month. * Speaking of Expo, Game Night for Social Introverts is making an
I can’t believe February is over. An update on where I’m at in my 2018 goals… I’ve gotten a little further in my systems! * Dubsado*: You can see some of this in action on my site & I’m slowing introducing the client portal to my current
