As an early Christmas present, I found out that one of my pieces on Vietnam has been chosen for publication in an anthology of the year’s best creative nonfiction, due out next summer (I’ll post more details when they become available). As rewarding as a five-figure law firm bonus? That all depends on your point […]
Archive for December, 2006
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Monday, December 18th, 2006
“It’s funny, you and I eat differently,” Boyfriend says, popping another bite of eggs florentine in his mouth. We’re sitting at brunch, enjoying the unseasonal sunlight and letting coffee flush out the previous night’s booze.
Swallowing a bite of toast buried under layers of raspberry jam, I make a quizzical face. “What do you mean?”
He […]
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
“Everyone, listen up. This is your safety, this is your ammo cannister,” intones our referee, a husky teenager wearing full camouflage, combat boots and a red bandana around his thick neck. “Each of you has a bag of pellets. You load the gun by filling the cannister.”
Ten of us nod obediently. It’s the 40th birthday […]
Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
So, after almost a year of freelancing, (AKA spending my days in t-shirts on my couch, my spine slowly coiling as I hunch over a laptop, trolling for my next writing gig), I’m officially taking a job. The Huffington Post is “making an honest blogger out of me,” so to speak, and I’ll be writing […]