POETRY, MUSINGS, ETC.

I wrote most of Blood Orange Night on my red couch or at this desk. I bought the couch and the desk from some Russian immigrants living in an apartment building that smelled of cabbage. It was my first post-divorce couch, my first post-divorce desk and I loved them because they were all mine. Some writers have a routine with set hours and rituals. My only routine was to work furiously when the kids were sleeping or with their dad. Sometimes I’d be up at 4 a.m., French Press a

Dear lovelies – As many of you know I’m getting my first book, Blood Orange Night, published in June 2022. While part of me feels all kinds of fancy pants about now being a Simon & Schuster author, the truth is I’m beyond grateful. I don’t know if my luck is just the luck of working my arse off or being in the right place at the right time, but I’m giddy about the whole thing. I’m the kind of giddy that may embarrass my editor once in a while, but I’ve warned her I’m a natura

Hey there lovelies - It's June, which feels like ... summer and candy and promise all wrapped up into one beautiful package. It's also the month of delicacies, which I've keyed in on because I am one of those crazy baking types. The Great British Baking Show? Yes, please and more. A few years ago, I tried to make a 3-D Lemur cake for my beautiful boy. It was a Nailed It moment, because I don't really do 3-D cakes, so we called it the Frankenlemur. A year later, I tried for a

Hey there lovelies – I got up this morning thinking about the Spotify playlist I’ve been putting together for you. It’s got a gnarly theme, so hang tight. It’s not about love or lost love or inspiration or any genre that will make you jig your ass off with delight. It’s a playlist of the songs that kept me going during a drug withdrawal that I swear to Krishna would have made William Burroughs wince. No, really. I wish I was making this up. So, this morning, I put on Glorious