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Speaking of murder... (opens the original)
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August flew by. Thankfully. There was much to love, but it’s typically one of the more stressful months for me. There aren’t any camps, the kids’ internships end, school hasn’t started (still hasn’t in MN). While everyone is trying to enjoy the last gasp of summer, I’m feeling the pressure to complete something, anything. Running a small business and writing books in a home with no office is never great, but August really pushes my sanity to the limit. Some days there’s only enough time to chang
We have reached our quota for elevator sex (opens the original)
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I’ve always been the kind of person who brings a lot of strays home. If we hang out regularly, you might be one of them. Recently, I started chatting with a woman who owns a boutique. The boutique is struggling, and I offered to collaborate with some events that might benefit both of us. Yesterday, she sat me down and gave me a pitch for a bigger idea. The pitch started at “the invention of misogyny” which tells you the scale of the thing. Essentially she wanted me to run her shop for no pay unt
Join me for a writing retreat in Spain! (opens the original)
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Hey all! This might be the second time some of you are seeing this, as I put an identical post on my Smut University Substack. If so, feel free to enjoy it a second time. Definitely sign up for the retreat!Next fall, October 2027, I’m leading a writing retreat to Spain! For eight sun-soaked days, we will be staying at a sprawling countryside estate within Cabo de Gata National Park, the largest protected coastline in Andalusia. Step away from the pressures of daily life and give yourself ti
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I have a very fringe-y relationship with Hollywood. Fox optioned Siri, Who Am I? back in 2021 for television. They hired Kelly Oxford to screenwrite. If you don’t know her, she writes Permanent Retrograde here on Substack. It’s good. At the time, I only knew her as an actress from Sharknado 2. One day Kelly called, no warning. I was sitting on my found-on-the-curb couch in the room with the dog diahrrea stained rug. I was not ready for my Hollywood close-up. Of course, i
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