So, I’m No Longer A Freelance Writer

So, I’m No Longer A Freelance Writer

Six summers ago I’d just celebrated my birthday in NYC, I was closing out my fourth year as a middle school English teacher, and as they say in Philly, I was feeling some type of way. On the outside, my life looked pretty good–I traveled during breaks, I...
Age Is a Terrible Timeline

Age Is a Terrible Timeline

I had an epiphany the other day. I was driving home after covering the last keynote session at this year’s Online News Association conference, and as usual, a thought just wouldn’t leave my brain. Maybe you can relate. You’re driving, or washing...
What Does Success Look Like to You?

What Does Success Look Like to You?

Yesterday, I posed a question on Facebook I’ve been considering a lot lately: How do you define success? This usually happens whenever people congratulate me on my success, or say they’re proud of my success, or just use the term in relation to me or my...
On Doing It Anyway, Even When It’s Messy

On Doing It Anyway, Even When It’s Messy

I’ve been feeling some type of way about writing fiction lately. Despite loving it, both as a reader and writer, the later has been giving me the blues. We’re two 2+ months into the year and I haven’t been writing. At all. At first I blamed it on...