We pulled up to the hotel in downtown Miami after dark. The hotel was recommended by the standup paddle race we were attending the next day. The sign was spray painted on the side of the painted concrete wall. Spray. Painted. There's a first time for everything, I guess. Perhaps …
Quarterly newsletter for the Square Foot Gardening Foundation KATIE ELZER-PETERS / SUMMER 2018 / MARKETING CLIENTThe Square Foot Gardening Foundation PROJECT DETAILSWe worked with The Square Foot Gardening Foundation to create a brand new quarterly newsletter for the Foundation. We took an …
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Seed, Grow, Love, Write KATIE ELZER-PETERS / May 23, 2018 / BOOKS CLIENT A humorous look at life by John Markowski PROJECT DETAILS The Garden of Words worked with John Markowski to handle publishing for his second book. We managed copy editing, proof reading, full cover design for front, back, …
The Mother Tree KATIE ELZER-PETERS / May 26, 2018 / BOOKS CLIENT a Novel by Heather W. Cobham PROJECT DETAILS The Garden of Words team helped Heather Cobham publish her second novel, The Mother Tree, in June 2018. We handled all aspects of copy editing (we have a specialized fiction copy editor …
Min And Max
There are two numbers I didn't spend much time thinking about until I starter working on my pricing. Those two numbers are: The minimum amount of money a new client can spend with me, andThe maximum amount of money a new client can spend with me. But shouldn't we take any amount of money …
Selling without the Squick
I went to see Oceans 8 last weekend and I loved it. Maybe a little too much. I was ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED to watch those 8 women problem solve, plan, and execute a massive heist at the Met Gala. A big time heist movie with diamonds and dresses. The setting was phenomenal. What really got me, …
Pricing: Setting a Minimum
It is SO VERY TEMPTING when you're a freelancer to take whatever job someone wants to give you or to start up a new client for a very small project. SOMEBODY WANTS TO PAAAAAYYYYYYY MEEEEEEE! (Oprah voice.) At the beginning that's cool because you gotta have jobs. I have spent TEN. LONG. …
Maybe It’s Me
I was sitting on the airplane banging my head against the window. The pilot had just come on the loudspeaker and said, "Well, we have to take a different flight path, so we need more fuel. Problem is, it's lightning. So the fuel trucks can't be out. BE NICE TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. THIS ISN'T …
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The most exciting two minutes in sports happens every year on the first Saturday in May. I went to watch the ponies run at Churchill Downs when I was 14 or 15, the trip a birthday gift from my parents to their horse-crazy daughter. Because I was underage, my dad only let me eat the ice out of the …
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The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports happens every year on the first Saturday in May. I went to watch the ponies run at Churchill Downs when I was 14 or 15, the trip a birthday gift from my parents to their horse-crazy daughter. Because I was underage, my dad only let me eat …
