Do you take things personally?

Do you take things personally?

As a professional writer, I’m often under scrutiny when I write. If I’m writing my own pieces, chapters, essays or books, it’s all free form, a thrill when the words start to appear on the blank page. But when I ghostwrite and collaborate, I have several people to...
Hollywood Is Growing Up

Hollywood Is Growing Up

The Golden Globe awards were not at all what I expected. I usually spend most of the show admiring the gowns and millions of dollars worth of diamonds dripping from necks, wrists and ear lobes. But when every attendee, actor and civilian, showed up in black, it was a...
Happy ? New Year

Happy ? New Year

“Whew! Thank God it’s the New Year. It has to be better than last year. It was brutal.” I don’t know how many times I’ve heard someone say that when I was drinking a toast to Auld Lang Syne. I’ve said it myself and most everyone agreed. And then, when the...