One good read

Every Sunday this month, I’ll post a link to one of my favorite pieces of nonfiction. These are the stories that make you want to curl up with a cup of coffee and stay put until you’ve finished the last word. Happy reading! A few years before Angelina Jolie announced...

Freelance Friday

Every Friday this month, I’ll post links to articles related to freelance writing — and freelancing in general. Your Office Away From The Home Office (A reported piece on co-working spaces, which I mentioned in a post this week.) Helping j-friends to freelance (Great...

Journalists on screen

I read some exciting news yesterday: Sarah Jessica Parker has signed on to star in a TV adaptation of Busted, a memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalists for the Philadelphia Daily News. This will be Parker’s second role as a journalist....

Apps for a minimalist office

Ever since I wrote this Q&A for SmartPlanet in 2010, I’ve tried to adopt a “minimalist” lifestyle. For the most part, I’m pleased with my attempt at minimalism. I’ve got a streamlined wardrobe, my basement and attic are largely...

From the archives

Every Tuesday this month, I’ll post a link to one of my articles along with the backstory about how the piece came to be. I’d been writing for Risk Management magazine for awhile when I decided to pitch an article on risk management for the self-employed. The...