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I oddly always use Summer as a time to get a massive chunk of work done. It’s the start of development season for network television here in Los Angeles; the days are longer meaning more sunlight to convince me it’s not time to stop working, and – the real reason – I didn’t get a staff writing job on a network television show so I’m …
Image via weirdomatic.com A few Friday nights ago R and I had no idea what to do with ourselves. We’re taking a break from booze on account of an upcoming beach vacay, it’s past holiday party season and pre summer patio party season, and this is that weird valley of time between every Oscar movie being in theaters and Zootopia winning the box office. And so …
Last week my colleagues and I had a fascinating conversation about whether or not it is fair/wise/dumb/ridiculous to expect sex on the third date. No, this was not a writer’s room tangent; this was an important part of our work for that day! To back it up a bit, the conversation started around the discussion of expectations going into the third date. Someone said, “oh, …
[*5,000 points if you can identify 1. this “have an affair” related photo and 2. the other, world’s-best-movie it inspired] Three (exciting) things lead to this (kind of weird) blog post. One – I started a new job last week (!!!) that has me in a writers room working for much of the day. This is the first time I’ve spent that much time away from …
* For the past month I’ve written “de-clutter desk drawers” on the top of my to-do list. My desk drawers are a mess. Every time I sit down at my desk to write I think about those messy drawers, contemplate re-organizing and then shove more things inside. I waste 15 to 20 (so 30…) minutes every morning searching for the right pen or notecards or …
I can’t say that I necessarily decided that I should be a writer one day. I was always writing, and I always loved to write. I started this blog five years before I left my marketing career, and at that point I had several scripts and plays under my belt. But at some point in my mid-twenties my goal shifted from I want to be a person …
[Image source: Brain Dump by Jessabel on Deviant Art] My friends over at Writing Pad (the writing school where I teach) posted the link to an article about prepping to outline your novel in advance of National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo, hahahaha), which is November – I assume because they both start with an N. The article (link through photo) is really helpful and very …
Here’s a little #mondaymotivation in the form of some tough relationship love. My latest piece for the fab Bustle.com is about pink flags that should be BRIGHT RED. Read ’em and dump, ladies and gents. #sorrynotsorry
I was going to write an amazing post today about the fact that I drafted an entire Fantasy Football team with players that don’t have any domestic abuse record but then our bathroom overflowed with sewage for the second time this month, and I had to deal with that for several hours. Now I’m too exhausted and stressed to write anything except for this cautionary tale about …
Five years ago yesterday I made the big move to Los Angeles. I have now officially lived in L.A. for as many years as I lived in New York. I think a lot about my great migration, and not just on the anniversary. The east coast is where I was raised, where all of my family lives. The west coast is where my career took off, …