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backstage at The Ellen Show

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The Dream: My Agent Called, She Wants Me to do The Ellen Show

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  • November 15, 2018

Over a delicious steak dinner, my friend and I were talking about my book.  He was saying how awesome it would be if there was some kind of reality TV episode or something by which all of my exes (the ones featured in the book, not every person I ever dated) were invited on with…

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BIG Famous means winning awards.

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From Small Famous to Big Famous: Measuring My Writing Success

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  • November 8, 2018

Over brunch with my web-guy one day, around the time I launched my site, I told him I would pay him back for his work (which he graciously did for free) when I was BIG Famous. The words just kind of came out before I had even given them much thought. (And now I love…

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