And my brief experiment with this process.
There’s this guy who used to be a dentist, but now he’s a marketing copywriter. His weekly newsletter for other marketing writers offers some good tips for, I think, just about any kind of writer.
A couple of months ago, this former dentist — Kieran Drew is his name — wrote about how copywork can help writers get better at the craft.
“Copywork,” he writes, “is where you copy, by hand, great writing.”
Continue reading “Thoughts on copywork”The year in writing, recognition, loss, and life
If nothing else, 2024 for me was a year of transition and disruption. And — I hope — a year I learned to be more grateful and empathetic.
After 40 years of full-time work, much of it in academia, I entered a new phase of life last January. Some call it retirement, but it has hardly been that. My pursuit of creative writing and some freelance work has kept me busy enough. In addition, my wife and I and our cat had a couple of health scares that made us reevaluate our values and gave us greater insight into the workings of the U.S. health care system, the good, bad, and ugly of it. We also mourned the passing of a few friends from our church family and continue to honor their memory.
In other words, a lot of life happened in 2024. Here are some highlights from the year:
Continue reading “The obligatory end-of-year wrap-up post you’ve been waiting for”
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