SEEDPOD PUBLISHING is a digital publishing house founded with the brilliant and lovely Kathryn Pope. We wanted to read more of the kind of fiction we enjoy while offering an outlet for new contemporary work to enter the world in this burgeoning realm of digital books. With Seedpod, we focus on literary fiction and memoir with a particular flavour as well as a free-wheeling selection of 140-character micro-fiction via Twitter.
http://seedpodpublishing.com
BIRTHDAY GIRL. My first novel. It will always hold a tender, seeping little raw spot in the pit of my belly. Readers continue to respond exceedingly well which, as any author will hastily divulge, is way better than chocolate, puppies, and sex…put together.
Birthday Girl: a novel http://seedpodpublishing.com/birthdaygirl
THE STORY SPOT is the site I founded in response to questions from my writer friends (and from a few complete strangers). Turned out they weren’t alone. I gathered four of my favorite scribes to cover a broader topic base (short films, feature films, television series, and novels) and hung out the coaching shingle.
http://the-story-spot.com
CEO Dov Seidman stakes his reputation on his belief that, “In a connected world, individuals and organizations that make the strongest connections win.” Dov wanted to write a book and I was fortunate enough to deeply and meaningfully contribute to the process. I drank his Kool-Aid. Then we built a big, fancy website to host an on-going conversation among an international circle of thought-leaders. You should check it out. Really. You should.
http://www.howsmatter.com
I’m a huge fan of the amazing Google Sketchup for rendering 3D architectural models. My models informed the extensive renovation of a composer’s Santa Monica home that included moving walls and windows to open up views, add privacy, and create optimal flow for entertaining. My models built from 2-dimensional floorplans guided a Studio City couple through their architects’ build while my finish concepts brought the owners’ and architects’ visions together. Check out the finished project:
I was also fortunate enough to contribute 3D concepts to Santa Monica’s “Green Streets” pilot project, a redevelopment of the Ocean Park corridor (one of LA’s most picturesque roadways) to make room for storm water mitigation improvements and designated bike lanes.
In my 20′s, when I was wildly ambitious and stupidly optimistic about how much I could accomplish in 24 hours, I started a catering company aimed squarely at the hundreds of other busy 20-somethings in the downtown core where I lived. I called it Summers’ Home, after may father and grandmother and I adored everything about it. It was a personal chef sort of deal before there was a moniker for that. Word spread. I couldn’t bake the damned signature cookies fast enough. Then I talked to a few successful restaurateurs I knew and considered a life in professional food service. Conclusion? I stuck to my day job in the new and exciting dot-com industry. Yeah. That’s what I did. If you’re interested, my old food blog is here. I add to it now and again. Mostly I spend my time enjoying the kitchen rather than writing about it.