Ironic Reports
June 1 — After circling each other for a while, it’s awesome to now be working with Andrew Leavitt, the founder of Ironic Reports. Ironic is the world’s first concierge event meteorology service—a super cool company that’s found a vital, untouched piece of the event and wedding planning space. Andrew’s extremely passionate about what he does, and it makes him a great client to work for.
Together, we’re putting together a book on how the weather can affect events and event planning. I’m also going to be helping Andrew overhaul his website copy, write blog posts, as well as take on other marketing strategy work.
Residencies
May 20 — This summer, I’ll be attending two writing residencies. One is a two-week, funded artist retreat in North Carolina from June 6-20 (plus a bit of fishing time afterward). The other is the historic Bread Loaf Writers Conference at Middlebury College in Vermont, taking place Aug 13-27 (TDB on the fishing).
I’m extremely exited for the time and space to work on my craft, to make progress on a project or two, and for the opportunity to commune with peers.
I won’t be accepting any freelance work while I’m away, but please reach out if there’s anything can do when I’m back. I’d be happy to hear from you!
Veri(zen)
April 10 — While at Verizon, my writing partner Kent Szlauderbach and I pitched an ad concept with the title you see above.
As mobile carriers competed for the same customers using the same splashy promos and free-phone giveaways, our idea was veer the opposite direction by showing how Verizon’s reliability, ease, and cost made it the only carrier that could give customers true peace of mind.
The idea was for a 30 second moment of zen that broke through the noise. And it’s exciting to see that Verizon picked up the concept and made it a reality. Check out the spot here.