Let's talk about last Tuesday. I was having one of those nights anyone with a desk job could tell you about. I had exhausted myself at work, but had done so in front of a computer. My brain was just about drained of all its good, smart, creative fluid, but my body was still revving. …
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Book Fest: Just Like the First Day of School
I showed up late to the Brooklyn Book Fest on Sunday, thanks to the 4 train, so I missed my 11am session. With my self esteem already wilting, I now had two hours to mingle, meet people, and take in my favorite, but scariest event of the year. I grabbed the extensive directory and took …
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My Problem with Entitlement
Poets & Writers always taps into what I need to hear when I need to hear it. Each time an issue makes its way to mailbox #10H, I find that it takes on all of the same questions I've been toiling over for quite some time. While I wish it would always give me the answers …
Taking the Recommended Dosage of Chill Pills
When I was a kid my dad used to tell me that for every year that passes, the next one goes even faster. I knew he was right but it isn't until you work full-time and your days are chopped and measured that you realize it. So of course I've been filling my days to …
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Trim The Fat: Working Out with Writers
I’ve always compartmentalized my life. I wouldn’t talk about writing at work, talk about work while working out, or talk about working out with other writers. Everything had its place… Until now. I’ve started opening up about my multiple lives. I work a day job, I write at night, I love to lift heavy weights …
