Jun 15, 2022How to Join the Medium “7% Club” in 4–6 Months as a New Writer5.2K108Noelle R. BeauregardGreat article!Great article! Not the typical empty advice many of these titles offer, but real actionable and organic/honest tips. Genuinely valuable info/advice - thank you so much. Even before I read this, I had noticed a tiny bump in my income just from reading/interacting with other articles (much to my surprise). Looking forward to trying your other tips. Looking forward to reading more of your stuff. Right now, I'm going to read all the other articles you linked :-)1 min read1 min read
May 13, 2022Member-onlyMy Side Hustle Needs a Side HustleSo, I attempted the MA in English Lit program at my beloved NAU this past semester, and it is not for me. I want to create things and teach, but not critique everything to the point of hating reading and literature. Don’t get me wrong I learned some fascinating stuff…Side Hustle2 min readSide Hustle2 min read
Published inThe Side Hustle Club·May 9, 2022Member-onlyThis Might Be the Best Kept Secret in BloggingEvery time I read an article about creating a blog or website I wonder: am I the only one on the internet who hasn’t gotten a kickback from the folks at WordPress? Nothing against WordPress — no aspersions cast and all that — but to read a lot of these…Blogging3 min readBlogging3 min read
Published inFanfare·May 4, 2021Member-onlyArtistic Disobedience: Music Legend & Civil Rights Influencer Billie HolidayI took a class this spring on Women in 20th century American Arts and Culture, it was great. And while the term American was used in the broadest continental sense (north, south, and in-between), the subject of my mid-term paper was American music icon Billie Holiday. It helped that the…Billie Holiday5 min readBillie Holiday5 min read
Published inFanfare·Oct 17, 2020Member-only15 Scary Movies for Those Who Don’t Like Horror FilmsI’m not a big fan of horror movies. Never have been, probably never will be. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good psychological thriller or ghost story. I enjoy being scared or surprised. But what often gets labeled as Horror, isn’t really my thing. Movies like Friday the 13th…Scary Movies6 min readScary Movies6 min read
Oct 7, 2020Member-onlyThe Truth About Writing AdviceI saw a tweet the other day that said: Ask 10 writers how to write, and you’ll get 13 different answers. As much as that did produce a chuckle from me, it’s also the truth. In fact, that might be an understatement. The amount of writing produced about writing is…Writing7 min readWriting7 min read
Published inFanfare·Sep 24, 2020Member-onlyCan We Cancel People but Keep Their Work?Yesterday I saw a tweet mentioning The Usual Suspects and for a split second that little pang went off — you know the one I mean — the one you feel when you randomly remember something sweet an ex once did or said … and then vividly remember why they’re…Cancel Culture6 min readCancel Culture6 min read
Published inFanfare·Sep 17, 2020Member-onlyScar Your Kids Through Film and Make Them Better PeopleWhen I was in junior high school back in Southern California in the late 80s, we had to take home permission slips twice to be shown films in class. One was for sex ed, one was a film of accident scene images from drunk driving crashes. My mother signed both. …Holocaust4 min readHolocaust4 min read