by Laura K Curtis | Dec 30, 2014 | Stuff!, Writing
Last year, I wrote a little about why I don’t believe in resolutions. A long time ago I gave up making New Year’s resolutions and switched over to giving myself goals. That may sound like mere semantics, but the two things seem fundamentally different to me. A...
by Laura K Curtis | Dec 2, 2014 | Books, Stuff!
So loads of people are saying “buy my book, it would be a great present.” And many of them are probably right. But in case you are in search of something a little different, here’s a list of things that might strike a chord with the creative types of...
by Laura K Curtis | Nov 29, 2014 | Books, Stuff!
My husband and I spent last week in St. Martin, where my next book (Echoes, coming March 2015) is set. If you live in New York, it’s ridiculously easy to travel to St. Martin, a half-French, half-Dutch island in the Caribbean. My parents bought a timeshare there...
by Laura K Curtis | Nov 20, 2014 | Books, Crafts, Freebies & Giveaways, Stuff!
If you’re in the Boston area, I hope you’ll come visit me and a whole lot of other folks on December 6 at Penny Watson’s Holiday Book Fair, Craft Fair, Cocktail Party, and All-Around Bad-Ass Bash. (OK, that’s a slight exaggeration of the title,...
by Laura K Curtis | Oct 31, 2014 | Stuff!
Until 2011, I had no idea that ocular migraines had a name. I thought everyone had them. But one day while I was working in a cube farm, my neighbor sent me a file and asked me to look at it. “I will as soon as my eyes clear up,” I said. “I have that...
by Laura K Curtis | Sep 9, 2014 | Stuff!
PERSONAL SAFETY: Artists, authors, musicians, crafters…if you’re in a creative business you need to get the word out about yourself and your work. People need to associate you with your product. As a marketing and “branding” professional, I...
