Co-rumination: why you can’t let commiseration drag down your community
It wasn’t until I read a New York Times article about a psychology concept called “co-rumination” that I finally had a word to attach to spiral of negativity that can drag down online communities like the Offbeat Bride Tribe
On being a micro-celebrity
Ariel answers reader questions like “how do you deal with stress?,” “Will you ever make an Offbeat Bride magazine?” and “What’s your favorite part of being a wife?”
Literary pretense vs. the life of a working writer
This weekend I’ve been chewing over issues of literature and the literary life as compared to the work and life of commercial writer. I’ve paid my bills for a decade as a writer, I didn’t do that by sniffing at potential clients — I’ve sacrificed most of my snobbery when it comes to the written […]
The business of Offbeat Bride
This post was written in 2008, and while all the numbers are many years outdated, it’s a good look at the early history of my business. Original introduction: This is essentially a white paper about my Offbeat side project, which includes my book Offbeat Bride: Taffeta-Free Alternatives for Independent Brides and offbeatbride.com. It’s quite long […]