It’s been a while since I’ve shared an update on my blog, but over the past few weeks I’ve had a lot going on. Of course, we’re right in the thick of garden season, but I’ve also taken on several exciting work projects.
In June I took two short trips to Lake of the Ozarks for several writing assignments for Lake Expo. These assignments required me to visit restaurants and sample food/drink and write a review of the establishment. Eating yummy food and sampling beautiful cocktails is a tough job, but someone has to do it 😉
So far, an article about the award-winning barbecue restaurant Wobbly Boots has been published and you can read it here, as well as a write up on the “Key West of the Midwest” Franky & Louie’s can be read here, and an article about The Encore Lakeside Grill, which can be viewed here. Below are a few behind the scenes pics I grabbed at several places during or post photo shoot.
During this same time frame-ish I have also gotten a couple assignments from Jefferson City Magazine. While my pieces for Lake Expo are on restaurants, the Jefferson City Magazine articles are a return to the kind of writing (lifestyles and community profiles) I did before focusing so heavily on food and restaurants. I do really enjoy talking to people and businesses, learning their stories, and sharing them, so this departure from food has been really enjoyable.
One of the lifestyle articles has been published in the July/August issue and it’s about living with color vision deficiency, commonly referred to as color blindness. You can read that article here.
And on top of these newer freelance assignments, I’ve continued to write steadily for What Now Columbus, so as you might be guessing as you read this, I have been busy with work, but I love what I’m doing!
That’s all the writing updates I have for now, I will share more later and hope to return to a regular blogging schedule this month.
Amanda Bretz 
OMG! Your article for the Jefferson City Magazine explains color deficiency perfectly! I have lived with this all my life but didn’t realize it until I was working at my first full-time job where I was supposed to sort documents for an insurance company. Some were marked with edits while others weren’t. The underwriters used green ink on recycled off-white paper. I was unable to see the edits which resulted in everyone having to change the color of the ink pens they had used for years.
While it is unusual for women to inherit this, my two sisters are challenged with it too. Like the man in your article, one of my sisters completed a computer repair course only to not be able to work in the field because of confusion with the color of the wires. My other sister who is a nurse, has had to adapt when administering medicines.
Great job on a well-written, informative article!
Oh wow! I can’t believe I didn’t know this about you! That is unusual that it affects you and your sisters as well since it’s not common in women.
Glad you liked the article.