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I've sold content for nearly 40 years - to media outlets and enterprises - about their brands. Now I am trying to write for my own brand.
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AI for Real People

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Why I Love GenAI for Small Businesses
Curious about Generative AI - but too busy running your small business to ask? Here's 9 prompts that will take some small biz burdens off you.
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Why I Love GenAI for the Home
Curious about generative AI - but a bit embarrassed to ask? I've put together seven no-fail prompts on how to make Generative AI a productive addition…
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AI for Normal People - Where to Be Wary
Generative AI is a powerful that can be exceedingly efficient at short-cutting certain tasks. But here's where you need to be cautious.
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AI for Normal People
Hearing the terms GenAI? ChatGPT? Is your kids' school warning it won't tolerate cheating with these AI tools? Here's what you need to know - and five…
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Brand Publishing

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Stick the Landing
Borrow a style point from gymnastics. If you don't stick the landing when you write - your story is liable to wobble and not hold up.
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Social Media Strategy - Simplified
Unfortunately you can't bank on a social post going viral. I've outlined the basic steps you need to take to garner a select and targeted audience.
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How to Align Your Content to Your Audience
You can’t create content and hope people come. You need to create content that educates, lures, and converts. Here's what to consider.
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Nobody Wants Bedtime Bullets
Having our world told to us as stories starts when we are wee. It doesn't change for adults. But how do we as storytellers find new narratives?
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Who Is Your Audience?
Do you really know your audience? Here are tips on how to get a pulse on their moods and needs to make truly compelling content.
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The Power of Primary Research
Building a brand today is tough. You need to have messaging that breaks through the noise. And with GenAI spewing content - there is a lot of noise.
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May the Prompt Be With You
Modern human-to-human communications emphasizes text over speech. Brevity over clarity. Ironically, can chatting with a computer help us with our…
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No "I" in Team - But There Is in Authentic
To counter two G-forces - Google and GenAI - it's imperative to create a strong point of view.
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Voices From the Past

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The Human Cost of Tariffs: Lessons From Labor in the Gilded Age
Tariffs are a tool to protect domestic industries - ostensibly to benefit American workers. History shows us though, that when wrongfully enacted…
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Strolling Through History With Aunt Molly
As I research ancestral relative Leonora Kearney Barry, conversations with my 102-year old aunt help my notes come alive, and remind me that all of us…
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My Emotional and Familial Connection to Labor Day
Through my great, great grandmother's cousin, I have a renewed understanding of where we have come as a society when it comes to honoring workers on…
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Musings of a Storyteller
Musings of a Storyteller
If the past is prologue, then what follows is a blend of my interests, expertise, and experiences—often ironic, a little quirky, and always designed to get you thinking. With my signature style (and maybe a pop of purple or teal), join me on the journey.

Life Deconstructed

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Making Room in My Triangle
Working in the kitchen with others is like a dance. For years, my husband and I were out of step—more mosh pit than ballet. Then we went to Sicily.
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Escaping the Tyranny of Holiday Shoulds
If you're like me, and can't help overthinking everything, then you have an endless list of 'shoulds' weighing on you. The holidays pile on more. Is…
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Grief and Rage: The Burdens of a Storyteller
The relentless ability to feel is both a curse and a gift for storytellers. Lately, I'm wondering if I can continue to be a lightning rod for emotions…
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Two Old Men: The Unlikely Bond of Jack and Frank
They had little in common save for shared family, Sundays, stories half-remembered—and full heads of hair!
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Making Room in My Triangle
Working in the kitchen with others is like a dance. For years, my husband and I were out of step—more mosh pit than ballet. Then we went to Sicily.
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Diane Burley
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Escaping the Tyranny of Holiday Shoulds
If you're like me, and can't help overthinking everything, then you have an endless list of 'shoulds' weighing on you. The holidays pile on more. Is…
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Diane Burley
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Grief and Rage: The Burdens of a Storyteller
The relentless ability to feel is both a curse and a gift for storytellers. Lately, I'm wondering if I can continue to be a lightning rod for emotions…
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