On the morning after my 28th birthday party, I woke up convinced I was going to die. (Well — I know I’ll kick the bucket eventually. But as soon as I opened my eyes that April dawn, I was utterly convinced that “someday” was today.) I reached up to my bedside table with trembling hands to check […]
Hi, I’m Hillary and I’m an upbeat, fun-loving person who’s occasionally convinced she can mold the universe to fit the shape of her will. As you might expect, this innate stubbornness is both a blessing for my clients and students, and a way to instantly triple my own workload. However… The benefit of this part […]
The following is an excerpt from my course The Wordshops hitting the virtual airwaves later this month, along with my FREE un-boring blog writing challenge. (Both launching September 2017). If you want to get your hands on the DIY Wordshop course, and/or apply to join my 4-week copywriting Wordshop incubator, click here to drop me a line and let […]
This is a story for the kids who ached to be noticed and weren’t.This is a story for the parents of those kids, who worry about their future.This is a story for any human who’s known the frustration of being “just OK” at more or less everything.This is a story for the clients and colleagues […]
A friend of mine (a poet at heart) recently told me he was trying to write a poem, but hadn’t drafted anything he considered worthwhile. Or anything at all, really. His reason? He had his heart set on writing a 30-line sonnet. And he hadn’t been able to pull it off yet. Uh… what? […]
(This post was inspired by the incomparable Alexandra Franzen, and by Cassie’s genius interpretation of it from her perch at House of Owls. I highly encourage you to check both out.) (Go ahead. I’ll wait.) So without further ado, in the spirit of inching that proverbial blog curtain up just a liiittle bit higher: IF […]
