Start typing and press
Enter to search

By: Rebecca McCusker January 27, 2018October 12, 2018 Blog, UncategorizedfeaturedLeave a Comment

Writing & Creative Direction

I’m in it for the long term, and I want your customers to be, too. We can turn your message into a conversation, and that conversation into a community.

Work With Me

Are you looking for someone to write engaging, entertaining content, feature articles, blog posts, or web copy? Are you looking for a writer with a background in strategy, a penchant for marketing, and a love for hard-hitting research? Maybe you’re an author looking for someone to write your book. Maybe you’re an entrepreneur who needs…

About

Hi. I’m Rebecca. I’m a writer, musician, and creative consultant. I live on a couple of acres in the Ohio countryside with my husband Charles, where we garden and ride around on mopeds. I have always been passionate about writing and creativity. I write books, articles, blogs, web copy, and more. And when I’m not…

Contact

Do you need a devoted wordsmith to tackle your toughest communication challenges? Do you want to ditch your run-of-the-mill messaging in favor of powerful copy that converts? To discuss a possible project, request more information, or share a killa joke, drop me a line. I’m looking forward to hearing from you!

7 Ways to Keep Your Art at the Top Of Your To-Do List

By: Rebecca McCusker July 16, 2018July 16, 2018

Creative Lifeart, artists, creativity, time managementLeave a Comment

The stereotype of the starving artist makes the assumption that creatives have time on our hands. That we hang out in subway stations strumming an upright bass, that we camp out all day in our apartments, smoking and cursing at our typewriters. It makes the assumption that we’re low on money, devil-may-care about our careers,…

3 Signs You Need to Finally Hire a Ghostwriter

By: Rebecca McCusker June 25, 2018June 26, 2018

Blog, Creative LifeCEO, entrepeneurs, freelance, ghostwriting, professional, writingLeave a Comment

“No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.” – Althea Gibson It can feel weird to hire a ghostwriter. When we imagine CEO’s, educators, doctors, and politicians writing the book of their careers, we imagine them sitting at heavy wooden desks and typing 400 hundred pages of unadulterated mastery. We often confuse them with…

Does Talent Exist? Yes, But It’s Not What You Think.

By: Rebecca McCusker May 11, 2018May 22, 2018

Creative Lifechildhood, creativity, musicans, nature vs. nurture, psychology, talentLeave a Comment

“I have no talent in music,” people say, “I could never pick up the guitar and play. That’s SO beyond me.” But is it? The question of talent – of giftedness – is a loaded one. When we think of talent, we think of a fairy Godmother that waves her magic wand in a puff…

Stay Creative with Good Ol’ Fashioned, Pointless Play

By: Rebecca McCusker April 30, 2018May 15, 2018

Blog, Creative Life, Healthy Lifeartists, creativity, health, play, wellness1 Comment

When I was a kid, I was a play expert. I had the magical ability to make myself believe that I lived in colonial times, or that I had a friendly purple monster that followed me around. My brother and I would build sprawling Lego towns, pretend we were vicious lions, that we lived in…

How Your Friendships Shape your Art

By: Rebecca McCusker April 24, 2018May 22, 2018

Creative Lifeart, artists, creativity, feminism, friendship, musicians, women, writersLeave a Comment

If you look back on the most successful creatives throughout time, you might notice that these artists didn’t exist in a vacuum. In fact, creatives from Jim Henson to J.R.R. Tolkien to Emily Dickinson had deep, dynamic friendships that shaped their art. When I think back on my most long-term, positive friendships, they’re driven by…