lifestyle | STEPHANIE DICKISON Author | Journalist | Blogger

Beauty, Style and Fashion

Writing About Looking Good

Being a “product junkie” and “beauty obsessed” has helped propel me into specializing in stories about trends, clothing and current culture. Writing for Sweetspot.ca was a great training ground for seeking out what’s happening before it’s happened. And you know, shopping helps.

Articles on what your heel height says about you, the trend of wrinkle and cellulite removal via the patch and what your bedroom says about your relationship are just a few examples of the burning issues that I love to tackle on a daily basis!

I write about style and people, fashion and trends. Recently, I wrote about the new purse trends for the upcoming season and I am constantly keeping tabs on all the latest in cosmetics and beauty care.

I have been discovering organic skin care lines, makeup that stays put and accessories that will get add life and colour to your wardrobe through fall and winter.

Fashion Articles

Stylin’ Luggage | 2009 trends are in wedding gowns | Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bags | Springshine in the Office

Beauty Articles

The Perfect Spaaah! | Face Winter Head On | Soap Opera | Everything You Wanted to Know About Personal Lubricants

Don’t’ forget to check out my blog the knack! It is not exclusively about beauty & fashion, but it takes up a lot of room there — Looking for what’s new or what’s hot? Then The Knack is where its at. A place to seek out new products, people, places and anything else that excites the senses!

House & Home

Writing About Making Your Home Look Good

I wrote the interior design column in Riverside Quarterly, where I focused on intimate living spaces along with the small, everyday objects that we use and treasure.

I am a regular contributor to Canadian Home Trends Magazine, where I write on a variety of house, home and style topics and I specialize in writing about new

I have covered how to create a quick and easy home office to all fridges are not created equal. I have done columns on creating more colour in your space with just the addition of pillows and linens to the most inexpensive way to liven up your kitchen. I am interested in textures, colours, grains and everything there is to do with home décor.

I have done articles on:

Music, Books & Art

Featured internationally, both in print and online, I have interviewed and profiled many celebrities, authors, musicians and artists.

WRITING ABOUT THE ARTS

I was the op-ed columnist and feature writer for the arts newspaper, Surface & Symbol for many, many years

I have covered everything from the visual arts to architecture to product design and preservation, but covering the people and places of the arts world is of particular interest to me.

My passion for the arts and pop culture have taken me from dismantling viewer discretion advisories to visiting galleries each week and commenting on artists that are making a difference.

MUSIC WRITING

I have covered all types of music including Electronic/Experimental, Pop, Sacred Instrumental, Singer/Songwriter, Benefit CDs, Compilations, Nu-purple funk, New York Soul, UK Hip Hop, Yob-house, Ambient Electronica, Ethereal Pop, Old School, Jungle, Ragga Jungle, Modern Rock, Garage, Funk, Rap, Reggae, Rhythm and Blues, Dance, House, Techno, Jazz, Blues, World Beat, Latin, Inspirational, Christian, Gospel, Soundtracks, A Cappella, Children’s, Breaks, Spoken Word, Chillout, and Drum & Bass to name just a few. You won’t find anyone more passionate to write about music.

I have written for such music magazines as Numb, The Sentimentalist, Blue Media, The Spill, Rinse, and Atomic, to name just a few.

I have interviewed hip-hop superstars K-OS, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious) and Kinnie Starr, garage rock troubadour Mister Nobu, neo-soul goddess Ivana Santilli and DJ Ryan Ruckus of Empire Productions, along with singer/songwriter Jann Arden and R&B Sensation Jully Black!

I was the music columnist for Toronto’s Annex Gleaner newspaper and as a voting member for the CMW (Canadian Music Week) Awards, a member of the Urban Music Association of Canada and a card-carrying member of the Canadian Association of Journalists, I am passionate about any and all things music.

I have written about music for Atomic, Annex Gleaner Newspaper (Music Columnist), The Hole (Music Columnist), Numb, Paste, PopMatters.com, Retro Radar, Rinse, The Sentimentalist and The Spill to name just a few

In addition to writing about music, I am very interested in penning pop culture and style pieces that evoke both thought and debate.

BOOK REVIEWS

I have been reviewing books for publication for as long as I have been writing.

I am a member of the National Book Critics Circle.

I have been contributing to the American writing magazine, The Writer for the last decade. I am now a Contributing Editor and my column about freelance writing, Let Me Put Your Words In My Mouth, appears bi-monthly in the magazine.

I have been contributing book reviews and essays about writing to many publications over the last 10 years. Recently, my review of Nick Hornby’s “On Reading” was accepted into Contemporary Literary Criticism, vol. 243, and my essay “So Many Books, So Little Time” was accepted into “Scan” issue of M/C Journal: A Journal of Media and Culture.

I was also the Associate Books Editor at Popmatters.com and Assistant Editor & Reviews Editor at Write Magazine. I have profiled Margaret Atwood, Eudora Welty and interviewed many authors including best-selling author Jodi Picoult.

I have reviewed books and written about them for The Writer, Film International, The Dalhousie Review, A&U: Arts & Understanding, New England Theatre Review, Pages, AbsoluteWrite.com, Washington Asia Press Newspaper, cv2: Contemporary Verse 2, Word, The Antigonish Review, Canadian Writer’s Journal, Quill & Quire, GoodGirl, Curled-Up, Ascent, Event: The Douglas College Review, Matrix, M/C Journal: A Journal of Media and Culture, Green Teacher: Education for Planet Earth, Canadian Woman Studies Journal, Writer’s Journal and RicePaper to name just a few.

Reviewing remains my passion and I hope that my commitment as well as my experience will allow me the opportunity to work with you and your publication.

**In addition to the areas above, I write about travel, health, fitness, nutrition, technology, pop culture and all areas of journalism. Please click on the sections About and Writing Samples to learn more.**

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