by Terra Osterling | Dec 11, 2011 | Babysitting Nephews, How I got "here", Outside my comfort zone
Another Saturday night spent with nephews K. & D., another case of “best laid plans” going awry. This post is supposed to be the one where I get the boys to explain Christmas to me for the enjoyment of you fine readers, however, that was not to be the case…more on...
by Terra Osterling | Nov 13, 2011 | Business of Freelance Writing, How I got "here"
I’m not a Top Ten blogger. I haven’t published an e-book and made thousands of dollars on it in within a week. No one is begging me to write for them. Yet here I am, still typing away. Things, actually, are going according to plan. Rome wasn’t built in a day and...
by Terra Osterling | Oct 16, 2011 | Business of Freelance Writing, Experiences, Game-changers, How I got "here", Motivation, Writing
This past week I wrapped up an online Copy Writing course, my first “formal” effort to get practical writing experience and build my credibility. It was an exhilarating time of study, creative exercises and homework; I forgot how much I truly thrive in a learning...
by Terra Osterling | Oct 2, 2011 | Business of Freelance Writing, Game-changers, How I got "here", Motivation, Writing
The exaggerated spinning hands of a clock. The pages of a daily calendar whipped away by a wind. A tree changing from verdant, to scarlet, to barren. Time. It drags when we want passage, and flies when we just need to catch our breath. Life is full of milestones and...
by Terra Osterling | Jul 24, 2011 | Creative Pursuits, Experiences, How I got "here", Inspiration, Storytelling
Our backyard garden is 12 feet by 16 feet, dug out about 6 years ago. That season we harvested enough pickling cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes to put up over a dozen jars of sweet pickles, plus equal batches of tomatoes and salsa. Our little patch of earth on our...
by Terra Osterling | Jul 10, 2011 | Creative Pursuits, Experiences, How I got "here", Letterpress
My last Letterpress project did not turn out as I had hoped. My Alphabet set in Onyx, plus numbers and symbols, was, I decided, about as exciting as an eye test. My classmates’ Alphabets are a funky arrangement of large wood type in “Condensed Gothic,” a clever poem...
