Category: events
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Power of People, part 1
If I could only relay to you three lessons I learned in my print journalism career, they would be: Okay, so number three goes back to where I was a reporter, not craft, but there is nothing like the power of those three lessons. You can learn to write a…
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NaNoWriMo Uh-oh
For the last few weeks, Parisian Phoenix had so much happening that I had blog posts scheduled a week or two out. And, I suppose in reality, we STILL have enough going on that I could do that but things have grown hectic and my time is getting stretched thin.…
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Bird in Class: Parisian Phoenix teaches college journalism
Every once in a while, Gayle asked me to talked to her journalism students at Northampton Community College. Gayle is a graphic design professor, but the the basic graphic designs courses at the college include designers, artists and writers as multiple programs require the course as part of the curriculum.…
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Confessions of a History Nerd
I love local history. I own Jim Lee’s book on the history of the Warren County, N.J., canal system and a signed copy of Kingdom of Coal by Don Miller and Richard Sharpless. (The two Lafayette professors wrote the book about the history of the Pennsylvania coal regions.) So, it’s…
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News, NaNo and the Noble Quills
It’s been a few days of minor excitement. Projects for new clients are coming together– a journalist friend looking for help launching a socially-conscious web news magazine, Dr. Steven Hymovitch’s upcoming The Emotionally Intelligent Dental Office has reemerged on my schedule for a block tomorrow, a ghostwriting true crime project…
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The Hustle Continues… a chat with female small business owners
Last week I had the opportunity to attend a webinar through Santander Small Business Banking, “She Built This: Business Perspectives From Female Founders.” It had a clever title, so of course I went. I’m posting about it here, on the Parisian Phoenix web site, because I think it’s important to…
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To NaNo… or no?
Tomorrow. Tomorrow is the first day of November. It’s National Novel Writing Month. In the mid-aughts, a phenomenon developed that lead to an organization that might now be classified as a writing movement. Every November, let’s all try to write a novel. First draft. Messy. Painful. But keep going. 1700…
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The final plug, TOMORROW 10/28: Using Podcasts to Research, Improve and Promote Your Writing
At the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group meeting TOMORROW, after I perform my official duties as president, I will deliver a program and workshop on how podcasts can help your writing. Yes. You read that correctly– using podcasts to RESEARCH what you are writing about, IMPROVE your techniques and PROMOTE what…
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