How to handle a hostile audience member
I am not here to discuss the Smith-Rock contretemps that distracted from Questlove receiving his first Best Documentary Feature Oscar for the brilliant and emotionally powerful “Summer of Soul” – many far more qualified than me have weighed in – but just after we all watched it happen in shock and disbelief, my friend, the television host and fitness couturess, Bianca Jade DM’d me and asked the salient question: What do you do when a presentation or job spirals completely out of control?
Fake It Til You Make: Good Strategy or Set Up for Failure?
I was riveted watching Shonda Rhimes‘ Netflix series, Inventing Anna about “fake German heiress” Anna Delvey. I could not get enough of Julia Garner as Anna + it brings up all sorts of questions about “faking it” which Vivian Manning-Schaffel explores in this excellent piece for Shondaland, including a quote or two from yours truly + some gems from Alan Ibbotson who’s got all the wisdom, including this one:
It’s My Bizaversary: What I’ve Learned in 20 Years
Cue the Tony! Toni! Toné! It’s my bizaversary.
20 years.
It’s been super easy and smooth sailing the whole way.
Ha! If you believe that, may I interest you in my favorite bridge down the street?
Like Lisa Roth, founder of Rock-A-Bye Baby, I’m an accidental entrepreneur.
How To Get On TV
Some people will be wrong, and that’s okay – Lisa Kudrow on handling rejection
EVERYBODY asks me how to get on TV. Elizabeth Wagmeister – who didn’t have an agent or a reel when I cast her on Page Six TV – provideS the playbook you’ve been looking for in this episode of my podcast, Camera Ready & Abel (brought to you be the word RESILIENT.)
NOW CASTING: Sports Anchor-Producer for the New York Post
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Summer Reading 2021
I’m one of those people who couldn’t read during the pandemic. It was too hard to focus. I needed big print and pretty pictures. Translation: Netflix and Pinterest.
And yet, books were my favorite form of retail therapy, so I have quite the stack vying for my attention now that I am vaxxed and traveling again, making up for lost reading time.
Stop Shoulding Yourself!
I get stuck in The Shoulds all the time – should be thinner, richer, more successful, blah, blah, blah – and write about it from time to time in my newsletter, blog and Facebook community…and dedicated an episode of my Camera Ready & Abel podcast to it.
My dear friend Vivian Manning-Schaffel took The Shoulds to a whole new level in her brilliant piece for Shondaland called Stop Shoulding Yourself:
Tina Turner: Inducted into the Manifesters Hall of Fame
It was wonderful, well-deserved and long overdue when it was announced May 12, 2021 that Tina Turner was finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Today I am inducting Tina Turner into the Manifesters Hall of Fame.
Icon is an overused word but let’s face it, if you look it up in the dictionary you’ll see Tina’s beautiful face beaming back at you.
#NOWCASTING EXPERIENCED HOST with DESIGN/BUILD SKILLS
SEEKING: EXPERIENCED HOST with DESIGN/BUILD SKILLS for fun, puzzle-based challenge show (think: The Floor is Lava meets Craftopia meets Escape Room).
The vibe is friend/mentor/favorite camp counselor: Fun, Bubbly, Energetic, Likable.
Series shoots up to 3 months Q1-Q2 2021 in Atlanta, GA area (transportation and housing provided). Non-union.
Summer Reading List 2020 ?
Living from one Blursday to the next these past several months, summer snuck up on me this year.
I am grateful to a childhood friend for tagging me in a Facebook Favorite Books Challenge to spur me to action and listify my Summer Reading List 2020.
Similar to the FB Challenge, I present these titles without comment or reviews with the hope that curiosity will lead you to explore more.