Elva Guo: “Finding Uncle John”
On episode #65 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk storytelling. In our follow-up segment, we read a listener's email about a filmmaker using a transition…
Fun facts are never fun
Fact:The percentage of times that a “fun fact” is actually fun is exceptionally low. Yesterday, while working on a project about a Japanese bridge, Clara said, “Fun fact! This bridge…
Cashews are not pleasant
These hideous monstrosity - if you can believe it - are cashews. They grow on the end of the cashew apple.Bizarre. Right?Cashew apples are sweet and tangy. Brazilians squeeze them…
Seeking submissions for my annual list of shortcomings and flaws
Years ago a reader accused me of being materialistic after I wrote about my lack of a favorite number, specifically criticizing me for saying that when it comes to my salary,…
Compliments?
I hear from readers and listeners and audience members every day. Most are kind and thoughtful, even when they are also challenging or ornery or disagreeable. Some of the things…
Deep Impact is a stupid movie
I know it was released in 1998, but boy is Deep Impact a stupid film. It you don’t remember, Deep Impact and Armageddon both came out in 1998 - two…
Definition of guilt
I saw a definition of guilt online that I really did not like (and I wish I had saved it), so I wrote my own:Guilt is the space between self-blame…
Washington Post!
Thrilled to see that my next novel, "Twenty-one Truths About Love," was listed in the Washington Post's list of "The 18 books to read this fall!" A book comprised entirely…
Hemingway’s Robert Jordan and his last words
I’m not going to die, of course, but in a hypothetical world where death would come for even me, I think that some of the last words of Hemingway’s Robert…
James Corden was brilliant for a reason everyone failed to see
James Corden’s segment taking on Bill Maher and the fat shaming comments he made on his HBO show Real Time have garnered enormous attention in recent days, and justifiably so.…
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