July 24, 2019
Am I the same person on social media as I am in my real life?
I don’t know. Ask my husband. Or my best friends. Ask my Buddhist community. Or my would-be agent, publisher, director. I am the same person – versions – all people- one for each direction. All angles. Bright...
January 3, 2019
Just a quick shout-out to my fellow writing partners, Linda Hill and Joe Gironda! In 2018, our projects generated buzz...and some awards, too!
Here's to 2019 - a year filled with generosity, creativity, fun and prosperity!
THE HERO OF THE WORLD - screenplay co-wri...
November 12, 2018
A short story I wrote a long time ago was recently published in The Same. Hope you enjoy the read - and thanks!
https://thesame.blog/2018/10/29/issue-14-5-fiction/
July 24, 2018
What can I say after months away? I'm restless. I've returned. The smoke from the fires in Yosemite fills our nostrils down here by the sea, the wind shifts and then it's the noxious odors from the oil rigs just offshore. That's what the guy at air quality called the s...
February 26, 2018
Last year, I worked on a novel so I lost time blogging. Also, I got married and went to Italy so there is that xo Ah well, here's a little something that seeped through the cracks this morning. Thanks for reading!
Modern Inconveniences
In January, I met a vibrant woman w...
January 17, 2017
The first draft of my essay, A Nice Person, was scribbled in black ink on the white page of a sketchbook during an in-class exercise at Deena Metger's house in Topanga Canyon in 1999.
Published today in Brevity!
January 5, 2017
Once upon a time, I wrote a short story about an elderly couple who get a second chance at being grandparents. It was all about second chances, do-over's, and cancer, and kidnapping across the West. I liked Vi and Frank. I loved the little kid, Rain. Even their fucked...
August 2, 2016
I am honored to have one of the essays from my new book," True North" featured in Angels Flight Literary West Magazine with some amazing writers including Natashia Deon, Deanne Stillman, Beck Black, and the legendary John Doe.
You can read it here:
June 14, 2016
Read my latest piece on xoJane
I Played a Bride on TV and Was a Bridesmaid 6 Times, But It Has Taken 20 Years for Me to Be Open to Marriage
Was this what I was supposed to be doing? Getting married? I just wanted to finish writing a short story.
March 9, 2016
Read my latest writing on aging and happiness on The Huffington Post
I'm Staci. I'm over 50. This is my real face. No fillers. No alterations. At some point today, I will need to go outside and sit in my car where the light is best so that I can pluck the new hairs out of my chin. And yet, I'm a newlywed, getting the good sex. Don't let anybody tell you it's a downhill ride.
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