Speaker. Storyteller. Coach.
I woke up this morning to -8 degrees. AGAIN. As everyone knows, this winter has been brutal, particularly for this displaced Florida girl whose thermostat, as my dear friend Carroll says, is set to orchid. Here, alone in my studio in the NH woods, I knew I was in trouble when I started to relate to Jack Nicholson’s character in The Shining, where he types over and over “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” except mine would say, “All cold and no warm makes Tricia very, very hostile.”
“You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club” – Jack London
Lucky for me, I was asked by The Moth to help them promote their bestselling new book, The Moth: 50 True Stories at Boston’s Trident Bookstore last week. There were about 100 people in the sold-out venue, with 150 more people on the waiting list. The art of storytelling just keeps getting more popular and The Moth is leading the charge. [Read more…] about From the Stage to the Page
“Coming Home: The Moth in Portsmouth,” The Music Hall, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Doors open at 7 p.m.; stories begin at 8 p.m.
“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” — Dr. Seuss