5ives: It Takes More Than Just a Pretty Face

When you say the words “TV Production,” I get a little giddy. A zing goes through my body and I have visions of glowing lights, camera setups and what else…the director calling action! Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to work on a TV set and work with actors on...

Drinking In the Morning

I didn’t know what I was in for. A speaker on HTML and CSS…sheesh…I don’t know anything about Web code. Guess I should go, huh? This will be interesting. Will I understand anything she’s talking about? I’m a writer. [Crowd holds all laughter.] I also...

5ives: Brand Etiquette – Avoid the Telephone Game.

It’s simple. When you start a new job, you get a handbook of policies or rules to follow. If you didn’t, everyone would make up their own interpretation of what is expected, which generally leads to confusion, chaos and a whole lot of wasted time. It would be like...

Lessons Learned

“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.” 1 Corinthians 13:11 It’s not that I see my work as a righteous duty, with Biblical implications, not to the...