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Part of my writing experience includes writing reviews of gadgets, events and products. Most recently, I found myself doing some reviews for Macnn.com and here’s a link to this writing.
Keep reading…I have some updates to come and some exciting info for those of you who are fans of Randy Cohen and The Ethicist

Sabbatical 1/3 complete

The Sabbatical was developed in three, four-month parts and I began this journey on March 1. If your math is good and you’ve been following along the entire time, you’ll realize that I’m at the 1/3 mark.
After four months, I’ve queried dozens of outlets, have been in contact with multiple editors and other journalism professionals, [...]

It’s not writer’s block

Pure and simple, the only reason I can find for the lack of progress in a writer’s world (and I’m using mine as the current example) is sheer procrastination and ambivalence.
The last three weeks have presented me with a handful of quasi projects. These are the kind that don’t have a deadline and are purely [...]

Philosophical or practical question

I’m faced with evaluating my recent adventures down in Atlanta from an intellectual perspective. To put it simply, I’m wondering if my jaunt in the south was essentially a sabbatical from the sabbatical.
I was down south helping a friend cope with some recent personal issues and therefore didn’t focus on my writing. I chronicled some [...]

Story Ideas

Lately I’ve been doing a tremendous amount of brainstorming. As observers might incorrectly think, brainstorming isn’t just mindless vegetating and time wasting. It’s actually a strenuous process of determining topics, examining the viability of each, and then deciding where and when to pursue story ideas.
If you have a unique brainstorm process, leave it here in [...]