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"What do you do?" "I'm a travel blogger." "Wow! Must be nice! What a great gig!" "Yes. Yes, it is. I'm very grateful." Ok, that last response is one that I have mastered over the past few months. In truth, I didn't know what to respond when presented with the w[...]
This past week I went through a couple of days of "I don't know if I want to do this anymore". Yup. Like most bloggers and certainly most writers, or really anyone working as a freelancer, you go through a moment of temporary despair. Granted, in my defense, I wa[...]
So the other day, I walked into the offices of my local newspaper. Through the process of endless emails, and follow up emails to check if he got my emails, and follow up emails to confirm that he got the follow up to the email that I had initially sent, he finally[...]
As I sit here typing this, I am enveloped in the joy of having just dropped my little baby boy (5 years old) at school. He was looking pretty handsome in his dress shirt and excited for picture day. I thought it funny that he chose to stand next to his teacher at t[...]
This site, where I have shared so much with you and in turn have learned so much from you all, has turned 3 years old. To think that in December of 2008 I simply started writing with the intention of staying connected to our family out-of-state and share with them[...]
As a freelance writer one of the best advice you will ever receive is to stay connected with your industry peers and leaders through the vast networking opportunities provided. Often times in doing so, you will inevitably be asked one simple question that will, in[...]
Recently a friend passed a review of one of my favorite musicals, In The Heights. The review was written by Nashville magazine theater critic, Martin Brady. Well, at least the first draft was. The one that wasn't supposed to see the light of day. The one that so bl[...]
As a child growing up in the Dominican Republic one of the things my family and I did the most was go to the beach. On long weekends or Summer breaks we would go to the resorts and enjoy all the things so many tourists do on a yearly basis. However, because I star[...]
I am not a resolutions-type of chick. My personality is too spontaneous, and I like the freedom to change my mind without beating myself up over it. However, I've learned a lot this past year, and have only one resolution to make that I plan to stick to: to not wri[...]
