Is it a question? A realization? An affirmation? Maybe it’s a bit of pride niggling at the back of the head? Superstar has social and egotistical connotations caught up in it. Those make the word a label either for derision or aspiration. However you look at it, there are a lot of words ending in -ion involved. Anyway, the point of the title, “Who’s a Superstar” is to prepare you (and me) for an announcement. I am going to be a superstar! I don’t mean that in the media maven, tabloid scandal way. The wonderful… Read Article →
Posts Tagged: writing life
Things I do outside of writing cool stuff for you I split my time between my wife, my daughter, my close friends, my writing, and that thing ninety percent of creatives call their day job. My day job is as a park guide at the most visited park in Colorado and one of the most visited travel destinations in the country: Garden of the Gods. Working at the Garden has many perks, not least of which is a phenomenal view and the daily opportunity to get up close and personal with its geological, ecological, and… Read Article →
My first newsletter is going out to my subscribers. I thank each of you and welcome you to the fold. As my schedule gets more…scheduled, newsletters will come more regularly. For those that have stood by my blog, thank you as well. The blog is not going away. I will use it as the muse moves me. The newsletter and the blog will share space in my publicity brain for a while and then we’ll see what happens.
I’m putting the blog in the back seat for a bit as I develop the scope and layout of my new quarterly newsletter. Once I have a format and a content set that I (and you) enjoy, then the newsletters will transition to monthly. Meanwhile (during the whilst?) this blog will be less than regular for a week or two. Bear with me. It will get back to a consistent and engaging schedule, I promise. So, if you’ll pardon me as I work things out with this newsletter, I promise your patience will be rewarded…. Read Article →
And other niceties Last month I sent out a call for help: naming my work in progress. I set up a contest running until June 16, promising the top five entries would then be offered up to you to pick the winner. Well, some things changed over the last month, mainly that I only received three title ideas. So, after shuffling and sorting and pondering through that deep field of contenders, I narrowed the field. Then I engaged in wordplay. And so it is with a gleeful heart that I announce the winner and the… Read Article →
Summer finally arrived in Colorado after weeks of unseasonal cool, wet weather. As chance would have it, we’d planned a camping trip for this past weekend months in advance. Lucky us. I also took advantage of a sale at my favorite local liquor shop to venture back into the world of scotch. And on the 21st, I am a guest at a book club that read Exceptionals. Yes, it has been a weird week of camping, books, and booze. First, I love Colorado. I love its wild outdoors, four true seasons, and capacity for reminding… Read Article →
Yeah, this post is late and I’m sorry about that. However, my to-do list has gotten so long I forgot until ten minutes ago that it was even Tuesday. Crazy as these last seven days have been, all in all it has been a good week, a week of ups and ups. Of course, going up is hard work whether you’re flapping your wings or tackling the Manitou Incline and hard work has been happening with me. My day job is undergoing restructuring and redefining of positions. They call it “onboarding.” I call it having… Read Article →