Bath bomb: the musical

Is authenticity the new transparency?

Mac Daddy: A Love Story

Fireside Chat demo and book-signing
Face facts: You'll probably have a headache and few gifts left to buy when December 19 rolls around. Not to worry. Relax as you make last-minute gifts with me (fizzy bath bombs!) and enjoy a cocktail mixed by author Kerry Colburn during this lively evening. We'll also b

Collisions
A few days ago, I got rear-ended…hard. As I sat on the side of I-5 waiting for the tow truck so I could get back to a book deadline, I started thinking about all the accidents—four, to be exact—that I’ve ever been involved in.Fresh out of driver’s ed, I was driving to a cast party after a perfo

Writer’s block: fact or fiction?
I’ve long maintained that I don’t believe in writer’s block. Sit down, focus, and knock some text out. I guess it’s the blue-collar, farmer roots in me. I don’t want to indulge the finicky muse. I just want to get shit done.I’m revising this belief.I’m tired. You might even say I’m bur

Talk talk, all we do is talk talk
Two weeks ago, I road-tripped to see Dave Matthews Band with a childhood friend. When I returned to Seattle, I had a houseguest in town for a music festival. After he left, I had a day alone before I flew cross-country. There, in New Jersey and then Delaware and back to New Jersey, I was with

Flexing my flexibility
Until a few years ago, I thought I was just a logical person with high standards for myself and others.Then I realized that I was extremely inflexible. Rigid, in fact.I expected people to follow through on plans or tasks, no matter what. I was disappointed when a friend consist