The official blog of Jay Fingers
Every writer needs their space to create. Stephen King summed this idea up perfectly in his masterful memoir on writing, titled On Writing, where he says: Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, …
If you’ve been keeping up with me and how I’ve been adjusting to life in Los Angeles on social media, then you’re probably already familiar with my job woes — or, rather, my lack of job woes. You see, I knew it would be difficult finding a job before actually moving out here. And so when …
Sometimes I think to myself, Was moving to Los Angeles a mistake? And then shit happens like last night and I say, Nah — you are exactly where you need to be. On Wednesday I attended an “Inside the Writers Room” panel discussion with Lena Waithe and the writers of her hit Showtime series The Chi, …
First lemme get this out of the way: Yes, I am a grown-ass man and I have an Ava DuVernay doll from the Barbie Collection’s Platinum Label. When the dolls first dropped about two and a half years ago, I rushed to the Barbie site to place my order. I remember being disappointed that there …
OK, OK, OK. So I know I said that Wednesday was my last night in Brooklyn — I lied. OK, so I didn’t lie, because I had every intention of leaving on Thursday. But I still had so much to take care of, and I was beginning to stress out, so finally I just called …
Although my people threw me an outrageous, unforgettable going-away bash in March, they also made sure that my last few days in Brooklyn were just as memorable. Here are a few highlights from my last week: I hung out with my peeps Kasia and CB for brunch at Brooklyn hotspot Piquant. The company and music …