Comments on: Portland on Fire: Lighting it up again

By: artwells

artwells — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:30:53 +0000

I had submitted a profile just as the last one was posted on the previous dying flame. It didn’t get published, but I can say that it was a fantastic exercise.

I hate writing about myself as but I needed to promote myself at that time. I pushed through the experience and got it done, as I said, just when it would be useless for it’s initial intent. Even though it wasn’t published, it was very worth every minute of effort. I used what I wrote in interviews and cover letters.

Now, I have a lot less need to promote myself, but know that it’ll be worth it to give it another go once I have an opportunity.

I encourage everyone, especially those who hate doing this sort of thing, to give it a whirl. I look forward to hearing from you.

By: Rick Turoczy

Rick Turoczy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:31:23 +0000

@jmartens I hear you. I don’t like writing about myself either. So yes, I definitely thought about it. But I just couldn’t come up with a way to make all the pieces fit. After we get this up and rolling again, there may be a way to work that into the mix. Until that point, choice 2 “chatting with Steven” may be a good option.

By: jmartens

jmartens — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:53:27 +0000

Have you considered doing something similar to the gpie model where one person interviews another.

I love the idea behind portland on fire, but am not a fan of writing about myself.