
I was a comic, spiritual seeker, personal growth enthusiast and drunkard. Now I'm writing memoir and essays. My main intention is to give you two of my favorite things - laughs and insights --hahas and ahas.
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I tried to leave him nine times in nine months -a kind of weird gestation period for self-esteem.
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Thank You and Here's a Gift
I don’t walk around in a state of gratitude. I’m often what George Bernard Shaw calls ‘A feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making me happy.’
I wrote my first memoir to learn how to write memoir. I had only written stand-up, a few Moth-style stories and essays prior. I wanted to mine the icky stuff of my early life, running away from prep school and becoming a stripper in NYC, to...
I got a call from a New York literary agent while living in a motel room-sized apartment in Venice beach.
(Here’s me with my neighbors at our cool Venice place:)
“Ya got a book in you?” he asked. He liked working with female comics a...
Mensa hired me.
Mensa hired me.
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I was a comic. And a yoga teacher. Now, I mine my life for true essays. Funny and pithy. Hahas and ahas. Wide-ranging stuff --depression, alcoholism, personal development & fun at anything, even cancer. Publishing memoir episodes for my paying peeps.
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