Filed under: Kavi | Tags: Advice, Blogging, Career, Commute, Feature, Newspaper, TalenEgg.ca, TONight, toronto, Web 2.0, Writing
Every now and then I volunteer my time and my writing to TalentEgg.ca. They’re a career hub resource for new and current grads seeking guidance on the real world after school. They have a content partnership with Toronto’s newest commuter mag, TONight Newspaper. I’d never really heard of the paper–or seen it for that matter–but a friend alerted me that an article I had written for TalentEgg was featured in Tuesday night’s edition! Sweet!
Cassandra from TalentEgg was kind enough to scan me the feature. Click the photo to enlarge.
Filed under: the ussh. | Tags: Authors, Books, Cuba, Ernest, Fiction, Floridita, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway, Life, Travel, Writing
I look sad because I had waited all day for this photo and the camera was about to die.
Hemingway is probably one of my all time favourite authors, and this blog I stumbled across today sums up why:
His writing has been described as sparse, but I think efficient is a better word. He managed to convey in his short declarative sentences the emotion, the feeling, the very sense of the place he was writing about. More than any other writer, he gave me a feeling that I knew the place he was writing about. Be it Spain, Africa, Italy, France, or his beloved Florida Keys, he captured the essence of what those places must have been like to me.
True dat. When Elena and I were in Cuba, we decided to take a day trip to Havana. Part of the tour included stops where Hemingway hung out and wrote. I had never been so excited in my life.
The hotel where Hemingway wrote much of "For Whom the Bell Tolls".
Hemingway made Cuba feel like one of his novels—every single part of it. From the fisherman to the marketplaces, or the bars to the parties—the trip became one huge Hemingway novel.
"Floridita", a bar that Hemingway frequented.
Filed under: the ussh. | Tags: arts, Creative, Fiction, Life, Story A Day, Tumblr, Writing
In an effort to continue to push myself creatively, I’ve started a tumblr blog called, Story a Day. Everyday I’ll post one new and original short-short story.
Filed under: the ussh. | Tags: Advice, Careers, Hand Me Down, Incubator, New Grads, TalentEgg.ca, Writing
Pumping this stuff out: A handful of hand-me-down career advice that really works.
Filed under: the ussh. | Tags: Article, Clothing, Fashion, Fred Perry, Life, Livedress.com, Men, Style, toronto, Writing
My latest hot store column for Livedress.com was just published. It’s on the British fashion label, Fred Perry.
I really need to archive all these pieces online, in one place.
Filed under: the ussh. | Tags: Brands, Clothes, Designers, Fashion, Fred Perry, Labels, Lacoste, Life, Livedress.com, Shopping, Store, Writing
My upcoming article for Livedress.com will be on the iconic British label, Fred Perry. I had a chance to visit the store and really get to know the brand. I think I’ve fallen in love with them. The cuts, the colours and the different ensembles are amazing. I never liked Lacoste and can see why, Fred Perry trumps all. I wish I could buy the entire store!
Filed under: the ussh. | Tags: 69 Vintage, Clothing, Hipster, Hot Store, Kealen Sullivan, Life, Livedress.com, Mecca, Profile, Shopping, toronto, Vintage, Writing
I don't know who these people are.
My latest Hot Store profile just went live on Livedress.com. It’s on Toronto’s hipster mecca, 69 Vintage.
Filed under: the ussh. | Tags: Advice, Blogs, Career Incubator, Careers, Employment, Life, Resume, TalentEgg.ca, Web 2.0, Writing
Just published: 3 reasons why your blog is as important as your resumé.
Filed under: Kavi | Tags: 2.0, Blogger, Campus Intercept, Copywriting, Creative Writing, Life, Livedress.com, Social Media, TalentEgg.ca, Venture Communications, Web, Work, Writing
I want to write books like her—not.
I’ve been filling up my plate as much I can these days. I really want my portfolio to be bursting at the seams. I figured that if I can volunteer my writing anywhere that will take me, it’ll give me good practice.
Work is going well, busy as always, but really well. I’ve started working on projects with more great people and it’s loads of fun. Big things also happening this coming week.
My second article with TalentEgg.ca should be up soon. I’ve contacted Campus Intercept—thanks Michelle—and I’m just waiting to hear back on when I can start writing. I’ve also been picked up by LiveDress.com; it’s a fashion site, and I’ll be writing profiles on independent boutiques around downtown Toronto. Most people have asked me why I’d write for an online fashion publication, but it’ll make it a challenge for me to have to write outside of my usual topics. It’s good practice.
Which brings me to my next question: Am I officially a writer? I mean, at work I write for a living. I’ll be writing for three publications soon, and LiveDress is giving me $9 an article. Yeah! $9! It’s better than nothing—I feel so bourgeoisie. Does all this make me a real writer? I don’t really know. I guess when other people start calling me a writer then I’ll feel like one. Whatever.
