Category Archives: Work

In this tanking economy, job interviews seem to be getting longer, and longer. They used to be a half hour or hour, tops. You met with your direct supervisor and if he or she liked you, that was it. Now … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I showed up for my hundred millionth interview for a career that I’m, apparently, no longer suited for. This is the question that I flubbed: “What’s the latest hot cool new thing?” Dudes love “cool.” I think I deleted … Continue reading →

I never realized how much harder it is working for yourself. Sure, nobody cares if I take a four hour yoga lunch or ten hours to finish a 30 minute task, but at the same time nobody is writing me … Continue reading →

2010 has been a roller coaster. Not so much a Magic Mountain one, as that traveling rent-a-ride my friends and I made the mistake of going on in the 8th grade. The girl in the car in front of us … Continue reading →

My brain hurts from all the paradoxes. There’s something about Spring and having lots of fun things to do that makes me want to stay home and clean my stove. There’s also something about having all the time in the … Continue reading →

So, apparently Corporate America isn’t interested in my creativity, hard-work, and ability to think outside of the box. At least not at full-price, or even 3/4 price. Lately, I’ve been feeling like the livestock that didn’t make the cut. I … Continue reading →

In the name of expanding my network and learning more about publishing, I asked two published writers, both women, if they would be willing to meet me for lunch, so I could put a fork in their brain and pull … Continue reading →

If anyone still reads this thing (my blog), you may have noticed that I haven’t been updating it much in the past two years. What has been going in the past two years? Well, for one thing, I didn’t work … Continue reading →

I really have to be careful who I talk to these days. According to some, every industry known to man is on the verge of economic collapse. “Oh, the book industry is going down the tubes,” said a friend. “It’s … Continue reading →

I went to a guided meditation today, and ended up waking myself up from a deep sleep by my own snoring. I hope it didn’t disturb everyone else as much as it disturbed me. I used to think that meditation … Continue reading →