So I showed up here last night after being gone more than a month and my plan was to write here and then go write somewhere else where I am less candid, and hell if I’m not back here again. There’s a Showtime documentary interviewing female comedians, and it’s full of gems. And women talking … Continue reading »
I had a dream about my writing last night. I was on a blow up raft with a few of my writing friends. We were floating on our stomachs within swimming distance of the shore when we spotted a shark. My writing friend who also happens to be a writing instructor said, “Don’t freak out, … Continue reading »
This only works if you imagine me dancing the same as Father John Misty. I can’t stay too long, but will be back soon. Just keep this image in your head of me dancing around, writing a novel.
I have a full pot brewing…c’mon, it’s not even dark out. We can lounge on my couch and watch an old movie…or new, Anna Karenina is on demand. I’ll tell you my plan for getting in shape that includes a two-week sugar detox and a month-unlimited membership to a Bikram yoga studio–of course, we’ll discuss … Continue reading »
Every day for more than eight years, I took Story Avenue to weave my way toward my work office in a renovated Catholic church on Pain Street. It wasn’t until yesterday, driving down Interstate 64, that I saw the Exit for Story Avenue and thought, “Story. Story Avenue. Like a story you write!” That was … Continue reading »
Tonight, I received an email from my new COO explaining how my team and I will be performing cold calls. Sales cold calls. Not to go all cover-letter on you, but my background includes more than ten years of marketing communications experience. For the last eight years I was the Director of Marketing at a … Continue reading »
My husband and I made a three-hour drive south on Saturday to attend a Parnassus book event with Al Gore and his editor John Meacham. You know how I feel about John Meacham. Vice President Gore was just as lovely. Charming. Funny. Smart. (If you’re reading this for a fair and balanced review of the … Continue reading »
Guess which two dreamboats I’m about to stare at dreamily for the next hour?
Yesterday I made a hair appointment with a stylist I’ve never met. When they told me the first available date, I grabbed it like the last doughnut. 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 13. February 13 is Ash Wednesday. (I didn’t know this until I scribbled the appointment on my desk calendar and there it was, ASH … Continue reading »
While waiting to begin a 10:00 a.m. conference call, a colleague who was out sick yesterday took a seat in my office. She looked exhausted. Her eyes were red and she shifted uncomfortably in the dime-a-dozen office chair opposite my desk. She told me her doctor had diagnosed her with pleurisy. “What are you doing … Continue reading »
