This weekend, I had to travel to Philly for a speaking engagement. On my flight back to the West Coast, the airline asked volunteers to give up their seats because the flight was

“So, what’s next?” is a question I find myself being asked a lot these days. It usually comes from well-meaning people who genuinely want the best for me—which, unfortunately, doesn’t

Playwriting was a completely different creative process for me, one I had to be carefully coached through. Over multiple drafts, the same problem emerged: I ended each scene with a solution, leaving my characters no room to grow. I was tidying up the mess before they had even learned the lesson.

In early December, I wrote about a friend who received life-saving news. When I say it saved their life, I am not being tongue in cheek. The surgery they needed finally happened after