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Shameless (or Perhaps Not So) Plug
As I ride my post-NaNoWriMo guilt into the beginning of December, I have found myself converting my blog into a portfolio-based/blog-based writing website that will (especially in the future) display...
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Searching for Roots
I used to write a lot of poetry. Or, I should say, there was a period in my life in which I wrote a substantial amount of poetry. I wasn’t one of those emo kids in the 10th grade, sitting out on the...
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The Day That I Died
Have you ever wondered what your obituary will be like when you die? A lot of people, when they think about death, think about what heaven will be like, or the afterlife will be like, or hell will be...
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Happy Holidays (To You, and You, and You)
I don’t remember the holidays ever being controversial when I was growing up. Maybe I was too fixated on the presents, or the Christmas cookies, but the holidays were always a happy time for family,...
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Sharon Olds and two Poems
I’ve lately been “perusing” Sharon Olds – a wonderful, raw poet who I’ve looked up to for several years. Sadly, I’ll admit that I haven’t engrossed myself in her work… but what I have read of hers, and...
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For No Reason
There is something calming in the realm of the abstract. To create without subject, without point, is both alarming and comforting. An invocation, an emotion, a passing of time. To write just to write,...
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Happy New Year – and how Resolutions are a Load of Crap
I’ve never been a fan of New Years’ resolutions. Making them, listening to them, hearing people get excited for what they hope to change about themselves (immediately) in the coming year… I think,...
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Obama in Asheville – James Franco Misses the Mark
I have always been a firm believer that anyone can write poetry. Your mom, your three-year-old brother, your uncle… Everyone has a story to tell, and everyone encounters verse at their own pace, and...
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#13
So, someone tell me who I should have talked to during my undergraduate education. Aren’t people supposed to graduate school with jobs? Isn’t that the point these days? We see everywhere, “Education is...
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The Potential of Visual-Verbal Poetics in General Society
Lately I’ve been thinking about contemporary poetics, and the bridge between the written word and what many would consider the ‘visual arts’. Traditional poetics would place the verse, or the lyric,...
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Advanced Pest Control – Facebook Content
My work with rustmedia has allowed me to develop relationships with several local clients. By favoring small businesses, rustmedia gives web exposure to enterprises that would otherwise be overlooked....
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MockFlow Tutorial – Visual Rhetoric
As part of a course on visual rhetoric at Southeast Missouri State University, students were asked to design a tutorial that combined design, typography, content and visual aesthetics. My project...
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Global Cuisine – Visual Rhetoric
As a final project I was able to collaborate with a group to create a visually pleasing magazine. With a little brainstorming, we were able to come up with content that was very near and dear to our...
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Madison Street Family Clinic – Facebook Content
It’s always fun to write health-related content because I generally find myself reading the articles and considering the topics I’m publishing via Facebook. Madison Street Family Clinic operates out of...
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Email List Segmentations – Relenta
As part of the Clever Zebo team, I was invited to write a guest blog on email list segmentations for Relenta, an email marketing powerhouse that specializes in one-click problem solving. I really...
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