AMC’s huge hit, The Walking Dead, has been integrated into a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) offered by UCIrvine. The course, Society, Science, Survival: Lessons from AMC’s The Walking Dead starts tomorrow and runs through December 21. From the course description: Each week we’ll watch engaging lectures, listen to expert interviews, watch exclusive interviews with cast […]
If You Were Here by Alafair Burke
I might have mentioned that I’m rarely surprised by books or movies. I’ve read so many thrillers/mysteries and seen so many suspense movies that I can almost always see the twist coming. When I find a book that surprises me, I LOVE it. Gone Girl had plenty of twists, and it’s not surprising that people […]
Never Stop Learning
I’ve heard a lot about MOOCs lately. For those unfamiliar with the acronym, it means massive open online course. There are several outlets for these courses and many were recommended to me before I stumbled upon Coursera. A Facebook friend mentioned that she was taking a course, so I decided to check it out. I […]
Another Present for My Freelance Peeps
I’m a writer… you do the math. I cannot, off of the top of my head, tell you how to convert 1 hour and 39 minutes into a decimal to determine how much a client who is paying me hourly owes me. If you use a bidding site, they figure all of that out, but […]
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: Review
I wanted to read Gone Girl sooner. I mean, it’s been on bestseller lists for year. My book discussion group is through our local library, so if we want to get our books through them, we can rarely read something new because they are all checked out with a zillion holds on them. In other words, […]
I Wrote a Guest Post on Freelance Writing Jobs!!!
Please go over to the Freelance Writing Jobs and read my guest post! It’s a privilege to be published on such a popular blog! I’m so excited, I’m using excessive exclamation points!!!
My First Job Interview in a Zillion Years
Okay, not a zillion. But I’ve worked online for a long time. I haven’t had a face-to-face interview in a long time. Last week, I had a job interview with a professional creative ideas agency. I was nervous, but excited. Working online, I was tempted to look up things like “how not to screw up an […]
Freelance Summer
**Update: Very shortly after I wrote this I found a very cool virtual company called Fire Engine RED. Cross your fingers for me. I applied for a job with them! My summer has been hot, rainy, and slow. I spend a lot of time juggling everyone’s calendars so that they can be where they want […]
Welcome Author Vanessa Skye!
The strange and unusual world of inspiration I have wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember. But like most wannabee novelists, life got in the way. After high school, I got into university and studied journalism, not because I wanted to be a journalist in particular, but because […]
Tomorrow We Meet The Enemy Inside
Well, not the REAL enemy inside. Vanessa Skye, author of the novel The Enemy Inside, will be making a stop here on her blog tour. Please stop by and enter the Rafflecopter giveaway to win a copy of the book. I’m reading it right now and am captivated! This tense mystery thriller is the first […]