Anything Worth Doing is Worth Doing Badly
“I’m nervous,” my Cousin Tom said as I greeted him in front of the synagogue in Boulder, Colorado last week. We were walking into my nephew Jonah’s Bar Mitzvah, and Tom, a rabbi who was visiting from Tucson – a man who can, incidentally do a headstand at the snap of a...
True Stories Series: Maya Stein
Maya Stein is one of my very favorite writers in the whole world. She's also one of my dearest friends - which shouldn't preclude you from checking out this interview, but it might help you understand why I was able to ask her questions ranging from the see-through...
Burrs, rough edges & tangled mats of hair
Today’s blog post comes to you from an island of burrs, rough edges, tangled mats of hair, and seaweed clumps. Seriously, I wish I’d strung those words together myself, but I was just as glad to find them in a book called Writing Open the Mind, by Andy Couturier....
True Stories Series: Bari Tessler Linden
I wanted to interview Bari Tessler Linden because I'm so intrigued with the work she does around money. As an artist and businessperson I know how difficult it can be to put price tags on my work and my time, to keep track of my dollars and to make financial goals....
Hungry for the Sound of my own Music
This is one of my favorite blog posts from last year and the impetus for Opening The Creative Channel, my weekend workshop with Andrea Scher of Superhero Life. Last year David Bowie put out a new record, which is a big deal in the music industry. The man is...
True Stories Series: Meet Lisa Sadikman
"Writing is how I round out my world, it’s how I unstick myself from the mud and make it across the meadow." - Lisa Sadikman Readers, when I made a list of people I wanted to interview for this column, Lisa Sadikman quickly came to mind. She's been a Wild Writing...
What Keeps Me Awake at Night
I may have time to get to the Girl Scout store to get the new troupe numbers and Girl Scout USA insignia. I wonder if those jeans are worth patching? Is this middle aged spread or have I been eating too many nuts? Nuts are good, right? 229...
True Stories Series: Meet Andrea Scher
I'm starting a new section of my blog called The True Stories Series where I'll be interviewing artists + writers + hard working creative types - people I admire and respect and who I'd like you to know about. Today I'd like to introduce you to Andrea Scher of...
The Creamy Kung Foo of Writing True Stories
Writing about your real life is a tricky dance. Your life is your petri dish. You examine the things that happen, you make notes, you pay attention to small details and you consider whether you can unpack them to reveal something larger, something like a story....
Why We Tell Stories
Because when our children grow up we can no longer strap them into car seats, which means they’re free to roam the earth as they please, and which sometimes means they down 5 shots of vodka with their new college roommates even though they promised themselves that...