Today is my son’s last day of school. And while I’m grateful that I’ll no longer have to get up at 6 AM each day to drive him across town to school, I’m a bit anxious, because today marks the day when everything will be different—completely different—from everything I’ve known before. Today marks the entree [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2010
I am what I am…except when I'm on Twitter
As a writer, there are two times when I experience anxiety about what to say: 1) when I’m working on a project with a new client whom I want to impress, and 2) when I’m preparing to send an update on Twitter. It sounds ridiculous, I know. I, who am never at a loss for [...]
Now, about our contract…
I fear I am becoming the type of service provider I try to avoid: the one who contractualizes everything. The one who qualifies promises of superior service with phrases which begin, “In the event,” “Should you,” and “Just in case.” The kind of service provider who focuses more on business, i.e., getting paid, than on [...]
Straight, no chaser: the truth about my "fearless reinvention"
“A closed mouth never gets fed,” so the saying goes. Over the past week, I have learned first-hand that this is true. My prayers—that business would come, that clients would find me—have been answered several-fold. Now, I’ve been busy marketing myself, mind you, through social media, networking, and writing articles. But much of my new [...]
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