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backstage at The Ellen Show

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The Dream: My Agent Called, She Wants Me to do The Ellen Show

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  • November 15, 2018

Over a delicious steak dinner, my friend and I were talking about my book.  He was saying how awesome it would be if there was some kind of reality TV episode or something by which all of my exes (the ones featured in the book, not every person I ever dated) were invited on with…

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Damsel in a storybook

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The Damsel Plus Other Roles and Ideas in the ‘Happily Ever After’ Narrative

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  • August 3, 2018

I’ve read this in a book. You’ll laugh. It’s the story of a damsel. You’ll know exactly this story as soon as I start simply by the way this story begins. Once upon a time … … in a land [insert some adjective that indicates far, followed by one that suggests foreign and a third…

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