Electrolicious

My article about touring the Lush factory in Vancouver — oh and here are photos.

A few years ago I realized that there was something missing from my life … mentors. Specifically, I needed writerly mentors. Somehow, through that kind of chance that’s never really random, over the last few years I’ve found not one, not two, not three, but FOUR amazing writerly types to turn to when I have […]

I need a word to describe someone who you haven’t met, but with whom you share many experiences and mutual friends … so many that you might as well have met, and when you DO finally meet you’re like “Oh, I basically already know you, yay!”

My "how-to make a hoop" article in ReadyMade (i26), originally uploaded by .Ariel.
Many thanks due to Jason Strauss for his hoop-making bible. I leaned on his expertise heavily when I wrote this article.

The responses to the blog post that somehow became a front-page story on Alternet just keep piling up! First there were the commenters on Alternet, then there were a half-dozen writers who took their thoughts to their own blogs, now there are the comments threads on those sites. The most angry criticism seems to fall […]

My vapid-but-popular “Fat is a feminist issue” blog post was converted into an article for Sirens Magazine a while back. This morning I woke up to find that it’s been syndicated on Alternet, where it’s provoked some interesting dialog. Many of the comments are critical, and most are spot-on, pointing out that the article is […]

I have to disagree with this quote, which I found on Alison’s blog.
Writing is rewarding but never easy. We resist starting and constantly fight the temptation to stop. Kurt Vonnegut talked of the difficulty. He said whenever he’s in a room with writers they’ll all be bitching about how hard the process is. All except […]

Did you know that I still write my 8 Great column for Movies.com? I do! Here’s the latest: 8 Great Twist Endings.

I just found some notes I took about some feedback I received to some of my writing. In purple rollerball ink, I drew an arrow to the feedback and noted “Not sure I agree. Other people’s insecurities not my issue.”
HA!
(This may only be funny to me because I’ve been revising and editing my book […]

This weekend I attended a writing workshop in Portland. I stuck out like a pink-tipped, sore thumb, but not really in a bad way. I was a little bit younger than the other writers (the bulk were in the 35-45 range), and since of course I look and act even younger than I am, I […]