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The Sample Family Best of 2020
C.K. . entertainment . family . nostaglia . pets . Uncategorized . webFind out our faves from this crazy year! Read More

Next week, starting on Monday, I’ll be publishing my novel STAGECRAFT here under the tab Read Stagecraft (FREE). Every few days, I’ll post another chapter. So it will be serialized. Just like how Charles Dickens used to do. Except I won’t get paid like him or be responsible for some of the greatest British novels Read More

8 GOT Characters Who Will Die Tonight
entertainment . TV SquadWith all that violence, there’s bound to be some deaths. Here’s eight (YES, 8) characters who will likely die tonight. Don’t fret, they already died hundreds of years ago. Read More
The 90s Nostalgia Writer Position at Bustle Mag
entertainment . freelance writing . workThere’s a part-time position open in the Lifestyle vertical at Bustle. One of the questions on the application is “Give us sample pitches” that pertain to this vertical. I thought it would be fun to share my possible articles for Bustle. Headline: How Mariah Carey saved 90s music. Vision of Love was released in Read More
Dare Me by Megan Abbott (or Cheerleaders are scary)
entertainmentSPOILERS ABOUND (I wrote this for people who read Abbott’s book already.) If you weren’t already frightened by the competitive cheerleaders you see on ESPN2, you certainly will be after reading Megan Abbott’s novel Dare Me. The book, which follows second-in-command Addy Hanlon as she is torn between Top Girl Beth and Coach Colette French, Read More
Gillian Flynn’s GONE GIRL…Reese Witherspoon as AMY?
entertainmentA NOTE ABOUT MY REVIEW: So my review of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl will be split into two parts: one that everyone can read (no spoilers) and one that only people who finished the book can read. Actually, everyone *can* read both parts. It’s a free country after all. You can read whatever you want. But Read More
Sleep No More…It’s No Jersey Boys
dancing . entertainmentPHOTO: New York Times “I heard it’s better on shrooms” So said our waiter Nestor at Son Cubano, a Nuevo Latino supper club that featured both intoxicating coconut mojitos and delicious Serrano ham croquettes (dubbed “ham balls” by our party). And Nestor, like his character in The Odyssey, was wise in pointing out that Sleep Read More
Annalynne or Blake for Colette Baptiste?
beauty . entertainment . North Shore / South ShoreIt’s not just a matter of curly or straight. Blow dryers can fix the former and hot rollers can fix the latter. Who do you think is right to play Colette Baptiste when my amazing book eventually gets made into an insanely successful premium cable series? You’d think Annalynne McCord is edgier and her work Read More
At Preston, we require students to read the following: two required books, one from the nonfiction list and one from the fiction. I’m not sharing any of those lists here because I don’t feel like searching my computer to find them. But I did want to share what books I read this summer. Two Required Read More
Not that you asked… Here’s my TOP TEN favorite Christmas songs (in no particular order): 1. “Joy to the World” as recorded by Mariah Carey 2. “O Come All Ye Faithful” as recorded by Celine Dion 3. “This One’s For the Children by New Kids on the Block (awesomely bad but still a favorite) 4. Read More
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