Andrea Cooley Creative Services

I have been writing a lot during the last few weeks. Even when I was working full time at a magazine, writing wasn’t my favorite part of the job. I loved researching products, planning stories, photography. To be honest (and if you’re a writer you’ll know what I mean) writing was sometimes the hardest part [...]

I’ve had fairly steady freelance projects for about the last month and I’m learning some things about working at home. I’ve also finally settled into our office (seen above). Before I was working at home, the “office” was Adam’s domain. He had a fancy set up with a stand for his laptop, a wireless keyboard [...]

Yesterday, at the biannual Drake Relays meeting of the Jr. NAC, I had an epiphany: I am an entrepreneur. To be honest, I didn’t wake up one day and decide I wanted to work from home. I really liked my job in corporate America. I was doing what I loved, working in magazines, with a [...]

I wrote an article about the impact media has on relationships for Radiant Magazine (a magazine for modern Christian women, published by Relevant Media Group) almost 2 years ago. It was scheduled to run in the print edition of the magazine, and then the magazine folded. The website was relaunched and I contacted the online [...]

As I am starting to work at home and trying to establish myself as a freelancer I am realizing all over again why I liked going to work in an office so much. A huge part of it was the people. I loved being able to hear what people did on the weekend and always [...]