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May 19, 2026
Some of my published work includes: I prefer writing longer things, so some of my unpublished work includes:
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I’m Ariella, and for a long time, I have been undercover as a regular suburban mom, trying to guard the secret that I am bursting with ideas and observations about the world. Recently, a good friend pointed out that I haven’t been very successful at holding it all in, which is admittedly true. So rather than continuing to have things leak out in inconvenient places, I decided to park them all here.
Some of the things I like to write about are religion, parenting, marriage, and all forms of human connection. I’m especially interested in big collective stories that shape how we see the world, particularly because sometimes, it’s strangely easy to ignore them.
Do you suppose that it’ll ever make a comeback the way that 70’s bellbottoms did? Maybe I’m ahead of the curve. Or maybe behind. Or maybe I just think it’s just fun to romp around the world on intellectual adventures. Join me?
Some of my published work includes: I prefer writing longer things, so some of my unpublished work includes:
In 2012, I participated in a local project called “One Book, One Bay” where writers from around the Bay Area wrote essays on Nathan Englander’s
Birbiglia has checked all the boxes for humor, but he has done more. He has let us come inside his worries, his family, his fears, and his love. He has made it easy to take a sideways glance at the end of everything.
These 15 beats are present everywhere that there is good storytelling. Blake Snyder didn’t make the rule that stories have to be about a protagonist’s personal transformation. He simply noticed that an audience won’t feel complete unless it happens.
Nothing is more lonely than having an important memory with a person that they can’t recall
Believing that we would have acted differently than the townspeople is precisely the enduring (if unreasonable) pleasure of An Enemy of the People