by Luke Sullivan | Sep 17, 2012 | Advertising, Creativity, Education
Hall of Fame copywriter Tom McElligott hired me as a copywriter in January of 1979. (Insert age joke here. “Ha, ha, that was so funny. No really, that I’m old and everything.”) Aaaanyhoo, Tom didn’t have much work for me during that first month, so he parked me in a...
by Luke Sullivan | Aug 28, 2012 | Advertising, Creativity, Education
Anne Lamott is the author of one of my favorite books on writing – Bird By Bird. The title itself is one of the first lessons Anne gives us, in which she recalls having to write a long report about birds for school. She was daunted by the size of the project and...
by Luke Sullivan | Aug 13, 2012 | Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness
Over the course of my 33 years in advertising, I must’ve been handed a hundred “program ads” to write – you know, the kind of ad a company runs in an event program to express support for, say, the dizzying Everest of achievement of the local curling squad. As a junior...
by Luke Sullivan | Jul 9, 2012 | Advertising, Commentary, Thirty Rooms To Hide In
Hey folks: I had the nicest time in Orlando being interviewed on a fun podcast called Celebration of Imperfection. Give a listen, maybe in the car. I really liked my interviewers, George Kedenburg the THIRD, and Steve Carsella. Nice guys. And it’s fun listening...