The Copywriting Maven

“I’m a freelancer, you’re a freelancer, wouldn’t you like to be a freelancer, too?”
If you’re of a certain age, I don’t have to tell you to hum the old Dr Pepper jingle in your head. You’re already doing it. (If you’re younger than dirt, go look it up on YouTube and then you can [...]

Just a quick drive-by post today. It’s International Women’s Day and I’m a woman, so I’m thinking I should note the day and celebrate my sisters all over the world. In addition, a great friend of mine turned me on to this band. It seemed appropriate because it’s sort of a raucous shout-out to girl [...]

Recently I’ve become intrigued by the premise of Dr. Gary Chapman’s book, The Five Love Languages. Simply stated, each of us has a primary and secondary language that makes us feel loved, valued and acknowledged. Although the concepts come from a marital/family counseling perspective, it struck me that each of these 5 languages has value [...]

First, let me tell you why I’m a bad mother.
My usual routine is gym, back home, check my email, shower, dress and start breakfast of some sort for my two younger kids. My son, the 10-year old is very Virgo so he enjoys helping me out and many times will start the breakfast thing for [...]

Been a busy week between work and family, hence my uncharacteristic silence. My mind is littered with lots of news, links and detritus that I thought Maven worthy. I could sort them out one by one and fall even further behind - or - I could offer them up as a whole, just the way [...]