I’m a magazine editor living in Santa Barbara, CA. I am a professional writer/editor with over 15 years experience in technical writing, marketing and promotional content. I’m also the head of SeaWrite Media (www.seawritemedia.com) a web content provider. I consider myself well versed in new media trends, and am an ace at empowering small businesses, freelancers and artists to use the web to promote their work and their passions. I’m also a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and during Hurricane Katrina, I participated in (and received certification for) the Red Cross’s Disaster Preparedness training, including Shelter Operations and Logistics.
I’ve spent the last several years working as an Editor for two national trade magazines. During my 6-year tenure as Editor, I’ve conceptualized and coordinated all editorial content for two environmentally-based publications. Not only do I create regular editorials and blog entries for both titles, but I also manage a healthy stable of freelance writers, guide the efforts of the design department, and work closely with our sales team and online education department to insure that our message and focus is effectively dispersed to our national audience.
I’ve also played a central role in expanding the social media outreach of all of our products. I’ve been active in leading the rest of our staff towards a better understanding of the strengths and opportunities presented by Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other online social media outlets— all the while making sure that the magazines I work for continue to have a vibrant online presence. I also conceptualized and guided the development of the Waterprint iPhone app. www.waterprint.net
In my spare time, I feed my need for knowledge and creativity by writing freelance articles and learning all I can about the vagaries and opportunities provided by this new media landscape. I’ve participated in a number of educational seminars about social media marketing, and am currently learning all I can about Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Drupal Commerce and Wordpress.
As I’ve explored and expanded my career path, I’ve picked up some valuable tools and smart strategies that I’d like to share. I’ve been able to craft a creative career as a writing professional, and you can too!
Glass Houses By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Do opinions matter? Are we writing to please others or from some internal need to express ourselves creatively? And does it matter if your writing falls flat or flies high, if you can’t find satisfaction in what you’ve created? It’s a struggle to write […]
Read more "“Opinions are the cheapest commodities in the world.”"A port in any storm. By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer The calm before the chaos. That soft place-to-fall, and the shelter from the maddening crowd. How do you write when, as William Wordsworth would say, “the world is too much with us?” It can be so very hard to disconnect from […]
Read more "Dodging Shadows and Finding Peace – Another Artist’s Date Adventure"By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Writing from the nooks and crannies again today since I’m still on the road. As I’ve been conducting meet-and-greets and interviews, the big question that keeps being asked is “who’s your reader?” It’s a tricky business, focusing on who’s consuming your content rather than the content […]
Read more "Who’s your audience?"By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Schedules. Time tables. Punch cards. Alarm clocks. Measuring hours and segmenting our days can sometimes feel counterproductive to the creative spirit. “How am I supposed to get anything done when I’ve got so much to do!”. We dream of long stretches of uninterrupted time when we […]
Read more "Writing on the go"My past is full of wisdom gleaned from words written decades – if not centuries – before I was born. It does not diminish their influence.
Read more "Bees, Buzzing and the Art of the Mentor"The View from Inspiration Point By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer What was it Hemingway said? “There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.” That’s certainly what writing’s felt like for me lately. For […]
Read more "Sometimes the only trick is to just keep going…"By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Last week I talk about one of Julia Cameron‘s tools, the Narrative Timeline. The idea is to write about your life in five year intervals. Not only can it give you a sense of the greater patterns in your life – where you’ve been and […]
Read more "Fruits of the Narrative Time Line"Plunging into the Past By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer In addition to the morning pages – which I’ve talked about at length in previous posts – another writing tool suggested by Julia Cameron is the Narrative Timeline. The idea is to write out the story of your life, in five-year […]
Read more "Narrative Timelines"Tick-tock. Boom! Whir. Thump… By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer One of my favorite parts of the Bravo series Inside the Actors Studio is the series of questions James Lipton asks his guests. Based on the concept originated by French television personality Bernard Pivot (on his show Apostrophes) – as Lipton always […]
Read more "A Slave to Sound"You are the Leprechaun By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Let’s talk a little bit about failure. It’s tough to overcome a creative defeat. We put so much of ourselves into our projects, that when they are criticized, mocked or disregarded, it can feel like a personal attack. The cuts and bruises […]
Read more "Avoid the toxic reader and protect your pot of gold!"
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