The Killer and the Poet. Over at Copyblogger, Sonia Simone dishes out the Real Talk to copywriters. Witness: You and I both know it’s not about putting pretty descriptions of sunsets into your copywriting. It’s about caring about language and making the words sing. You’re damn tootin’. Twitter 101 (for businesses). It needed to be [...]
Emma Alvarez Gibson
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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Jul 27
Like Erin Brockovich, But With More Clothing*
9: number of years I’d been alive when I produced my first magazine; it was called Superkid! and featured completely fictional interviews with celebrities like Ricky Schroder and Christopher Reeve, as well as a fashion feature (in marker) on the return of miniskirts and the gorgeousness of cuffed suede booties 1: number of times I [...]
Jul 23
Now we are ten. Or thirteen.
Thirteen years ago today, Mr. Gibson and I became an item. Ten years ago today, we became husband and wife. I’ve learned a great deal from this long stint. For starters, aside from writing, being obnoxious and just plain existing, I’ve never done any one thing for this long. And who knew (maybe you did?), [...]
Jul 22
Elimination Dance
The following is a guest post I did over at When I Grow Up Coach. It’s last winter. I’m working full-time as a proofreader/copy editor for an ad agency. The branch I work for is based in-house at an automotive corporation. The automotive folks are fantastic; the agency directly providing my paycheck is, how you [...]
Jul 21
Restless on the Mountain
I’m restless. Itching to embark on a new project. Eager to create something fantastic and thrilling. Completely lacking any sort of direction or notion of what that new thing should be. It’s like being on the verge of a sneeze, you know? I’ve been learning like crazy, these past few months, adding to my tool [...]
Jul 19
Today’s Reasons to be Grateful
+ Spending time at the tidepools yesterday with my oldest friend and her family + Remembering once more that the big, heady, briny scent of the ocean and the sand is vital…peaceful…joyful + The incredible meals my mister creates out of the simplest ingredients…he makes it easy to feel like the luckiest girl on earth [...]
Jul 18
Pam Slim’s Big 5 Mid-Year, Game-Changing Questions
A few days ago, the fantastic Pam Slim published a post on her site that centered around the notion of examining one’s progress and direction, six months into the year. I loved the idea immediately (and you should go read it ASAP). One of the best lessons I learned from my five years in corporate [...]
Jul 15
Top Five Twitter Tips
(Originally posted April 3 on Old Soul Ink.) For those about to Twitter: I salute you. You’re taking a step in the right direction! Twitter will absolutely help you to connect to your audience (assuming your audience is on Twitter, right?), whether that audience is “women over the age of 35 who read AdBusters” or [...]
Jul 08
With nothing on my lips but Hallelujah
So far this has been a year of movement, speed, distance, breadth and depth. Which is to say: it’s been a hell of a ride, and I am giddy kind of all the time these days. My life is hardly recognizable from what it was even six months ago. And I spend a lot of [...]
Jul 04
Independence
I’ve been working nonstop lately. Which is well and good; I’m in furiously-building mode with my business. And obviously love what I do. But all at once this pace has become too much for me. Suddenly drained, I find myself impatient and dissatisfied with myself, like nothing is quite right. Some of it, too, is [...]
