Month: February 2016

• February 27, 2016

  What The Heck Is #RecordSaturday?

  I love sharing music with people.  It compliments both my generous and my bossy nature (“Seriously, you’ll like this Steely Dan song, I swear….”) and for years, it’s what propelled my love of making mix tapes.  To be able to give someone a song that reminds you of them is a profound gesture, a portable party,…
• February 12, 2016

  NEW NOTEBOOK: Lucca

  Chrono Trigger’s Lucca was the first video game character I could really connect with.  She had big glasses, for starters, and she was smart and bookish, plus she wore sweeeeeeet boots.  And Crono’s ignoring of all of these great qualities in favor of busty blonde bimbo princess Marle was a good lesson for my late teens/early…
• February 10, 2016

  ….And Introducing Valerie

  Valerie is my good luck charm.  She has been at every reading I’ve ever given; either in my pocket or on the podium right next to me.  If I’m in a play, I carry her onstage in my purse.  She was with me when I walked across the stage to collect my MFA, tied into…
• February 6, 2016

  The Moment We’ve All Been Waiting For….

  The Big Rewind is OUT!  Buy it at your local bookstore! Buy it on Amazon!  Buy it at Barnes & Noble!  Buy one for yourself, and another for someone you respect and admire! And if you love it, spread the word.  If you don’t, well, here’s hoping you find something ELSE you love and can…