Was Classic Blue the Right Choice for Pantone’s 2020 Color of the Year?
I wrote about the 2020 Pantone color of the year, Classic Blue, with a yawn. [...]
31 Rose Pink
I've been in paint chip paradise with my impending office makeover. Surprisingly, nature-inspired colors have [...]
Chalk Paint Dresser Makeover
About two years after my living room furniture project, I found myself hunting for that [...]
Remove Everything That Isn’t Part of the Story
Cutting content is the most important part of writing. Most new writers struggle to create [...]
30 Watermelon Red
If you look at branding in the food industry, red dominates the visual landscape. Years [...]
28 Yellow Fever Color Palette
The click of a CD player switching discs. It's a noise that is fading into [...]
27 Punchy Jewel Tones
I said, "These outfits are starring in a daytime show where they murder their cheating [...]
Shorter Sentences are Smarter Sentences
New writers often assume longer sentences signal a higher level of intelligence. They try to [...]
26 Desert Pinks
"Not to write is for many of us to die." - Ray Bradbury, Zen in [...]
Zine-Inspired Color Ideas
What young writer doesn't make their own zine (by hand with paste, staples, and scrap [...]
