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you are so type a

(clockwise from the top: TYPE A cards for Woogs World, …love Maegan, Pancakes & French Fries and Hollywood Housewife) When Eden asked others to share their thoughts on handwriting, I immediately thought of a post I wrote last September. I write about writing a lot, you may have noticed. And …

five great things someone else said, vol. 30

It’s a grasshopper..because I didn’t have a photo I’d taken of crickets. Yes, it has been quiet here. Sometimes the freelance juggle is a bit more jiggly than others times. This is one of those times. I love that I have a career that’s multi-hyphenated. The downside is that sometimes …

time of the season

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. – Mary Ellen Chase Once upon a time, I expected I’d only be back here in Los Angeles on annual visits to family and friends. I thought when I went off to college in New York, I’d stay …

i do not have a dragon tattoo

I do not have a dragon tattoo. But I have one. It’s in Japanese, which always requires explanation. And in the 13 years since it was etched upon my foot, the fine lines remain the same, but the meaning has evolved. Once upon a time, I’d explain in great detail …

master class

We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else. – Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead I had an email yesterday informing me that auditions were open for a …

a new leaf

Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter’s pretty lousy, but I hate Spring. – Dorothy Parker One of the best things about writing is when something old is new again. When you pull a file for a story or script idea from the cabinet, sometimes years after you …

five great things someone else said, vol 19

Photographing the BlogHer conference meant five days of peeking my head in and out of the workshops, the parties, the breakfasts and lunches each day. In those snippets I realized how much I want to attend next year and absorb it all from a writer’s POV. The blogosphere is complex …