2012

November 13, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #10: 2012 – A Welcome Fresh Start

2012 began with life in a new, beautiful apartment, two teaching gigs, two online writing gigs and two book pursuits. Two seemed like the magical number. […]
November 12, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #9: 2011 – Time to Pivot

2011 kicked off on a gain and finished on a loss. That’s the nature of life. And that was the cycle of that year.   The […]
November 11, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #8: 2010 – A New Professional Chapter

By the time 2010 rolled around, I’d just begun writing for two publications, one for pay and one for free movie passes. Tri-C started giving me […]
November 10, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #7: Renavigating During the Chaos of 2009

2009 proved to be an interesting year. Interesting is such a broad adjective. Something people use when they don’t exactly know what else to say. Or […]
November 9, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #6: The Big 2008 Crash

“I’m the Bad Guy?…How’d that happen? I did everything they told me to.” – Bill Foster, Falling Down, 1993 2008 began as a terrific year. Just […]


July 28, 2012

Shawn Mullins Lights Up the Winchester

Grammy-Nominated Guitarist Cradled Cleveland Sometimes life throws you the most perfect coincidence. A few months ago, while checking out my friends’ band The Poland Invasion at […]
July 6, 2012
Mark Winegardner

Meeting the Man Whose Book Changed My Life

    Mark Winegardner & ‘Crooked River Burning’   Once in a while you read a book and something within you changes. Maybe you gain a […]
June 23, 2012

Mark Winegardner at CSU – Cleveland’s Scribe Son Comes Home

Mark Winegardner is coming home. The author, known for his literary masterpiece Crooked River Burning, as well as The Godfather Returns and The Godfather’s Revenge, currently […]
June 15, 2012

Prime Rib Steakhouse: A Meatetarian in Downtown Cleveland

                              One day, while driving home on Superior a friend and I […]
June 14, 2012

First Viking Film Fest: CSU Students Showcase Their Talents

It’s a good time to be a film student in Cleveland. With Tri-C and Cleveland State University (CSU) both tailoring their programs to the evolving industry, […]
June 13, 2012

Early Attempts at Cinematic Greatness: Embarrassing First Films

 Akron is one cool area. Most of us know that it’s home to Devo and Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. It’s also the birthplace of Jim […]