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Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud

I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist

Santa: Make Me Legit

December 28, 2009 by Kate Mayer Leave a Comment

We had a very Apple Christmas over here at the technically challenged house. Got myself a macbook and an iphone — spending every bit and then some of the $1547 I netted in 2009. Husband assures me I’m on a roll, and 2010 will be more than prosperous, but as he often does, he’s put the cart before the horse with the techno-gadgets. Truth be told, I’m holding my breath

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Gumby’s Encouraged to Apply

December 3, 2009 by Kate Mayer Leave a Comment

Way back when, when actually thought I could get a job I applied for, I’d see a posting and think: do I really want to work there? Will I like it? Can I do it? Before even applying I honestly thought I’d be seriously considered for each and every employment opportunity. And I was as selective and scrutinizing as womanly possible: commute, pay, environment, ethics, education, skills, size, opportunity, benefits,

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A Decade of Difference

September 5, 2008 by Kate Mayer 7 Comments

My small-town paper ran an article on a local marketing firm celebrating 10 years of business. It’s a great little firm; all women, minority-owned, successful. In those 10 years, this woman started in her living room and now employs 4 other women, and perhaps, just maybe, me. I sent them a quick pitch letter, congratulating their 10 years of business, and saying coincidently, 10 years ago, I shelved mine to

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Out of the Loop

July 24, 2008 by Kate Mayer 2 Comments

It’s the dog days of summer and it’s slow.  Slow as in, NO ONE has work; agencies are quiet, businesses pinching pennies, and freelancers wondering where are all the jobs? Is anybody working? It’s stagnant, like the thick humid air, and it’s getting harder to breathe. And I get a call. Straight from a client — a newbie — ‘we hear you write.’ Can I help them out? Welllll, let me check

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Tornadoes, puke and copywriting

July 21, 2008 by Kate Mayer 4 Comments

Let’s just say this working, not working, freelancing, stay-at-home, flex-time, tele-commuting, blogging life I’m living is not really an on-ramp, off-ramp situation. It’s more like the movie we’ve all seen but never admit to: Chevy Chase’s European Vacation.  Remember? “Look kids, Big Ben!”  Constant chaos, but with moments of clarity, beauty and humor that make the trip worthwhile.  Take for instance, my first, real, live, paying, back-to-work experience in um, let’s say, about 2½ kids:

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Kathryn Mayer

An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (aka Kathy and/or Kate) is a writer, humorist, and (former) activist writing out loud with humor and grace about little life moments with big ripples, including the space between parenting and aging parents, social issues, angsty reflections of midlife, and, sigh, gun humpers. Still. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes not Mayer is a national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of … Read More Here...

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