Cold Calling & The Law of Averages Welcome to Part 3 of my 5 part series, “How To Succeed in Freelance Writing Without Really Trying,” citing Peter Bowerman’s The Well-Fed Writer as a touchstone text. Today, we’ll discuss cold calling and the law of averages. Access the rest of the series here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 5. On November 1, 2010, I drove 150 miles up the Overseas Highway, my car filled with boxes, from Key West to my new […]
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Part Time to Full Time And Where to Start Welcome to Part 2 of my 5 part series, “How To Succeed in Freelance Writing Without Really Trying,” citing Peter Bowerman’s The Well-Fed Writer as a touchstone text. Today, we’ll discuss how to get started and the transition from part time to full time. Access the rest of the series here: Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5. In The Well-Fed Writer, Peter Bowerman offers a number of ways to break into the […]
It wasn’t until the winter of 2008 that I thought I might like to make a living as a writer. I had saved up enough money sweating on parasail boats in Key West to spend the winter in Paris and to devote three months to working on a novel I had just started. I wrote for a few hours every day in a tiny flat on the seventh and top floor of a walk-up apartment, and then set off on […]
Jun 20
2013
2013
Always A Groomsman…
We travel for a lot of reasons. And it’s not always for vacation and tourism. Sometimes it’s business. Sometimes it’s to spend holidays with family or quality time with friends who live in far off cities. I would estimate that more than half of my travel is for the final category–family and friends. After all, as fun as it is discovering what this world has to offer, it’s even more important to stay connected with the ones you love. There’s […]
Jun 5
2013
2013
Beauty: High/Low Maintenance
I’m going to attempt to write a beauty post, which seems kind of silly because I like to think of myself as the queen of low maintenance. I think a natural look is the prettiest look. But maybe that’s the point. After all, if you’ve got a good routine, you don’t have to waste a lot of time fussing and searching for products. I’ve recently hit the sweet spot when it comes to my beauty products, and I thought I’d share. […]
May 20
2013
2013
“Sha(y)ne! Come back!”
My dad sent me this video in an email this morning. It’s a trailer for the 1953 western movie “Shane” starring Alan Ladd, which is what I was named after. Whenever I meet men of a certain age (my dad’s age, that is), I’m sometimes greeted with “Come back, Shane! Shane! Come back!,” which is the little boy’s refrain at the end of the movie as Shane rides off on his horse along the prairie, his figure receding into the […]
Jan 24
2013
2013
Key West: Do The Same Thing Twice
I’m back in Miami after an eleven day trip to Key West that, for one reason or another, felt more like an eternity. Key West was home for many years, and I still make regular visits back. This time, I was there to work on the event staff of the Key West Literary Seminar. I rented a cute little cottage near the Southernmost Point and settled back into my former island lifestyle. Since I’m no longer a full time resident, I […]
This was the most last minute party planning for New Year’s Eve I’ve done in years. It wasn’t until Saturday afternoon that I confirmed my partners in crime and bought my party tickets. I found my awesome day-glo yellow BCBG dress the morning of and couldn’t figure out dinner reservations in time, so instead opted for a decadent lunch at the Cheesecake Factory at the Aventura Mall (complete with a Veuve split, of course) with my good friend Betsy. I guzzled […]
Dec 31
2012
2012
The Tale Of The Traveling New Year’s Club
It all started on a kibbutz in the Negev Desert at the brink of a New Year. I was a college girl from the University of Georgia exploring the Holy Land on winter break with Birthright Israel. Little did I know that on those long bus rides from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea and Tel Aviv to Tzvat, sitting next to my new friend Lisa, I was sparking a friendship that would stand the test of time for over a […]
The Daily Dose of What’s Cool Around the Globe was first dreamed up inside a hotel room in Downtown San Francisco circa the summer of 2007. Two former New Yorkers were trying to figure out where to go and what to do. They had reached the final destination of their epic two week road trip up the coast of California from San Diego to San Francisco in a cherry red Mustang convertible. If you flip through the snapshots from their […]
