2013

April 11, 2016

Take 5 With Award Winning Filmmaker Doug Blush

World Premier: Accomplished Documentarian Brought Beyond Laughter and Tears: A Journey of Hope to CIFF Doug Blush and I first met back in 2012 when CIFF […]
April 7, 2016

Beethoven Rolls Over to Cleveland

CIFF Welcomes What Would Beethoven Do? One of the great joys of the Cleveland International Film Festival is exposure to great culture. Mostly, this culture is […]
November 23, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #13: Writing Seminars – Part 1 – Hay House, Wayne Dyer and Cheryl Richardson

“Writing isn’t something I do. It’s something I am.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer . Along the corporate life trajectory writing has kept me consistent company, decade […]
November 19, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #12: 2013 – Sinking Ships, Cortés Style, Part 2

From January till ~ June of 2013, I lived 6 months in a monastic lifestyle: work, work out, write, sleep, repeat. Once in a while I’d […]
November 17, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #11: 2013 – Sinking Ships, Cortés Style, Part 1

2013 built on the loss of 2012. And more was to follow. Pruning the dead leaves of one’s life is a critical component to letting the […]


June 27, 2013

How Martin Scorsese Directed A 60-Second 3-Act Film. The Bleu de Chanel Commercial

Back in the summer of 2011, I was sitting around with some film friends, brainstorming creative promo videos. I asked them if they’ve seen Martin Scorsese’s […]
June 25, 2013

Whether With Your Resume or Your LinkedIn Profile, Think of Your Audience As…

Whether with your resume or your LinkedIn profile, think of your audience as highly-educated, over-informed, over-worked and understaffed managers who are suffering from some level of […]
June 25, 2013

Forgive Yourself

”Forgive yourself for not becoming the person you once thought you were supposed to be. Just be the best person you already are.“- A.S. #CreativeCadence Photo: […]
June 22, 2013

10 Life Lessons I Learned From Watching Man Of Steel

1. Religion is good. Evolution is immoral. 2. Mythology will determine your destiny. Science is scary. 3. Natural childbirth will save the good race. In vitro […]
June 21, 2013

“But A Man In Your Position, With All Your Power”

“Yeah, well, I read about your troubles in the newspapers. But a man in your position, with all your power and all your privileges, has to […]
June 20, 2013

Peggy Sue Got Pregnant: A Rock ’n Roll Love Story

Cleveland Musicologist Deanna R. Adams Debuts First Novel   Three years ago, while waiting in line at the Westlake Borders to meet the one and only […]