The Copywriting Maven

My husband just called downstairs to ask me if I’d like my first morning’s coffee so I’ll make this one a brief, drive-by. You’re not reading this today anyway. We’re all cooking, eating, scratching and watching parades in the am and football this pm.
But here are my 5 top reasons in no particular order:

Good health [...]

When I went to vote this am at my son’s middle school, I noticed what appeared to be a lot of secret service around. I noticed our county executive was here to vote but I thought, hmmm … why would he need
the heavy security presence?
Then I noticed that Mike Martin O’Malley, the Free State’s Governor [...]

When I was a little girl, I dreamt of being many things when I got to be a grown-up. A doctor or nurse. A teacher or scientist. Maybe an actress or handwriting analyst.
When I got older, I thought seriously about social work, psychology, and journalism. I actually studied broadcast journalism and radio/tv/film in college.
I was [...]

My mother used to talk a lot about the accident of birth.
Maybe you get lucky and get a family that’s functional in a society/culture where all dreams dreamed by all have a shot at thriving. Or maybe your luck derives from the serendipity of your own personal drives where, come hell or high water or [...]

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I firmly believe that when all is said and done, copywriting is a noble profession.
Invariably every copywriting class I teach gets to hear me say it. Invariably someone laughs.
Yes, sad to say, some of us use our considerable powers for evil (and you all know who you are) enriching those who least [...]