I just made these up. It only took me eighteen years of freelancing to think of them. Here's how to survive and thrive in challenging times as a freelance writer:
1. Stop Being Paranoid. People aren't stealing your ideas, they don't hate you, they're not being passive aggressive. And if...
0 Comments | Posted June 3, 2009 | 6:24 PM
What are you doing?
Quitting Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. Too much chatter. Too many birthdays. TMI from Bucky Blankstein from Camp Winn-ee-saw-kee.
What are you doing?
@Peace! Reading actual newspaper. Drinking coffee. TV! Unholy urge to tell someone all this, so am cleaning stove with...
0 Comments | Posted May 21, 2009 | 11:53 AM
Fame has always been a numbers game. The weekend box office gross. The square footage of your Malibu estate. The hits you get from Googling yourself. With Twitter, numbers tell a deeper story. The more famous your Tweets, the more followers you have. But what do loyal followers get in...
0 Comments | Posted October 8, 2008 | 11:40 AM
As part of my ongoing effort to keep the public informed about celebritykind, I frequently visit the homes of famous people. Sylvester Stallone lives in a faux-Mediterranean castello high above Beverly Hills with a Rocky statue guarding the pool. Robert Redford's Napa Valley residence is, like the actor himself, a...
0 Comments | Posted June 23, 2008 | 4:11 PM
Somewhere in heaven, George Carlin is probably watching Lou Dobbs right about now. At the end of the Playboy Interview I did with him a few years ago, he was full of thoughts about the meaning of life, his legacy and what was next -- if anything -- after this...

0 Comments | Posted January 4, 2011 | 11:00 AM