Hi Litsters, Thanks to the overwhelmingly positive response to Black Sheep so far (and my editor egging me on), I have decided to prioritise this series. This particular chapter stars Katrina from my "Living with Katrina" series (although you don't need to read that in order to understand what goes on here). As always, thanks to my editor, NaokoSmith, who...
2003 Writers come up with 'meet cutes' all the time with future soul mates colliding into each other. No matter how big a mess they make, it's all adorable and romantic, or snarky if they hate each other at first. So it was ironic that I bumped into a writer in this way. But this wasn't like the movies. When I ran into Tina Fey and spilled our food and dri...
August 16, 2014 - Upper Darby Performing Arts Center 27 years after graduation from Upper Darby High School in Pennsylvania, Tina Fey was coming back. And she was bringing her biggest movie back to the school that inspired it. Tonight, Tina would be at the school's performing art center for a 10'th anniversary screening of her film "Mean Girls," which she...
Hey Folks, what a week! The first and most important thing I have to do is to thank everyone who read the story. I have to thank those of you who wrote to me afterwards even more. The number of e-mails I had gotten before lunchtime last Thursday was staggering. I continued getting them until... Crap I got another one this morning just before I posted the end...
BACKGROUND TO THE FUNDRAISER Lynne had taken on a big responsibility and she knew it. She volunteered to be in charge of a fundraiser at The New York hospital, a fundraiser that would require a large sum of money to be raised. The goal of the fundraiser was to raise enough money to start a new research department dedicated to studying and curing rare juveni...
1 FOREWORD I have never felt that a single guide or "how to" manual has given me what I need, so please do NOT count on me alone. There is much to be learned that I won't offer here. In Part 2 of STYLE & MENTALITY I want to show you how I create characters. I don't go by a strict guide. I just have habits that work best for me and they may work for you....
Chapter 1: Sarah Meets John on the Train Sarah sat in the compartment on the train and watched the countryside fly by. This was a train ride like no other she had ever taken, for it was leading her to a new, unknown life. She felt liberated, excited, and not a little bit scared. For all of her twenty-four years she had lived with her mother on the country...
Everybody has a self-image. Most people have a positive self-image and believe that they're good people; a few others revel in being assholes. Many people with good self-images deserve them; others merely delude themselves. Like the majority of the population I have always had a good self-image. I polished it as an adult by giving away time and money for wo...
[Beware the Ganja Grenades!] [Author's notes: Warning! This is Humor and Satire story. If you need to give a lecture about faithfulness or STDs, give it to your own wife. It involves a variety of sexual activities, including same sex activities and incest. For those who don't like these themes please move along. Constructive comments are appreciated, hate s...
Even Steven My mother got sick on her Asian Simmered Halibut with Rice Wine in May, 2002. Because of that, Bradley and I didn't have sex that Friday night. We didn't get it on until a Saturday night in June, 2012, ten years after college and five years into my marriage. When that Saturday night finally came I think I was certain I was going to do it, but if...