In 2011 I went to Blogworld’s New Media Expo at the Javits Center. One of the breakout sessions I sat in on was about podcasting – how easy it was for anyone to start one and how this was the next great wave in media. I left that session so enthused! I had started my […]
The Danger Behind A Great Headline
There are two things that make someone more likely to click through a piece of content online. One is the image you choose and the other the headline you write. My hope when writing this post was to write a headline that would do just that. With so much noise out there, that image and […]
The Ugly Truth About Our Attention Span
Our attention spans have shriveled to less than that of a goldfish. The research substantiates this at eight seconds. Twitter posts of 140 characters reinforce that our messages need to be tightly contained or we are on to the next thread in our mobile devices. TL;DR becomes the standard for too long, didn’t read, […]
What I Did When I Couldn’t Write
The truth is I never can’t write. I don’t want to write. I resist writing. I come up with a thousand and one other things I think are more important for me to finish than writing – even though the truth is for anyone like myself who calls themselves a writer first – before anything […]
The Story
Once upon a time there was a story.The story had a beginning, a middle and an end.It had a really great opener that hooked you in.It had interesting and complex characters you wanted to know more about.It was told around campfires, written on stone tablets, acted out on stage and printed on leaflets. It was […]
What Happens When I Forget Who I Am
I’ve been stuck. In a creative quagmire. I’d call it writer’s block but if – as Mitch Joel reminded me in his blog this morning – you listen to Steve Pressfield or Seth Godin – no such thing exists. As much as I admire and respect all three, the fact remains that my ability to get words […]
