I’m attempting Writer’s Digest’s Flash Fiction February (#FlashFictionFeb) prompts to start exercising that creative writing brain. I’ve been in super-edit mode the last couple of months, so I thought it would be a challenging and fun exercise. I’m not really a fiction writer, so that’s […]
Happy New Year, everyone! As many of you already know, I am publishing my first book on January 25th! I’m very excited about this book release. After almost four years in the making, Swipe Write will finally be out in the world, on people’s kindles, […]
I wouldn’t say I like Disney as in Disneyland, Disney the company, and the related, and I have no desire to ever go to Walt Disney World. Disney Springs was close enough. I felt this way even before I worked with Disney. The disdain just […]
Life changes, whether wanted or not, are stressful. I’ve read somewhere that moving and changing your job are two of the most stressful life changes. I wonder what stress tests would reveal when these two things happen simultaneously? Nonetheless, the last week of my life […]
You’d think after ten years, I would have something profound, possibly something esoteric, to say, something that would make this day a little easier. The truth is, I have so much to say but can’t quite find the words to form the sentences, the magic […]
The Fourth of July was my second favorite holiday when I was growing up, next to Christmas which is also my birthday. I loved the family get together, the aroma of hot dogs and hamburgers wafting through the open air while I battled my cousins […]
As any DIY project goes, you think you’re going to do one thing and something else comes up. Pretty soon that one thing has taken back burner so many times, I’m not sure it can even fit on any burner at that point. Bus Conversions […]
Isn’t life such a fucking conundrum? Just when you think you’re doing well, making progress, and growing, along comes this bitch named anxiety to knock you back a few steps. She makes you feel like a failure, like all the progress you thought you’d made […]
As I reflect on the last five years of my life, I could probably write an entire book about it. Today marks five years since my return to California from New York City. I can thank Facebook for that reminder. Amongst my memories was a […]
Since my return from a solo trip to Japan with my fat-ass backpack in tow, I’ve been asked many times what some of the highlights were. The man with the gold-capped teeth in Nara is definitely one of the first Japan highlights that come to […]
