Once again, another AFOOT story.  As part of the Edinburgh version of Whisper Walk from the "AFOOT" series, I give you one of th...

Welcome back to Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Part 3: The Hot Mess Never Ends Edition. This is the post where we will address your descript...

  TWENTY years ago at the Palace Theatre in London, this barely 22-year-old made her professional debut in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘The Woma...

We’ve been taught that real artists never stop. That if you’re not always producing, you must not be serious. That’s a lie.   I welcome you,...

July is the month when time both expands and disappears. The days are thick with heat, the air smells of grass, salt, and sunscreen, and the...

So you read the first list of novel-writing mistakes and thought,      “Okay, fine, I won’t let my main character have violet eyes, a tragic...

PRIME TIME.    Here’s to one great trip around the sun, and raising a glass to what  feels like juuuust might be the best year yet.    Some...

As part of the Edinburgh version of Whisper Walk from the "AFOOT" series, I give you one of the monologues/short stories I have c...

Let’s talk about the holy word every artist needs to learn to wield like a bedazzled machete: NO. This post is for every tender, brilliant,...

Friends, I humbly share with you all: I made a thing.  Well. I RE-made a thing.  And what an honor it is.    Inspired by the giants of Alan ...

Aspiring writer, we need to talk. Not The Talk. Not the birds and bees—the one where I lovingly talk in all caps into your face about the w...