This month I facilitated a writers' retreat for a few mastermind clients who needed a block of time to focus on their books and some intermittent time with me.
Tag Archives: creativity
Reverb10, Day 28: Achieve
This year I want most to produce a book that people want to BUY. This differs from work-for-hire. People buying my book will reward me for my CREATIVITY as well as my craft. I often write about the role that my spiritual beliefs play in my life. One that Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way drove home to me is that God loves creatives because God is the Great Creator.
Read More »Reverb10, Day 14: Appreciate
Prompt: What’s the one thing you have come to appreciate most in the past year? How do you express gratitude for it?
Low-Jargon Financial Blogs & Newsletters
I write blogs and newsletters for attorneys, advisors and accountants. These professionals often need to provide complex information without making their clients' eyes glaze over.
September Book Lust
If you've read any of these, please write your thoughts/a review. Here's what's on my radar.
Corporate Bankruptcy Word Cloud
Here's a free word cloud maker: www.wordle.net
More Word Cloud Love
As a student of whole-brain communications I love a good word cloud. Here's one from today's presidential speech in Cairo.
Read More »Visualizing the Mortgage Meltdown
This 10-minute video effectively encapsulates the mortgage bubble and subsequent financial meltdown. One thing struck me as funny, though, and that is how to depict "irresponsible homeowners" graphically. Mr. Jarvis chose to do it in contrast to the "responsible homeowners" who had one child and a dog. The irresponsible ones had a load of children, smoked cigarettes (or something) and no pets. I'm still running that through my politically correct filter.
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