Insights/Reflections

“Dammit, Jim, I’m a copywriter not a roost builder!” I thought I’d take a brief break yesterday and make an additional chicken roost. T’was a great idea…right up until I hammered my thumb while trying to tack a board into place. YEOW!!! Talk about an ow-ee! I hit my thumb as hard as I would

I’ve been tapped for several crucial writing projects that have to be done within a certain time frame and I’m feeling stressed. I haven’t felt this uncertain in years. My fight-or-flight response has kicked in big time, which usually turns out to be a good thing. Challenges of this magnitude usually bring out the best

Today at a networking meeting I heard the story–from a financial adviser I respect and love dearly–about a conversation she had with a potential client whose wife believes in the theory that the universe (or God, the Creator of the universe and everything in it) will deliver whatever she wants merely by putting her intention

Can’t say I’m surprised by the news that Robin Williams apparently took his own life today.  I’ve felt for some time that it was a possibility. I could see, in photos of him, something in his eyes that was light years beyond sadness… Still, the world is a darker place tonight because a funnyman seems

Here’s another link to the article I wrote about getting my SUV “wrapped”. It has been republished on Carolyn Howard Johnson‘s blog. (It was in her newsletter last time.) I hope it goes viral. It’s great info for business owners and entrepreneurs who want to skyrocket the amount of interest you get about what you

I finished two projects today (a white board animation for Academy of Scholars in Decatur, GA was signed off on and the payment released, and I completed the auto repair copy for Chris Galbraith of Chuck’s Auto Repair in Seattle) but there is no rest for the weary. I have a new one in the

I am so freaking busy right now (yes, writing copy!) that I’m meeting myself coming and going. This is a very nice problem to have! Another regular client (Chris Galbraith of Chuck’s Auto Repair in Seattle) contacted me this afternoon wanting eight more SEO keyword-based web pages written. I have about half of them done

I got the rest of the editing gig for the children’s book. There will be 25 chapters. I’m getting $250 to edit five of them at a time. WOO HOO! Today at noon I had an eye exam so I can get new glasses. The ones I usually wear are about to drop off my

If things keep up the way they’re going now, I’m on track to make more this week than I made all last month. How crazy is that?! I made almost $1000 today, and $100 on Friday. In fact, in the past four days alone (since my Internet started working again on Thursday at about noon)