Category Archives: Practice

So You Want to Be an Author

Posted on June 1, 2015 by arwenbicknell

There are big doings afoot, but I feel like if I talk about them before they happen, I will jinx them. So instead I will share something that made me laugh harder than the comments on the Hutzler 571 banana slicer. When … Continue reading →

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This Is How We Don’t Do It…

Posted on February 8, 2015 by arwenbicknell

… And then I have weeks like this one, where work and family and life in general got in the way. I got some research done. I read a little bit of a book I’ll talk about when I’ve finished it. … Continue reading →

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Food Coma

Posted on September 9, 2012 by arwenbicknell

It would be remiss of me to do a series of posts on LA and not talk about food. Oh, my god, the food there. On this trip I did a happy hour at Roy’s and dinner at Gale’s in … Continue reading →

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Driving Ambition

Posted on September 7, 2012 by arwenbicknell

I’m hardly the first person to ever comment on LA traffic. Everyone here drives. Rush hours are legendary. Duh. And you hear a lot of whining and bitching about it. It’s SO AWFUL! But you know what? It isn’t. Even … Continue reading →

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Tommy Touchstone

Posted on September 5, 2012 by arwenbicknell

When I was in preschool — or maybe earlier, I’m not sure — we went to a Dr. Demento event at USC and I got my first glimpse of an SC icon, the Tommy Trojan statue. (I also got what … Continue reading →

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Arrival

Posted on September 4, 2012 by arwenbicknell

I hit a slight snag with the whole “a post a day travelogue” — when I stayed up too late talking and reading, and then not thinking about Internet access without getting the password from my uncle. Duh. But better … Continue reading →

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