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May 4, 2016
Aaaaand, Things Take a Sharp Turn
The day after my last post I learned that my publisher, Booktrope, is going out of business at the end of May. This isn’t entirely unexpected as there had been some recent turnover and drama, but it’s certainly darned inconvenient. I’ll leave the analyses to others who are more in the know about the inner […]
April 27, 2016
Motorcycles in April
The one positive thing I can say about my tendency towards travel mishaps and misadventures is that it gives me almost unlimited blog post fodder. With that, I present the latest chapter, in which my fantasies of rambling by motorcycle about the German countryside, under a benevolent and warming sun, are replaced by the realities […]
April 20, 2016
Tales from the Trenches of Standby Travel
A couple of weeks ago I was trying to get out of town on standby. You know how sometimes there will be a perfect storm of glitches? This was one of those days. One advantage or working for an airline, on-airport, is airport transportation. Instead of leaving from home and either taking light rail or […]
April 13, 2016
WIP Wednesday
I’ve been quiet lately. Last week I was sick, and this week I am sequestering myself to work on my next book – a sequel to Raising John. Here’s a sample from the beginning. This is first draft. Thanks for reading. *** Phoenix, Arizona – April, 2012 When John woke up the house was quiet. […]
March 30, 2016
Empowerment in the Age of the Supermodel
When I was in college I had a conversation with a guy once that went like this: Him: “It’s so strange, XXX (a mutual friend) knows who all the fashion models are. She knows their names, and where they’re from and how much they weigh and what magazine covers they have been on.” Me: “So, […]
March 23, 2016
To Be Young Again
I’m told I have some funny stories in me, and so begins a blog series of funny/poignant/ridiculous/illuminating stories from the archives of my brainpan. I’ll start with this one – in which my sister and I defy authority, meet the town whore (maybe), experience the cyclist’s bonk and rescue ourselves with a commonly available coffee […]
March 17, 2016
Crowdsourcing for My Tagline
I’ve been lax about updating my blog for the past few weeks. First it was The Moth and now it’s the interminable task of updating my website and figuring out how to market Raising John and the next book, and generally get my name out there as a writer of painful but redemptive stories about family […]
March 10, 2016
Technical Difficulties
This week I was going to post my story in written form, along with the link to my Moth performance, but I’m having a hard time finding out where they store the recordings. I know they’re out there somewhere. I have an email out to the Moth folks and will post it all asap.Filed under: […]
March 4, 2016
How to Do a Live Story
I missed my Wednesday post this week, but I have a reason. I was hard at work on a story for the Moth Story Slam. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s an offshoot of the Moth Story Hour that plays on NRP – true, autobiographical stories, told live, no notes. For a long time […]
February 24, 2016
The Power of Apology
Several times a month, if not every week, there’s a story in the news about an apology that’s not really an apology. A “sorry-not-sorry” if you will. Sports figures are caught doping or abusing the people in their lives and somehow manage to pawn the responsibility off onto someone else. Politicians commit egregious missteps and […]
