No, These Are Not the Same Job. These are three separate, distinct jobs with different requirements and they leverage different skill sets. However, they are all linked because they are steps in a process. And steps must be done in order, unless you want to trip and break your face. And no, they should (usually) not be done by the…
As a big fan of the genre-bending psychological horror narrative fishing game Dredge, I have been playing more psychological horror games in the past few years than I ever have in the past. Sure, I loved the Zero Escape games, but the majority of horror games seem to be more the Resident Evil type – action and gore, rather than…
I have a tale to tell you Yesterday, I came across a country song on youtube that I think is beautifully written (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or8UjHsFsl8). I love the musicality and the story the lyrics tell. I don’t know how music ads work, but it popped up as an ad, and I ended up letting the whole thing play. The style sounds like…
A Writing Exercise This is something I thought of for fun and have enjoyed considering in different contexts. And it’s perfect for those of us who like to write long, compound-complex sentences that are loaded with information. For the reader, each sentence requires a lot more effort to process than shorter, simpler ones. Not a bad thing in itself, but…
“But I Want My Clothes to Look Like RTW!” I’ve been a peripheral observer of the online sewing community since the beginning of the internet. I watched individual sewing blogs become forums and groups, and saw each new social media form applied to all aspects of handmakery. But one thing that has remained consistent over the past ~30 years (damn,…
When a longtime friend of mine contacted me and asked me to be her writing coach and editor, she wasn’t 100% sure exactly what she was asking me to do. What she knew was that she needed help with: So, to clarify our working relationship as it would progress through the stages of her book drafting process, I made her…
(Audio)Book Review: For ages, my best friend has been fixated on Kibbe’s body line system – or at least how it appears on the internet. The book “Metamorphosis” was published like 40 years ago, and it’s difficult (and expensive) to get ahold of a copy now. But you can find the full text pdf on the Internet Archive. Mostly it…
If you’ve ever taken an English composition class, I feel your pain. I’ve taken many English classes in my life, and despite my credentials, I did NOT enjoy most of them. However, I’ve also been an English teacher; I’ve seen not just the aspects of learning to write that are obnoxious and/or unnecessary, but also the elements that are important…
Does slow fashion need explaining? While those in the fashion industry intimately understand the difference between “slow” and “fast” fashion because it affects the daily aspects of how we work, none of that is seen by the customer. In other words – they don’t know what they don’t know. And one of the most important jobs I have as a…
What’s the problem? One of the biggest hurdles that causes the average customer to balk when considering the shift from fast-waste fashion to slow-sustainable wardrobes is the price points. If a person is used to buying t-shirts for $5, they need several practical reasons for why they should be paying 10x as much (or more) for another t-shirt. From the…