MIDLIFE SHIFTS
For those in the ‘middle of life’ who wants to make a holistic lifestyle tweak or change for a thriving next season
A New Season: Relaunching the Blog after a Hiatus
Is writing a blog like riding a bike? Do you forget how to do it or is it so innate that once you hop on again, then it all comes back to you? As a long-time writer, I’ve always had an itch to put pen to paper to express my current musings. It’s been a year and half...
read moreNew Website, Blog and Podcast . . Check it out!
My blog has been in hibernation these last few months. Yes, I have been busy with my ever-expanding portfolio career but I've also moved my website and blog into one place. It has a new look, and I'm finding it much easier to manage. I'm keeping this post short but...
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What’s New For 2016
The blog has been rather quiet these past few months, and this entry will be short and sweet. I've had numerous projects in my ever-expanding portfolio career - from adverts to commercial shoots to boatloads of voice overs. I'm grateful that it's never dull.A few new...
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New Post: Voice Artist Career Milestone, Special Thanks & New Demos
Over the past two months, I’ve turned a corner in the world of voice overs. I have a niche as an American in the north of England, a very small niche, but there are opportunities. It’s taken two years of experimenting, taking risks, creating a home studio through...
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New Post: On Writing – Five Ways I’ve Used Journalism Skills in Creative Writing
Around this time two years ago I began to apply for a Master's in Creative Writing. In the end, I was accepted on the course but chose to follow my portfolio career. Though I know it would have been a rewarding journey, I figured I could write creatively...
read moreAn American in the UK – Applying for Permanent Residency and the CHALLENGING test
The last few months I've been travelling with various jobs, but most of my extra time has been spent gearing up for applying for permanent residency in the UK as a family. As of the end of June, we will have been here a decade in Sheffield. My son was three months and...
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Becoming A Voice Artist and My New Podcast with Cornucopia Radio
I'm a voice artist, and it's probably one of my favourite things I do in my portfolio career. I've done this for the last 18 months in everything from short films, audio dramas and video games to corporate scripts, adverts and animations. You don't have to memorize...
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20 Things You May Not Know About Commercial Modelling
It has been a year and a half since signed with my first modelling agent here in the UK. I stumbled into all this after being scouted . . . in my 40s. Though I had some experience as I modelled in my teens with pageants and a department store, crowns and ball gowns...
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On Writing – Detours on the Publishing Journey and Six Tips On Writing
At the end of 2014, I was interviewed for almost an hour on a local radio show. The subject was my journey of writing and pursuing publishing with my novel, 'Beauty Pageants to Brothels'. I write journalistic pieces, blogs, corporate scripts, radio plays, short...
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