Caissie St. Onge is an Emmy-nominated comedy writer (she’s worked for David Letterman, Rosie O’Donnell, The Grammy Awards) but more recently she’s the author of a shiny new YA novel entitled “Jane Jones: Worst. Vampire. Ever.” (Slated to be released May 10th by Random House and now available for pre-order through Amazon.com). I met Caissie on [...]
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“A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.” – Faulkner If she were to speak her mind plainly, she would tell you that you have no more experience than she has, and that she’s angry with you [...]
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“Got to pay your dues if you wanna play the blues, and you know it don’t come easy.” – George Harrison “Meanwhile, back on my suicide farm, I’m reading about Snooki’s book deal.” – Suzy Soro, Comedian This dispatch comes to you from a Starbucks parking lot, where I’m sitting in a very used car [...]
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Years ago, one of my professors told me that she thought I did a wonderful job at exploring the “why” questions in my work, but needed to work on the “how”. I couldn’t help but laugh, because her criticism of my thesis papers is also true of my life in general. I’ve always been much [...]
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(. . .part two of this post) So after learning the secrets of prosperity and manifesting my own destiny, it was a foregone conclusion that Sally, the Kona blue Ford Mustang GT Premium, would be mine. I have visualized the overnight congratulations letter arriving on my doorstep this Monday or Tuesday, and am already considering [...]
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It’s a room with clean white walls, hardwood floors, and a blue rug. There’s a big window at the rear of the room, open to the breeze, and white curtains that lightly billow. In the middle, there’s an old mahogany desk with lots of drawers, and a comfortable chair — sometimes blue, sometimes brown. I [...]
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