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• The Freelancing Flexibility Advantage

  July 30th, 2008 | Tags: freelancing, vacation

  A previous blog entry discusses Freelance vs. Full Time Writing. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been discovering a big benefit of working as a freelancer. My mom role collided with my freelancer role when my son’s medical challenges erupted. Not to worry — he’s fine. I don’t mind talking about it, but it doesn’t [...]

• Great Conference! Now What?

  July 28th, 2008 | Tags: conference, education, organization, presentation

  I went to a conference in Austin this past weekend for leaders of an education organization. I lucked out that the first speaker made an important point for all of us to remember. A teacher goes to a conference and picks up great ideas to take back to her classroom. She gets home and puts all [...]

• Game du Jour: Week of July 28

  July 28th, 2008 |

  The following games will be discounted next week on Game du Jour, the ‘one-deal-a-day’ web site dedicated to indie and casual games: Mon. July 28th: 40% off on Women’s Murder Club: Death in Scarlet Awesome! Meryl’s review. Tue. July 29th: 60% off on Azgard Defence Wed. July 30th: 50% off on B-Intruders 2: Circle of Extinction Thu. July 31st: [...]

• Links: 2008-07-25

  July 25th, 2008 | Tags: Japan, New York, NYC, PTA

  9 Ideas for a More Creative and Effective Brainstorming Process Driving Traffic Using Smaller Shots of Power Personality Page: Character Traits for Writers The ‘Get It Done’ Challenge for Freelance Writers Which Comes First, Your Book or Your Business? [...]

• Move Your PC Emails to Gmail

  July 23rd, 2008 | Tags: email, Gmail

  I love Gmail. I don’t know what it is about Gmail that compels me to keep Gmail active at all times in my browser. Though I’ve used other services, none had me checking emails on a regular basis like Gmail. As a Thunderbird user, moving emails into Gmail was a breeze. The following steps using Thunderbird [...]

• Playfirst August 2008 Coupon

  July 23rd, 2008 |

  Coupon: 20% off of any Playfirst game Code: AUGUSTAFFILIATES Expiration date: September 1, 2008

• The Easy and Hard Way to Start a Blog

  July 21st, 2008 | Tags: design, software, web site

  In all these years, I don’t think I’ve ever posted anything about starting a blog. Someone emailed me asking how to get a blog and start blogging. So here you go. There’s an easy way and there’s a hard way. The Easy Way Here you just fill out a form, make a few choices, and you’re in business. [...]

• Game du Jour: Week of July 21

  July 21st, 2008 |

  The following games will be discounted next week on Game du Jour, the ‘one-deal-a-day’ web site dedicated to indie and casual games: Mon. July 21st: 65% off on Fire Flower Tue. July 22nd: 50% off on Eschalon: Book I Wed. July 23rd: 50% off on Blue BalloonZ Thu. July 24th: 40% off on Virtual Villagers - The Secret City Fri. [...]

• Word Puzzle

  July 19th, 2008 | Tags: puzzle

  Stumped me. What do these words have in common other than double letters (my answer)? Banana Dresser Grammar Potato Revive Uneven Assess To see the answer, click and drag your mouse over the below to [...]

• PC Game Review: Spa Mania

  July 19th, 2008 | Tags: casual games, PC Games, Spa Mania

  Protesters stand outside of Dubois Cosmetic Labs protesting product testing with animals. Jade leads the charge and has an eventful meeting with snooty Madame DuBois. There, Jade meets the owner of a five-star spa and asks if she could work there. Jade begins her spiritual journey in learning therapy and treatment secrets from faraway places [...]

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