by lauyw | Mar 18, 2019 | Motherhood, Musings, Women, Writing
When something happens like the recent massacre in Christchurch, those of us who aren’t directly negatively impacted can be tempted to offload our horror on Facebook. And then promptly move on. Increasingly, many of us are looking to ditch the “thoughts and prayers”...
by Jay Crisp Crow | May 16, 2018 | Motherhood, Women, Writing
You know how all the marketing people tell you that Facebook lives will change your life? I believed them, but I just never really had anything to ‘live’ about. Until a day, last year, when I forgot my Kindergartener’s library books. And when I got home I was so...
by Jay Crisp Crow | Feb 25, 2018 | Writing
Not a mompreneur either. Not a blondepreneur, or femmepreneur, or even a bedpreneur. In fact, I’m not even an entrepreneur, in the pure sense of the term. But I am a business owner. A creative in business. And a mother. (And a wife, a Musical Theatre nut, a Caesar...
by Jay Crisp Crow | Nov 29, 2017 | Writing
So, I think at this point of the day we should play a drinking game. Stick with me here. Let’s all go to a random website. Ohhhh now, how about we try our own? And every time we read something like this: Hi, I’m Lucy/Willow/Betsy I’m a passionate yoga teacher/dog...
by Jay Crisp Crow | Aug 10, 2016 | Women, Writing
I am roaring through my inbox (still haven’t taken the time to set up the email filters like my business coach has taught me to), trying to maximise my writing time while handling incoming emails, upgrading my proposal document, and carefully scheduling every moment...
by Jay Crisp Crow | Jul 30, 2016 | Speaking, Writing
When I originally launched Crisp Copy, I couldn’t imagine public speaking would become part of my business journey. The idea of speaking publicly, either in front of real, live humans or on the air, made my heart palpitate and mind race. And here’s the odd thing: with...