What I'm Watching: Richard Murphy's Unusual Home in Edinburgh
Books I Read: A Long Game
A Long Game: Notes on Fiction by Elizabeth McCracken is an advice book for writers who don’t like advice. Organized into a series of short, numbered sections, the book’s interests range from plot and story to character and imagery. There are no right or wrong answers here, just suggestions on how to navigate the marathon that is writing a book-length work of fiction. I loved it and found it inspiring. I expect you will too.
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Porn Blind: Part 1
Adult movie set, Canoga Park, Calif., 2009 | Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
In my newsletter, I’m publishing “Porn Blind,” a 10-part series about what I learned writing about the adult movie industry for nearly 30 years, how the business changed, and how it changed me. The series starts here. Subscribe to my newsletter here. If you want to support my work, please share a link to it online. Thanks!
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The Pink Flamingo
What I'm Watching: Pee-wee as Himself
'Hamnet' Pissed Her Off
“Had I just sat through the most feminist-coded movie of the year, lauded and anticipated by women, written and directed by women, foamed over and frothed at by women, only to find out it actually disses the woman, and celebrates the man?” — a great review of Hamnet from my pal, bestselling author Lydia Netzer
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The Gambit
Praying in a Parking Lot
The Best Book of the Past 125 Years
“It exploded the idea of what literature can be.” My answer from “What’s the Best Book of the Past 125 Years?”
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How Crisis Communications Consulting Is Like Wrestling With an Octopus
“When someone asks me what the most challenging work I do as a corporate fixer is, the answer is always crisis communications.” Read The Fixer Code: “Stop Making These 3 Crisis Communications Mistakes.”
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What I'm Watching: Vladimir
I'm Reading Tonight
Estate Sale Detritus
Data Baby Dedication
The dedication for my memoir, Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment, via X’s @dedication_bot.
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What I'm Watching: Hilton Als
Love the Dolls
Mannequin X, Chicago, Ill., 2014 | Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
“I was made of flesh and bone. She was made of flesh-colored silicone and had a pose-able PVC skeleton with metal joints.” In my latest newsletter, I have an excerpt from a true story I wrote about dating a celebrity.
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Drafts
Man Map
The Fixer Is Fixing
As a writer, an editor, and a communications strategist, I help writers and authors, publishers and filmmakers, and CEOs and founders craft their stories. From ghostwriting and editing books to consulting on film and television projects to advising business leaders on content strategy and media relations, I work with clients to bring their plans from conception to delivery. My client roster includes New York Times-bestselling authors, Academy Award-winning directors, and tech entrepreneurs.
Writing: Ghostwrite books, newsletters, and leadership articles. Develop press releases, marketing copy, and brand books. Name products, create social media campaigns, and seed viral content.
Editing: Edit short-form, long-form, and book-length nonfiction, memoir, self-help, leadership, and fiction. Developmental editor, line-editor, and fact-checker. Work with authors and publishers.
Strategy: Create content strategy plans for media, tech, and entertainment companies. Advise CEOs, founders, and venture capitalists on public relations strategies. Executive consultant.
Clients: Playboy, Forbes, Warner Bros., and more.
Questions? Get in touch.
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