Blog
Below you’ll find some of my writing on the subject of…well, writing and so forth. Some speaks directly to the business, some less so. But all of it’s mine.
For more personality-driven, full-tilt DHAM writing, you’ll have to look elsewhere. It’s out there on the Interwebs – not here. Why? Because my personal blog can get a little out there. And not everybody’s into heavy mental.
Dig for your truth
By DerekHambrick
/ February 13, 2018
I write. That’s nothing new. But I have a friend now who’s doing the same, trying to a put a story to paper. Her story. About herself and the struggle...
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Another (Ham)brick in the wall
By DerekHambrick
/ January 3, 2018
Gabriel wants to be an architect. Admittedly, that brought a smile to my face, not simply because I once wanted to, but because as much as he loves Legos it...
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Quality by committee
By DerekHambrick
/ July 26, 2017
If you work in corporate America, you’ve been subjected to not just the opinions of others, but their weight. Ooph, that’s heavy. Consider your last project. Chances are you didn’t...
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You are here. Enjoy.
By DerekHambrick
/ October 3, 2016
There are times in your life when hard work and aspirations seem to crystallize into something beautiful, when things seem to, well … fit … when they come together in...
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Full Circle of Sorts
By DerekHambrick
/ December 10, 2011
With the new job underway, I find myself happily, albeit busily, employed. My new gig is fast-paced and keeps me rocking along about 9 hours a day. Imagine my surprise...
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The Path
By DerekHambrick
/ September 12, 2011
For darn near a year now, I’ve carried around a poem by Antonio Machado. Scribbled by a dear friend who was inspired to share it for some reason or another,...
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Rage against the machine … er, descriptor
By DerekHambrick
/ August 30, 2010
Adjectives and adverbs. There’s a lot of them out there! How many are there in the English language? According to some unscholarly research on the interwebs, “There is no single...
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Word wranglin’ … with an apostrophe
By DerekHambrick
/ February 10, 2010
From the Gregg Reference Manual, ninth edition: “Rules merely represent an attempt to impose some order and consistency on a language that cheerfully persists in disorder and inconsistency.” Indeed. I...
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“Elements” never go out of “Style”
By DerekHambrick
/ May 22, 2009
Today’s post essentially is another’s words about others’ words…after a few of my words. Congratulations to Strunk and White on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Elements of Style....
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