Jesse and I were recently featured in a very small but fun-to-write blurb in SFGate’s travel section. (Anyone can submit these, by the way, as long as you have an interesting story to tell and a great high-res’ photo.) It was thrilling to open The San Francisco Chronicle and see our faces in print too! Continue reading
The only thing scarier than putting yourself out there is putting your family out there. It wasn’t easy to read this piece about my mother’s bipolar disorder on the radio, but it was important. I had a happy childhood. This photo reminds me of that. (But as a family, we had our challenges.) Have a … Continue reading
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a ghostwriter, now’s your chance to hear about the ins, outs, perks, and perils. Continue reading
I recently wrote a piece on mental illness for Headspace’s blog, The Daily Dot. Was it difficult? Absolutely. I went back and forth for days about if I should even share this article with my mother, but after a few comments of encouragement from friends, I decided to do it. She remembers our two weeks … Continue reading
Image: Gemstone Buzz I’d always wanted to be a writer. It was time to start thinking about my college major, and I’d told my father, “Writing, for sure.” He was convinced it wouldn’t make me any money. Like so many parents, he required a backup plan. So I chose psychology initially and ended up falling … Continue reading
Before today, this machine didn’t mean anything to me. I’d never heard of Vari-Typers, I didn’t know what my mother actually did for her first office job, and for a long while I hadn’t even thought to ask. Recently, I mentioned to my mother that I’d soon head to Denver for a brand journalism … Continue reading
Game of Thrones’ season premiere is almost here, and if you’re even the slightest bit of a fan (and perhaps also a writer), you’ll dig this list of surface-level learnings meant to put the fire under your manuscript-touting tushes. 10 Lessons Writers Can Learn From Game of Thrones (Along with some actual takeaways about how … Continue reading
