by Jamie Chavez | Apr 14, 2014 | The Arts & Media
The power of [a word] is a curious thing Make a one man weep, make another man sing …* You’re a writer, a reader, an emailer, a talker, a texter, a singer in the shower … so you probably also understand the power of words to make someone weep or sing. I was weeping...
by Jamie Chavez | Mar 8, 2014 | Creativity, The Arts & Media
Many of us are still all caught up in winter’s last gasp, so perhaps a little inspiration is what we all need to keep going. A few months ago I stumbled on a post from the Zen Pencils website—a weekly cartoon strip featuring inspirational quotes. “Buy the ticket,”...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 18, 2014 | The Arts & Media
We were just talking about using Twitter as a marketing tool, so I want to bring two “last words” to your attention. The first is from literary agent Chip MacGregor, who offers ten thoughts on the effectiveness of social media. He had me at “Don’t...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 16, 2014 | The Arts & Media
I was discussing social media with a publisher friend of mine recently—particularly Twitter, which seems to be in the strange position of being both more and less than some users in my circle had hoped. My friend remarked that it was now apparent Twitter wasn’t much...
by Jamie Chavez | Nov 23, 2013 | Miscellany, The Arts & Media
A friend of mine brought this fascinating little interactive map to my attention, and I think it’s so interesting I wanted to bring it to yours. Honestly, I’m not smart enough to extrapolate a smart post from this data … but I do think it’s an interesting statement...
by Jamie Chavez | Sep 21, 2013 | The Arts & Media
We’ve been having some discussion about social media—I’ve blogged about it four times, twice recently—what it might do for you, what it can’t do for you,* what works for me, and so on, and as a result I got a lot of comments, mostly private, about not knowing how to...