Tapping — Not Only on the Computer Keyboard
Where would writers be without inspiration? And I’m not talking about inspiration for articles, books, blogs and tweets — that’s a different post. If we are very lucky, on occasion we are inspired by...
View ArticleFifty Shades of Write — A Sadistic New App
I just learned about a new app for writers. It’s designed to combat that horrid p-word … procrastination. Say it with me, kids. Pro-cras-ti-nation. Every single writer I know suffers from this...
View ArticleWhen No One Says “No” to a Celebrity.
This is what happens. You get an Oprah launching a cable network. You get a Tina Fey doing Garnier commercials. And you get a Rita Wilson dropping a debut album. Mrs. Tom Hanks is adorable, a fine...
View ArticleMy New York Times Fashion & Style Feature, Tom + Lorenzo
They had me at: “Nipples are sources of fun and nutrition, not hooks upon which you hang a dress,” a snappy zinger speared at actress Zooey Deschanel posing in a strapless Stella McCartney dress at an...
View ArticleWhere Howard Stern Grew Up…
“This town was a horrible place to live,” Howard Stern said in a 2006 “60 Minutes” profile while revisiting his childhood neighborhood. “It was a nightmare,” is a sentiment he reiterated in his book...
View ArticleJohn Lennon? Oh, No He Didn’t…
“Life is what happens while we’re busy making other plans.” Yes, I love that quote too, but guess what? John Lennon didn’t pen it. To find out who did, take a look at my feature on The Huffington...
View Article2012: So THAT happened.
While I was forced into it, I realize now that one of the best features on Facebook is the timeline, where I am reminded of stuff that happened in 2012 that I completely forgot about. So by way of a...
View ArticleHave Ink, Will Travel! My Essay Reading Tour is About to Commence…
I’m producing a series of essay readings, a la David Sedaris, with a group of talented writers. For details, take a look at the press release below and check out the sidebar here for upcoming event...
View ArticleHave You Hugged a Freelance Writer Today?
Someone just posted on Facebook that it’s National Freelance Writers Appreciation Week. This is a thing? Being a freelance writer, I wish someone had sent me the memo. So I could prepare to be...
View ArticleThe Feh List. (No, That’s Not a Typo)
It’s Mock Friday! You didn’t know it’s Mock Friday? Perhaps that’s because I just made it up. Now be quiet and read on. You know who has the easiest job in the history of journalism? It’s Samantha...
View ArticleA Tweetorial
When I decided to see what Twitter was all about some years ago, a tech savvy friend enthusiastically described it to me this way: It’s like a big cocktail party, where everyone is having interesting...
View ArticleWhat do Jerry Seinfeld, Judd Apatow, Jim Breuer, Carol Leifer & Eddie Murphy...
“I must have written for well over fifty of those guys – every Dickie, Mickey, Morty, Freddie and Lee that ever lived,” Alan Zweibel quipped of his early days writing for Catskills comics. In addition...
View ArticleMy Week with David Rakoff
Much like David Rakoff’s starry fantasy of befriending Bette Midler on a film set, returning to “her rambling apartment. It will be the maid’s night off and we’ll eat leftovers from the icebox: cold...
View ArticleMy “Living, Out Loud” Essay Reading Tour
In case you were wondering how my essay reading tour is going (and I know you were!), here you go:
View ArticleIt Happens: Newspaper…Book…National Column.
A story: Back in 2000, as a freelance writer I was retained by Newsday for a year-long series that was to run in the paper every day. They were calling it “Names of New York.” It involved research...
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