The world sticks to the paved roads. The roads are paths paved by industry. The paths are trails widened by the marketplace. The trails are hacked by the Weird, who leave the paved road for the sake of curiosity and wonderment. Where the Weird go, the world follows.
It’s been a while since I’ve shared one of my treks through cyberspace. Here’s what I’ve learned today:
1. Today’s birds have lost something. And it has nothing whatsoever to do with these eggs.
2. Space just got more mysterious, more crowded and a little bit closer.
3. I didn’t think tarantulas could get any creepier. I was […]
This week I had the priviledge of returning to LWT to help with their sixth annual Create-a-thon—which can only be described as a 24-hour creative melee on behalf of a handful of good causes.
This afternoon I decided to get out of the house to go get some lunch, and I saw a sky-writer doing his thing. I didn’t realize anyone still did that, and it was fascinating to watch as the pilot did acrobatic loops and turns.
But, looking at other drivers as I drove, I noticed something: no […]
I don’t suffer writer’s block. No, I’m not immune…I’ve simply overcome it. Not that I had a choice…
I was a newly hired copywriter. I’m talking like two, maybe three weeks on the job. And I was struggling with this one assigment. I just couldn’t seem to find the magic. No ideas were coming. Period. And […]
Eleven years ago, wildlife was grand, majestic and viewed with awe …from a distance. It was Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kindom. It was National Geographic Explorer. It was gravitas-rich voiceovers narrating the unspoiled, uniterrupted nature unfolding on the screen.
Then, suddenly, things got Weird.
In Three Days a Novel
Man, I wish I’d known about this sooner. I was getting excited that National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) was coming up. This year it seems that I might actually have the time to give it a real go.
Then, today, I read about
Isn’t that refreshing? Now you can quit wating time trying to find that perfect superlative that will let people know how great, how well established and how important you are.
And you can start marketing effectively…
All too often companies large and small spend a lot of time trying to
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