The Writers' Roundup is on vacation until I reconnect with my Google Reader in late February. I need a break from RSS! If you really miss it, you can always browse old Writers' Roundups; they may be old, but they're still bursting with information. My lover travel gave me the best Valentine’s Day gift ever […]
I’m always on the lookout for tools and strategies to deal more efficiently with the overwhelming number of emails I get each day. Here’s something that’s helped out lately: Gmail’s Canned Responses. Canned Responses lets you create a template for an email response that you write often, then import that response into your email with […]
On my first morning in Nicaragua, I procrastinated, staying in my hostel far longer than I needed to. That was easy to do, since it was a treehouse hostel (in the jungle outside Granada), set apart from civilization. But I wasnt really listening for howler monkeys. I was nervous about striking out in a country […]
The Writers’ Roundup is on vacation until I reconnect with my Google Reader in late February. I need a break from RSS! If you really miss it, you can always browse old Writers’ Roundups; they may be old, but they’re still bursting with information. Check out the volcano I’m hiking tomorrow with my Aussie travel […]
Want to learn how to use social media to Make Your Own Luck? Check out my new digital course, which begins March 5! Speaking of using social media to Make Your Own Luck, today we’ve got an interview with a woman who has pretty much mastered that art. Jade Craven is a “connector” and digital […]
Several of you have written me recently asking for more posts on what used to be my bread ‘n butter: travel. If that’s you, keep your eyes here over the next few weeks, because I’m on my way to Nicaragua and Costa Rica! This is my way of fitting in adventure into my life. Having […]
February is here already?! Start the month with these links: Smart book-publication approach: author David Kazzie shares how giving his book away for free helped generate sales. If you enjoyed The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, you’ll like this work by artist Joana Ricou, a friend I met at an artist’s residency. It’s HeLa-inspired! Over […]
Four years ago, a few writer friends and I got together in Houston for a Modern Love brunch. All avid readers of The New York Times column, we vowed to each write our own essay and share them aloud. A Modern Love critique group. I only wrote half my piece. But over the next few […]
This video was originally part of my new social media course, Make Your Own Luck. (That course, by the way, starts March 5. A third of the spots are taken, so if you want one, sign up now!) But then I realized this would be helpful to many of you, too. So consider this your […]
Happy weekend! Here are a few links to get you thinking: Enjoyed this post from my Brazen colleague Whitney Parker, who shares her fashion consulting experience with CakeStyle. I, too, am not a shopper — Might have to give this a try! Joanna Penn at The Creative Penn has re-released her Author 2.0 blueprint, a […]