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in The Actors Voice on October 10, 2005 August 12, 2025

Look, I love your agent. I really really do. Your manager too. Great people. Absolutely amazing, wonderful folks who pitch you like the star that you are and negotiate fantastic deals for you. But sometimes…

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Yo, Proofers…

in Archive Creative Writing on October 9, 2005 June 30, 2019

So, I’ve pulled a major all-weekender and gotten bootyloads of work done on the updates to the new edition of the book (woo damn hoo), and that means it’s time to get to the proofing!…

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So Busy

in Archive Bragging on Folks Creative Writing Quizzes and Memes on October 7, 2005 June 13, 2022

Oy, I am so so so so so so so busy. Working like a madwoman on the book’s revisions (and damn if this book is not getting HUGE); too busy to answer emails and phone…

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Amy’s Blind Date

in Archive Bragging on Folks My Hot Bod Showbiz on October 6, 2005 January 14, 2019

Woo hoo! Unlike MY episode of Blind Date, looks like I’ll actually get to SEE Amy Harber do her thang tomorrow at 11am on KTLA. Yup, I never did see my bonzai tree-trimming, dart-throwing episode…

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Don’t Judge Me!

in Archive Funnies Geeky Stuff My Hot Bod The Hubs on October 4, 2005 December 9, 2016

Is it wrong? Is it wrong that I open all of the semi-easily-opened pistachios and leave the too-tightly-encased ones for Keith? I mean, I am wrist-down dainty.

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Well, That Was Fun

in Bragging on Folks Creative Writing Cricket Feet Casting on October 4, 2005 September 11, 2017

So, I just got off the phone from an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Meanwhile, enjoying watching the amazingly talented Kim Estes and Jasmine Jessica Anthony (two actors I cast in A New Tomorrow) on…

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Mitchell Fink on TV

in Archive Bragging on Folks Showbiz The Latest on October 4, 2005 December 9, 2016

Okay, so once upon a time, I met a guy online (yeah, that seems to happen a lot in my life, but that’s not what this is about). Well, turns out, Mitchell Fink would end…

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Compromising Values for a Role

in The Actors Voice on October 3, 2005 August 12, 2025

I submitted for a film a few weeks ago and was called in to audition. I was given the filming dates up front and said, “Wait, I can’t do the first two days because that’s…

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Save the Drama for Your Mama

in The Actors Voice on October 3, 2005 August 12, 2025

I have a favorite saying (well, it’s one of many favorite sayings, actually). “Drama costs extra.” I use that statement, most of the time, when telling producers interviewing me for a casting gig that I’m…

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Two Dogs Inside

in Archive Cricket Feet Casting on October 2, 2005 December 9, 2016

New casting gig, y’all! Woo hoo! Two Dogs Inside is the title. Six speaking roles, shoots four days in November, SAG Short Film contract, copies, credits, meals, etc. Breakdown will go out tomorrow morning on…

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