Artist Motivation, My writing., The stories you tell yourself., The stories you were told., Writing motivation., Writing tips and tools.
When we were kids, my cousins used to write and perform these elaborate theater productions in their back yard. Every kid in the neighborhood would be given some kind of role, from star to ticket taker to prop manager. A planter was their stage, a sheet their curtain,...
Bawdy Love, My story., The stories you were told., Writing to Heal
“Blame it on the rain that was falling, falling.” – from Blame it on the Rain by Milli Vanilli It rained this weekend in San Diego. We needed this. I needed this. I lived in Oregon for many years and love nothing more than spending a rainy day inside...
Courses, Journaling, My story., Reading to heal
“And it keeps coming, and it keeps coming, and it keeps coming ’til the day it stops.” – from Someone Great by LCD Soundsystem I’m dealing with cancer in my family again. If you’ve been around awhile and are keeping track, that...
My story., Talks and Speeches, The business side of a writing career., The stories you tell yourself., The stories you were told., Writing motivation.
Last week I talked with you about the importance of unrealistic dreaming. This week, I want to show you how I made my unrealistic dream a reality, how I turned a love for a topic that everyone said I should avoided into a successful (and fun!) career. On December 22,...
Tell your story., The stories you tell yourself., The stories you were told., Writing motivation., Writing to Heal
What goals have you given up because the people currently achieving them don’t look like you? When I was a kid, I dreamt of winning an Oscar. I was constantly writing screenplays in my head, acting out scenes in my bathroom mirror, and planning shots in my...
Reading to heal, The stories you were told.
For as long as I can remember, I have loved cheesy, cringe-worthy, over-the-top plots. And for just as long, I’ve been told that there is something “bad” or “trashy” about this form of entertainment. Even now, I want to explain away why I...
Bawdy Love, Giveaways and Scholarships
Back when I had a sex blog and wrote as Queerie Bradshaw, I appeared on a burgeoning YouTube channel called Sexplanations where I talked with Dr. Lindsey Doe about body image, queerness, self-confidence, and blowjob tricks. This appearance – which coincided with my...
Journaling, My story., The stories you tell yourself.
My birthday is in December, but this year I had a party in late September with my friends in Mexico City and then another one in November with my friends in San Francisco. During the two weeks surrounding the actual day, I had three celebratory dinners (two at the...
Journaling, Writing to Heal
Are you perfect? I’m going to guess you aren’t. No offense meant, I actually love imperfect people. You’re human. You’re like me. There’s so much rhetoric about perfection this time of year. Cook the perfect turkey, serve it on a...
Enhancing your life story., My story., The stories you tell yourself., The stories you were told., Travel
I should have expected the rain. I should have expected the cold. I should have expected the same sizest cultural norms that catered to thin people. But I was prepared for none of that, so I spent my first ten days in Mexico City borrowing chalecos from my host...
