Maria
Recognize her? It’s Maria from Fritz Lang’s 1927 Metropolis. For more of my photos, follow me on Instagram.
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Books I Read: The Atomic Habits Workbook
Last year I read Atomic Habits by James Clear, which I found to be relatively helpful in habit building. This year I read the companion workbook, which I found to be less helpful. It feels underdeveloped. So maybe skip it.
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What I'm Watching: Santa Sangre
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What If?
What if your parents turn you into a human lab rat when you’re a child? Will that change the story of your life? Will that change who you are? Find out in my memoir: Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment.
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Cosy
Encino Estate Sale
Don't Think!
New Year, New You
As a writer, an editor, and a 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. Let’s get started. Got questions? Email me here.
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These Interstitial Spaces
“Later it occurred to me that I’m only really happy when I’m in these interstitial spaces, where I’ve kind of slipped behind the curtain to see what people are really about, and it’s like living in the place that everyone wants to visit but is too afraid to talk about.” — from my newsletter, “I’m Only Happy When It Rains”
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What I'm (Looking Forward to) Watching: Peter
I Got Grokked
Grokipedia: Susannah Breslin
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Tarkovsky's Mirror at The Egyptian Theater
What I'm (Re)Watching: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
My 2026 Journal: Day 7
Today, I am considering Michelangelo Caetani’s Maps of the Divina Commedia as preparation for writing more about the adult movie industry this year and am currently trying to identify my current location on this map.
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Operation Me
AVN Awards, Las Vegas, Nev., 2013 | Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
“Because the narrative is filtered through me, covers a vast expanse of time, and includes not only what I witnessed but how what I witnessed shaped the person I became, the essay had to feature me as a central character. In the past, I’ve avoided this angle; on the set of an adult movie, I am the least interesting thing in the room.” Read my latest newsletter, “How to Perform a Literary Auto-vivisection,” and subscribe.
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Let's Get Started
As a writer, an editor, and a 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.
