STATEMENT PIECE STUDIO

What if we’re asking the wrong questions? (a.k.a. If you can’t beat ‘em, get better at your own game)

I’ve got this buddy Rob who used to drive me completely nuts. (Yes Rob Braddock Jr. – that was not a clever auto-fill. It’s you I’m talking about. You’re welcome.) While we’re good friends now, and he’s a vocal, enthusiastic supporter of my work — when we first met inside a copywriter Facebook group in […]

6 ways ideas go from “good enough” to extraordinary.

Fact: you are capable of creating extraordinary things. I hope you know that already, but if you don’t — I wanted to tell you. Because you’re a creative — which means your brain probably goes a million miles an hour, right? Day in, day out, you probably have more good ideas than you can shake […]

9 rules for crushing a hot seat coaching session

To date, I’ve run almost 40+ hot seat sessions on everything from copy, to creative concept development, to giving people the thumbs up/down on brand direction. Here’s how I do it.

Game of Thrones S08 e04 Recap: Well I guess We’re Really Doing this of Thrones

Alright nerds, grab the nearest pitcher of wine and clank your metal cups together for a game of medieval Never Have I Ever because it’s time for another… *~*~* GAME OF THRONES RECAP POST *~*~* We’re back for another round of Well I Guess We’re Really Doing This of Thrones. I’d also like to say, […]

Money + misdirection: the shadow side of “charge what you’re worth” pricing culture

If you’re a freelancer or creative entrepreneur, you’ve probably seen this before: You’re zooming around a forum or Facebook group for your professional focus, and someone brings up — dun dun dunnnn — pricing. “I’m a beginner (about 6 months in), so I’m not sure what to charge for XYZ project. Right now I’m doing $50/hr, and I’m estimating […]

Game of Thrones S08 E03: I Stress Ate One Million Oreos… of Thrones

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, grab your favorite wight and extinguish your flaming swords, it’s time for another… *~*~* GAME OF THRONES RECAP POST *~*~* Author’s note: For the past couple of seasons of GoT I’ve taken it upon myself to write recaps of each episode on Facebook. Upon request, I’ve posted them here to […]