What doesn’t kill you makes a funny story.
I write to inspire, amuse and say what everyone is thinking.
My stories have been featured in Magnolia Journal, on Scary Mommy, HuffPost & Medium, and widely shared across the interwebs.
How To Brainstorm A Book
So this is the thing. We didn’t actually start out writing a hilarious book about a twenty-something young woman searching for herself in the halls of an advertising agency. At first it was going to be a mystery with a male hero who goes looking for a troupe of...
Why the World Needs Weirdos
The world is ruled by freaks and geeks. True fact. That boy from your third grade class who used to dissect flies with his pen cap? He’s now an MIT grad making robotic limbs, and the ‘popular kids’ who made fun of him are bagging his groceries. Weirdos are, by...
Real Life Peggy Olson
Psst. Can you keep a secret? Mad Men was my favorite TV show. Like ever. Shocker, I know, since I am an advertising copywriter. And my debut novel Copygirl chronicles the (ahem) fictional exploits of a female copywriter trying to beat the boys' club at their own inane...
Eviction Notice to My Kids
EVICTION NOTICETO: My three children, ages 12, 9 and 9 FROM: The Dept. of Housing THE ABOVE NAMED TENANT(S) MUST VACATE THE PREMISES, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT among the numerous grounds for eviction, you are in violation of the following:...
Making Mum Proud
A couple of days into my end-of-summer vacation, I was succeeding at my goal of cutting off all communication with the outside world. It definitely helped that the internet was dodgy where I preferred to drink my morning coffee, on the balcony overlooking the beach....
Still Got It
Whooping it up with my girls. And Captain Sparkle.‘What is tonight’s challenge going to be?’ my bestie Melanie asked me as we sipped our vodka sodas, leaning against the bar that was holding us up. Our legs weren’t buckling from intoxication, but rather from the...
Doing it All
There is this dream I have where I walk into my house after a day out at meetings (or shopping or the spa, if my subconscious is really feeling ambitious) and I'm greeted with the smells of a home cooked dinner waiting for me on the table. It’s a balanced meal with...
Stop Signs: AKA Running Through My Life
The Women’s World Cup has begun (USA! USA!) and my husband was asking me about some of the players since I am still quite the soccer player myself so you’d think I would know that. But I came up blanker than a child who’s been asked how his day was, mainly because...
Big Mother is Watching
Some people volunteer for their child’s school because they are natural do-gooders who like to help and make a difference. Others pitch in to get out, be social, and get involved. Me, I do it so I can spy on my kids and see how they act when they’re outside my four...
Flaunt What You’ve Got
I’m not sure I’m allowed to tell you this, but my husband is getting a colonoscopy today, and in preparation, he had to fast for 24 hours and drink this colon cleanser called MoviPrep that was basically an exorcism of his innards. I’m talking emergency evacuation in a...
Sorry, Mom – (I Didn’t Know What a Pain I Was)
Motherhood can be a thankless job, full of headaches and hair pulling. The only time my crew notices what I do is when I stop doing it. I have no clean underwear, didn’t you do the laundry? There are no more Cheez-Its, didn’t you go shopping? I know appreciation won’t...
Silly For Lilly: How My BFF Survived the Pulitzer for Target Launch
Guest Post By Marisa Coar: This tale comes from my BFF, and like all great war stories our friends tell, when I heard it my response was, ‘I wish I had been there.’ I made Marisa blog about it since I couldn’t… Let’s just be perfectly clear–I don’t do color. Black and...
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