Ever since I was young I can always remember those rainy days when mom would let us stay inside and play video games all day. We would pop in Street Fighter, Mario Kart, and Mortal Kombat just to name... Read more >>

There’s been a barrage of publicity lately over whether Katie Couric will step down (or be released) from her CBS Evening News anchor duties. Given the extent of the coverage, one could probably... Read more >>

When I was pregnant with my first child, a very wise friend told me that she taught her kids how to act in social situations by taking them places and showing them how to behave. And she has three... Read more >>

We go because we love movies. We go for the delightful or frightful experience of being swept into another reality for a couple of hours. We go crazy when bombarded with highly stylized Mercedes... Read more >>

Your manager just asked you to give a speech to a roomful of people—in five minutes! Here’s how to blow them away. As a senior manager, Sarah Smith is often asked to deliver... Read more >>

Desperate Housewives is back! After a serious creative collapse in season two and a long, slow climb back to respectability in season three, I am happy to report that this fall Desperate Housewives is... Read more >>

In a scene in ABC’s new show Big Shots, the four main characters are sitting in the sauna talking to each other about cheating, and how one of them is down in the dumps after finding out his... Read more >>

Recently, Little Ricky and I went to Chicago Shakespeare Theater to hear the Chicago Chamber Musicians perform Carnival of the Animals and The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant. The performance was... Read more >>

Learning to develop your own writing style is the approach you use to reveal your personality or the voice you wish to project to the reader. It is the result of preferences in grammar, punctuation,... Read more >>

A few years ago, one of my screenwriting teachers got me addicted to Entertainment Weekly magazine. And, true to its title, I do generally find it really entertaining. Most of the time, its... Read more >>