Remember when, for ten years, I wrote on this blog everyday like it was my job, because sometimes it was? And then remember when I had children and decided to back off this commitment and …
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you can’t control it
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for someone who has everything
For the lady who has everything, including but not limited to: gainful employment, healthy children, a fridge full of leftovers, a peloton, counters full of homemade gingerbread, a loving husband who does not divorce her …
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between friends
Actual found dialogue between two girl women friends who have gone wine tasting to celebrate 21 years of friendship. Where’d you get those pants? Where’d you get those bracelets? What was that story you told …
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on empty
I, and only I, would return home after 100 days of production, after 5 months of running her first writers room, after the overseeing of writing and writing of 8 hours of television, and expect …
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the worst thing
Off to Nantucket without Morrison and the kids and I can literally feel every mile that the car, plane and ferry will take me away from them. Joe drew me each vehicle this morning, the …
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Number 1
The actor who’s Number 1 on the call sheet is often called the Number 1 on the show, because humans love to rank things. This person oftentimes sets the tone for the entire production. If …
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this is how I go
Every time I leave my family and fly solo for either business or pleasure, I think to myself at least once, this is how I go. The Buddhists say contemplating your own death on a …
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a lot
I’m trying to prep episode 5 with the director, while down the hill, scenes from episode 3 that I feel like I’m still finding are being filmed. I’m shoving a salad into my face between …
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the house my words bought
I sit in the shade outside of the house my words bought, trying to write more words. Even though my words were worthy enough to afford a house with a shaded spot out back and …
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A room of one’s own
I RAN MY FIRST WRITER’S ROOM! I can’t believe it began, and I survived, and that it’s done. Showrunning is basically like suddenly becoming a CEO after spending many years making little bracelets in your …