Being a freelance writer means always having writing in the back of my mind. Essays, features, memoirs, news, landing pages.
AbleGamers Just Got a Big Win for the Disabled Gaming Community
The nonprofit raised over $1 million. Donations came from big companies like Twitch, but many were smaller contributions from individual gamers.
AbleGamers Just Got a Big Win for the Disabled Gaming Community
The nonprofit raised over $1 million. Donations came from big companies like Twitch, but many were smaller contributions from individual gamers.
The faces of print journalism's decline
Just glancing at the results of a Google search for...
How Dogged Persistence Landed My First Regular Blogging Gig
Three months and 17 e-mails.
That’s how much effort it took to get my first blogging client. I know it sounds a smidge ridiculous, but it was a worthy and important lesson in patience and persistence....
4 Things I Learned About Writing from Playing World of Warcraft
The massively-multiplayer online game World of Warcraft (WoW) is the game of choice for me and my husband’s family.
Overcoming Obstacles: Interview With Blogger Sophie Lizard (Part 1)
Thrilled. Honored. Inspired.
These adjectives describe how I felt interviewing Sophie Lizard, a freelance blogger whose guide to high-paying blogs led to me nabbing my first guest post. Her blog, “Be ...
Creating Comfort
Throwing a hat-and-scarf party for a loved one undergoing chemotherapy for cancer.
Portal to the Past: Exploring The Depths of Lake Murray
Beneath the rippling waters of South
Carolina’s Lake Murray, beyond the
wake of a passing pram, is a history as rich and deep as the lake itself. Young sailors rounding a set of buoys may be unaware of the tales this manmade lake holds.
3 Tips for the Successful Paralegal Student
Entering the paralegal program at a technical college in South Carolina was one of the toughest decisions I ever made. I could only afford one to two classes at a time. Plus, about three classes in, I realized something:
Being a Movie Geek Snob…
Yes, I’m that person who didn’t like “Pulp Fiction.”
I watched it very recently for ...
Larry the Cable Guy
What is Larry the Cable Guy's next big dream purchase?
Forty head of bred heifers.
What - no bling? No closet full of 'Git-R-Done' ball caps and cut-off tees?
'Call me crazy,' says the popular comedia...
How to Earn $1,500 a Year from ONE Blog Post
Meaningful relationships create effortless rewards. So effortless you forget how miraculous they seem to others. In your freelance blogging business — in any business — a seemingly insignificant ef......
Why I Stopped Reading
“The DaVinci Code” was my omen.
The hugely successful novel that everyone insisted I wouldn’t be able to put down? I put it down and never came back to it.
I ...
Moving Forward - Interracial Marriage - "Family Matters"
I almost always forget
that my husband, Jason, and I are
“different.” After all, we met at
the pop culture/sci-fi convention
Dragon*Con in Atlanta. It’s a place
where differences are celebrated,
even revered, and so the fact that
he’s white and I’m black wasn’t an issue.