Julianna Margulies Taught Me To Be 40

My style-crush on Alicia Florrick showed me it’s time to dress…

A Faint-Hearted Feminist

Adapted from my keynote address at the 2013 Dramatists Guild National…

Trusting Yourself

The making of the short film ‘Intuition’

Dirty Secrets of Family Life

There are two dirty little secrets no one bothered to share with me until now: marriage is hard work, and my kid will grow up and leave me. How did I not know these things!?

I love my husband. I would even say that I am in love with him. I like smelling…

I Loved New York 

How the holy grail of New York real estate ended my love affair with the city

My mom and dad fell in love in New York. Legend has it they met in a bar. He was on the prowl. She was out with a friend. He commented on how…

Words Are Like Water

Why you should watch your conversations, especially the ones about what you’re writing

Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off…

You Don’t Have to Like Everyone

Including your sibling

My sister and I haven’t spoken in five years. We have a silent agreement to send each other iTunes gift cards on major holidays, but other than that we haven’t been in contact since the spring of 2009.

A Christmas Story

Marijuana, Macy’s and a secret with my dad

Even though holiday break was only two-and-a-half weeks long, my parents expected me to get a job. My freshman year of college I worked the floor at Macy’s. It was an epic lesson in futility — I spent…

Where Have You Gone, Ani DiFranco? 

Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you

Shit Happens

And other valuable lessons I learned as a nanny

Like many artists who aren’t gifted a trust fund at graduation, I needed a survival job to pay the bills until I could make enough money writing. My requirements were simple: I wanted something that…