McSweeney’s found me
While I was waiting to hear from some of my editors yesterday, I made soup and messed around on the internet. Later that afternoon, I went to the library and pulled a book off the shelf that looked...
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VIEWERS POUNCE ON CRUNCHY CONTENT For those of you who still haven’t tried letting the internet do your networking for you, here’s an edited list of some of the organizations who came knocking at my...
View ArticleIn conversation with Royal Art Lodge
How did I go from this? To this? Royal Art Lodge, Poster Making, 2007, mixed media on panel, 6×6″ To recap: Last week I was randomly flipping through the book, More Things Like This, a loot bag of art...
View ArticleShow me the money: Part deux
For all you old-school print journalists still wondering how to make a buck from blogging, here’s how it works: Editor sees your McSweeney’s post reposted on Facebook (you’re not even friends … yet),...
View ArticleIdea loop
The circle of inspiration goes round and round and round. My thanks to Neil Farber for sending and signing a copy of his latest book, Constructive Abandonment. And in case you’re wondering how I...
View ArticleIt’s hard to be interesting
… but every now and again something sticks. Thanks guys. The post It’s hard to be interesting appeared first on Alison Garwood-Jones.
View ArticleHow to stop a mean girl
A reprise of one of my favourite posts: I wasn’t a mean girl in school. That automatically made me a target. I didn’t solve this by auditioning to join the girls on their power trips. Rather, I tried...
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