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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Home Organization: Smart products to help get you organized for iVillage
This handy product round-up required some time spent rounding up press releases and “window shopping” at various online stores. The result is a list of some great products I found to help get things in order all around the home. … Continue reading
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Tagged editorial, feature, get organized, iVillage, organizational products, organizing, photo-driven, web content
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A one-woman editorial show: Beauty Handbook (Look Good Feel Good/Reinventing Beauty)
For 8 years, I was the editor-in-chief of a national women’s magazine sold through the national chain drugstores, such as CVS, Walgreens and Duane Reade. For a few of those years, there was also a teen/tween version, which ceased publication … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, Work
Tagged articles, beauty, CVS, drugstore, editor, editor in chief, editorial, experts, features, health, interviews, magazine, mass market, publishing, Walgreens, wellness, women's interest, writer
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Essay: In honor of Dad (and Rickles) on Father’s Day
Panic Kazoo When you were little, did you ever get lost? That total panic I-can’t-find-my-parent-or-guardian and I-don’t-really-want-to-live-at-great-adventure-like-I-said-earlier-I’m-just-a-kid-and-we-say-dumb-sh*t-like-that-all-the-time-so-seriously-where-are-you lost. Like, one second you’re following behind the khaki-ed leg of your dad at the hardware store, running your fingers through the boxes … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Essays/Writings
Tagged being a kid, childhood, dad, essay, Father's Day, getting lost, humor
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Craft Queen: Pattie “PattieWack” Donham profile for Lifetime
There’s nothing better for an interviewer (me!) than to profile someone who is so contagiously enthusiastic about what she or he does. I’ve been lucky enough to have worked with really generous, down-to-earth experts who enjoy the process as much … Continue reading
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Tagged craft, crafting, editorial, expert, expert profile, interview, Lifetime, Pattie Donham, web content
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Ode to Oprah (vintage personal blog post)
Oprah, Oprah, Oprah. What can I say? After 25 years and all that stuff and all those things. How can I ever put this into words? Oh, I know: See ya. (The following is a blog I wrote after having … Continue reading
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Perfect Gift for Mom: A Quiz for Lifetime
This is one of a bunch of quizzes I’ve written; there seems to have been a big “quiz phase” online for a while. These purely-for-fun, interactive articles were exercises in creativity and whimsy. This is a quiz for Lifetime Television … Continue reading
Posted in Digital & Ecommerce, Work
Tagged creative, editorial, gifts, gifts for mom, interactive, Lifetime, Mother's Day, quiz, web content
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Beauty for Every Budget article for Modern Bride
I love love love writing beauty stuff of all kinds, but bridal beauty is certainly in a class by itself. So much preparation leading up to the Big Day—these girls aren’t messing around! This great guide was created to provide … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, Work
Tagged beauty, bridal beauty, bridal hair, bridal makeup, budget ideas, budget wedding, editorial, Modern Bride, publishing, splurge or steal, wedding, wedding preparation
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Melissa Macron 