I saw Den Haag Drama Society's production of True West last Friday. I very much liked it, and even wrote a review. See below Sam Shepard’s True West is a pillar of gritty American theater

  My theater background left me with an odd keenness for memorization – poems, monologues, those perfect quotes that stick with you. So when The New York Times launched their Poetry Challenge, I couldn't resist

  There I was, sitting in "Writing & Editing" during my MA in Professional Writing, stressing the hell out. Our professor had just given us a short, simple writing exercise: Spend the next five minutes

Unlocking Creativity: The Magic of SCAMPER I recently learned about a creativity framework that thoroughly thrilled me. It's SCAMPER. Now there are a few reasons I love it: The word scamper itself is a hilarious

  It’s been one week now since Tabitha & The Jets has been out in the world. That’s already really exciting. But there’s something else too. I was talking to my dad recently and he

A few years ago I started telling my kids bedtime stories about a girl named Tabitha who lives in Summerland BC (my hometown). Like all my bedtime stories, they weren't planned out. I just started

  I recently hit 500 consecutive days of writing on 750words.com, my daily writing platform (yes, I've taken breaks, but still). After 10+ years, I still use it almost every day. It's where I've drafted

So, I used to be a tour guide in Rome, and sometimes I get asked for tips on what to do and see while you're there. That happened recently, so I wrote a list of

I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of working toward the masterpiece, not on the masterpiece.I believe I first heard comedian Matteo Lane talk about it on Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast. It's

  For those of you who don't know, Santa Claus has a Dutch cousin named Sinterklaas (at least that's how we explain it in my house). Sint lives in Spain for most of the year,