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Guest Post in Writers Digest Today!

Honored to have a column run in Writers Digest today! After completing a final polish on Is That The Shirt You’re Wearing? my collection of humorous essays, I diligently researched and targeted literary agents, and sent personalized query letters. And

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BY BOOK RELEASE IS TODAY!

IS THAT THE SHIRT YOU’RE WEARING? is released today! And available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble now! Thanks to Tidal Press and everyone who helped make it happen! Advanced praise: “Apparently, Brakeman lives in the cushions of our couch, for how else

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Posted in books, mother daughter, News, parenting, Uncategorized, women, Writing

I’m featured today on “Who’s That Indie Author?”

Happy to be featured today on Barb Vitelli’s “Who’s that Indie Author” column!

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Erma’s Humor Writer of the Month!

I’m honored to have been named Humor Writer of the Month at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop Nice plug for the book and a link to pre-orders!   

Posted in books, humor, News, Uncategorized, Writing

IS THAT THE SHIRT YOU’RE WEARING?

It’s finally really happening! My debut collection of comic essays is set to be released in May 2017! You can pre-order now at Tidal Press.      

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To Heck With Waze, I’m Taking Metro

“I can survive two weeks driving to Santa Monica. How bad could it be?” I told my husband after accepting a freelance job there recently. How bad could it be? I’ll tell you — an hour and a freaking half bad,

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Posted in humor, los angeles, News, public transit, Uncategorized

TRUMP AVERSION THERAPY BILL

Posted today under pen name Bunny McGillicutty on The Dandy Goat In an unusual show of unity, House Republicans joined Democrats in a 421-2 vote to pass the Trump Aversion Therapy Act, which would allocate $300 million towards the rehabilitation

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I Saw A Meteor and Lost My S…

It’s 6:38 AM and I’m making my kids’ lunches and staring out my kitchen window mindlessly at the valley below, when this light – this incandescent neon green light – catches my eye low on the horizon. The light gets

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Flashback Thursday: A Trumped Up Government

I was doing a little housekeeping in my blog and discovered this piece I wrote back in May 2011 when Trump first made noise about running for president, then backed out. I wrote this back when the idea of Trump,

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Posted in election, humor, politics

I SOLD MY BOOK!

I’m very excited to announce that I sold my book to Tidal Press and it will be traditionally published in May/June of 2017!!!! The book is a collection of comic essays, a few you might have read here plus many brand new

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