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How I Ended Up Traveling The U.S. Getting Paid To Draw, Write & Teach: Part 13

I stuck to teaching the class on Social Media Marketing, and it was another two months before I was sent out again. I’d remembered the Friday class from two...

For a year I laid tefillin

For a year I prayed every morning. Laid tefillin. The whole deal. I can point to the exact conversation that convinced me to do it. I was on USY...

My Own Private Time Zone

It’s pretty incredible waking up at 5:30 AM and feeling like I slept in late. It probably has a bit to do with being on Central Time Zone last...

How I Ended Up Traveling The U.S. Getting Paid To Draw, Write & Teach: Part 12

My first week out, every night I turned to my traveling partner, telling her what a mistake I’d made trying to teach this class. “I’m not a teacher. This...

Birthright Take Away

I’m trying to get some take away from the whole Birthright thing. I’m just not sure where to begin. Did it change me? Did it have some lasting effect?...

How I Ended Up Traveling The U.S. Getting Paid To Draw, Write & Teach: Part 11

The truth is I love my job. I love teaching the class and the classes I teach now are “truly stunning” – I’m just quoting a student there. But...

How I Ended Up Traveling The U.S. Getting Paid To Draw, Write & Teach: Part 10

Part 10 – Preparing to Teach Social Media Marketing It’s hard to describe just how little I knew going in to this. I knew nothing about marketing. All I...

Kevin McShane on Marketing Improv Comedy

If  you google marketing improv comedy, Kevin McShane is the first name that comes up, right above Tina Fey. You’ll find an article on why no one can market improv....

How I Ended Up Traveling The U.S. Getting Paid To Draw, Write & Teach: Part 9

Part 9: What Am I Doing Teaching this? I asked for my old job as a trainer back, and they took me in. It was that same feeling one...

The Art of Skinner

        I talked with this one artist, Skinner, at Comic Con, not realizing just how influential the guy was. He had a style where he did what he wanted.         “How...