Remember I said I was going to start interviewing bloggers and business owners for The Write Design Company? Well, I started my blogger interviews at Blogging While Brown. I conducted an audio interview with Danyelle Little ~aka~ The Cubicle Chick and a video interview with Chrystal from the Duo Dishes. They came out very well….
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Are Your Plans in Writing? Here’s What Brian Tracy Has to Say
I recently finished reading Goals! How to Get Everything You Want – Faster Than you Ever Thought Possible by Brian Tracy, and he wrote “All successful people work from written plans.” It was found that business owners who had completed business plans before they began operations were more likely to succeed even though many never…
Progress in My Writing Life
I often give periodic updates on what’s happening in my writing world, and I feel the need to share today. Book Completion Coaching I am happy to report that I have 2 clients who want to be coached to completed books. The first client is an 87-year-old writing a memoir about her life as a…
Marcie’s Media Moment: Mixed Race and Light Skin Do Not Accurately Reflect the Black Community
Mixed-raced children do not accurately reflect African American children, and I need the media to stop throwing them in our faces as if they do. Allow me to digress for a second. Have you ever really looked at the advertisements in the newspapers and commercials? These companies throw all of these curly-haired children with a…
Marcie’s Discovery: My Purpose in Writing
This has been a very enlightening weekend for me. Yesterday I attended a workshop given by the Ethnic News Media a division of the Community Media Workshop at Columbia College on covering youth violence. And I just left the Tavis Smiley & Cornel West’s Poverty Tour at St. Sabina. The common theme of both events…
Just Venting – You Don’t Have to Read This
I received a message from someone who made a judgment about me based on previous association, which was out of order, I think. He then followed up with the following conversation. A little background. This person fell off the face of the earth for at least 5 years. I went to a meeting he was…
Crain’s is looking for a full-time social media intern
Crain’s Chicago Business is seeking a paid intern to assist with social media and community management. Knowledge and understanding of the business community is a must, and an excitement for emerging digital trends is key. Internship is full-time (M-F during normal business hours), and will last for approximately six months. Job Responsibilities: –Monitor, build and…
Do You or Did You Roller Skate? Your Skate Story is Needed
I am researching ROLLER SKATING (not inline or ice skating) for a book I am writing, and your story is needed. I don’t care how much or how little you skated, your story is important to me. Right now, I’m working on a site where you can submit your story. Until it is complete, please…
Marcie’s Story Updates
I am currently working on three stories which require me to wait for information from sources. However, I just want to give an update – mostly for my accountability purpose. School to Prison Pipeline I read that schools in a many states were having young people locked up for fighting in school. This is understandable…
Internship Opportunity at NBC 5 Chicago
NBC 5 is looking for college students with interest in broadcast journalism, the web and social media to intern during the morning daypart this fall. The position involves working closely with show producers, writers, reporter, anchors and executive producer. You will learn how to write for the air & web – and how to dig…