01. Don’t Let the Door Hit You in the Ass, 2014

Like most nice Italian girls, I was raised on a diet of pasta and grudges. Read more →

02. Christmases Past

Holidays have never been easy in my family. Emotions run high, grudges resurface, nasty disagreements are aired in all their screaming glory. Read more →

03. Come Hide Under My Umbrella

It’s been raining in Los Angeles. Finally. Read more →

04. Writing is Fucking Hard

I have a writer crush. Read more →

05. Flash Fiction Studio at UCLA Extension Writers’ Program

I’m excited to be teaching in the 2015 UCLA Extension Writers’ Program Writers Studio this winter. Read more →

06. The Grinch or the Three Faces of Eve?

It’s the holiday season, that time of year when the world falls in love…

My ass it is. Read more →

07. Scream Therapy

I used to sing. It wasn’t what I was best at, but it was what I loved most. Even as a kid I knew I didn’t have the strongest instrument. My voice was small, light, airy. Nothing like Barbra Streisand’s powerhouse vocals on the vinyl records that I played over and over on my olive green portable record player. Her voice was big and bold, muscular in a way that I envied.