Why “Love, Actually” is a bad movie and also a holiday classic
As the holidays draw to a close, decorations start coming down (mine stay up until January 6, but you do you), seasonal playlists return to their li’l media caves or …
Merry Christmas from Caperton Gillett Creative
Y’all are the best gifts a mouthy, opinionated, moderately external-validation-seeking freelance copywriter could have, and I treasure your place as colleagues and, in many cases, friends. May you have the …
Podcasts I do listen to because I’m capable of doing so
In general, I don’t listen to podcasts. Or rather, I can’t listen to podcasts. It’s not that I can’t hear them. I just have a condition called ADP — auditory …
Anyone can be creative, and I sincerely mean that, please.
There is, and probably always has been, an epidemic of people thinking they aren’t and/or can’t be creative, and it sucks beyond the telling of it. It’s not specific to …
Work I Loved: A campaign selling ginger ale
This is the third in a series of musings about work I’ve done that I loved, and what I loved about it. This is totally not self-indulgent, moderately self-promotional blather …
Would/Wouldn’ts and Have/Haven’ts, or, What My Feelings About Diegetic Music Taught Me About ChatGPT
So, I get uncomfortable watching actors, as their character, sing onscreen. I think it’s like the whole musical theater thing of, “When you’re too emotional to talk, you sing, and …
Ads I Wish I’d Made: 5 Random Selections Driven by Sleep Deprivation
So, yeah, I was up literally all night with two sick dogs (they’re fine now, I am not) and I’m not going to say I’m pooped (har), but I’m completely …
Farewell to Dave
Yesterday, Caperton Gillett Creative had to say goodbye to our chief morale officer, Dave. Dave, Lord Puppypants von Buttstripe, Brave Dave, was my baby. He was mine from the moment …
5 Rules I Live By as a Creative
My guy and I have a fun exchange from time to time. He says I’m a professional liar, and I tell him no! How dare he! There’s a law against …
Work I Loved: A video for a children’s home
A couple of months ago, I shared an article I’d written that I’d enjoyed working on so much I felt compelled to talk about it. And lucky for me, that’s …