Month: June 2011

  • Tales from the Accidental Asshole: The Wine Tasting

    Tales from the Accidental Asshole: The Wine Tasting

    I am not the best when it comes to names and faces. I will remember one or the other, but I cannot seem to put them together. And I’ve even tried the thing where you hear someone’s name and then you imagine them wrapped up in their name, like “Monica Berg” becomes a cheeseburger moaning…

  • Making it Work While You’re Mostly Working for Free

    I’m waiting on the phone to ring to find out about a project I pitched yesterday while simultaneously scheduling a pitch meeting around another pitch meeting I already have set, one that is effectively killing my original plans to attend a friend’s wedding, which leads me to answering an excellent question about money with a…

  • E/R Wonder Killers, Look!

    I remember so much of this. And yet, did not remember the Martha Quinn.

  • Acts of Incompetent Genius

    I had this sudden idea the other night while I was eating a steak dinner and watching some Frontline special about technology (settle down, boys, this girl’s taken) that it’d be an interesting, potentially time-saving experiment to see if I could keep myself from Wonder Killing for an entire week. For me, that means not…

  • Eyes on the Prize

    Eyes on the Prize

    I did it to myself, but it has happened and is happening, right now. I have a manuscript and a pilot script due on the same day. That day is quickly approaching.

  • Why I Don’t Usually Let Strangers Use My Camera

    Why I Don’t Usually Let Strangers Use My Camera

    In the stranger’s defense, he was a drunk man at The Flora-Bama, offering to help three drunk idiots take their picture behind a painted piece of wood.

  • Writing Elsewhere: Hello Giggles

    Writing Elsewhere: Hello Giggles

    Have you heard about Hello Giggles? It’s the brand-new brainchild of impressive (and funny) ladies Zooey Deschanel, Sophia Rossi, and Molly McAleer. Hello Giggles is all about daily, girl-friendly content. In other words, the site feels like drinking a Diet Coke while listening to your favorite jam. I’m flattered they’ve asked me to be a…