I’m just back from three days at HOW Design Live — the premier event for folks in the creative professions (graphic and web design, advertising, marcomm and related fields). HOW remains close to my heart, since I spent many years ...
I loved creating the copy for Meijer's beautiful in-store holiday publication. Our goal was to create an approachable, engaging guide for holiday entertaining, cooking and gift-giving, with content designed to spark ideas — and, of course, to prompt sales of ...
There’s a scene in “The Commitments” (a terrific movie about the rise and fall of a soul band in working-class Dublin) where self-appointed manager Jimmy Rabbette is auditioning singers. A parade of musicians knock on Jimmy’s door; he opens it ...
After working on Meijer's Taste of Holiday magazine, my client from IN Marketing Services asked, "Wanna work on our "Big Game" magazine? Hmmm ... let me think about that: YES! This was a really fun project, one that required that I ...
Imagine being asked to write a feature article — for a national magazine you've long admired — about making candy. Right? Impossible to turn that assignment down. Even more so when the subject of the story is Cincinnati chocolatier Shalini ...
I'm pleased as punch to share that "The Findlay Market Cookbook" has been published — copies arrived in our hot little hands yesterday. I'm very proud of the project, and thrilled with the collaboration with photographer Julie Kramer, writer Karen ...
It's always cool to collaborate on a project and see it come to life. A few months ago, I worked with first-time author Harrison Withers to copyedit the manuscript for his book, Organization Horsepower. An avid motorcycle racer and skilled ...
Over the weekend, I did a little cooking demonstration featuring recipes from the upcoming "The Findlay Market Cookbook." It's finally on its way to the printer this week, with an expected delivery at the end of October. The book is ...
A couple of weeks ago, when the weather wasn’t so goshdarn steamy and my workload was summer-light, I wandered outside to take a look at the vegetable garden before sitting down at the computer for the day. An hour and a ...
I was super excited to see the first promotion of "The Findlay Market Cookbook" over the weekend at the Ohio Valley Greenmarket event sponsored by Edible Ohio Valley magazine. Karen Kahle of Findlay Market was there telling folks about the ...