How Not to Write an Op-Ed (or Errors Made My 1st Time Out) ~ Brevity BlogFebruary 21, 2023 9:51 pmI have written and published a number of nonfiction pieces. A personal essay about seeing my dead father shopping at Trader Joes. Another essay about my love life as a gay man in Los Angeles. An article about how my perpetual depression lessened during COVID. But, until recently, I had not tried my hand to write an op-ed. Yes, similar to writing more personal nonfiction, but different. |
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Op Ed: As Californians We Inherit a Dramatic, Maybe Doomed, Relationship with Water ~ Los Angeles TimesJanuary 25, 2023 10:24 pmCalifornians are used to seeing end-times headlines about our dwindling water supply. A recent one reported that Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S., could be a “dead pool” in two years. It’s a frightening prospect even with our recent slate of winter storms. While those add to our shrinking reservoirs, groundwater and snowpack, it won’t be enough to solve our drought problem — and it comes with disaster. |
How My Job Search Forced Me to Catch Up With Technology ~ WIREDSeptember 18, 2021 7:15 pmAfter working in the entertainment industry for 25 years and taking a Covid-forced break from searching for work, I recently started looking for steady employment. The job site Indeed reports that the average length of a job search is 20 weeks. I’m now about one-fourth of the way through those 5 months. |
Voices on Addiction: Safety in a Blue Light ~ The RumpusJuly 13, 2021 9:53 pmI’m five, and it’s 1964. My little sister and I are watching Saturday morning cartoons in our suburban California living room. It’s so early that the room is still darkened against the arriving day. The floor to ceiling drapes across the sliding glass door remain closed. The moving images flash colored light around the room and bounce off us. A blue hue permeates. It’s there whenever the television is on. It washes over us, a protective friend for children in need. |
Job Diary: I’m an Awards Strategist Who Helps Hollywood Stars Win Oscars ~ Business InsiderJanuary 4, 2021 10:00 pm |
Why Princess Diana’s Wedding Was a Gay Coming-of-Age Moment ~ Advocate.comNovember 30, 2020 11:34 pm |
How the Pandemic Actually Improved My Mental Health ~ Washington PostNovember 30, 2020 11:32 pm |
L.A. Affairs: Why My Search for Love Had to Start With Me ~ L.A. TimesSeptember 15, 2020 9:34 pm |
Opinion Piece: This 4th of July, I Won’t Wave an American Flag – The IndependentJuly 5, 2020 8:34 pm |
Kelp Journal (digital) ~ A Velocity of ImpactJuly 5, 2020 8:25 pmA trilling wail wormed its way into Kasper Zigismond’s inner ear, shoving the topsy-turvy narrative of the dream he dreamt aside before budding into a frail, ethereal reality. His hearing was still sharp at age ninety-nine. He slid his feet into slippers, donned an age-old robe, and stood at the bedroom windows. There, twenty-three stories to the ground, out on the Kennedy Expressway, red and blue lights orbed in the snow-shadowed half-light. A three-car pileup blocked progress. He grabbed high-powered binoculars off a bedside table and examined the destruction.
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