Wands Spotlight: Marin Ireland

Friends, Happy (!?) Most Anxious Day of Every Four Years to all who observe! Today was supposed to be the Eight of Wands, but guys, I'm not in any state to write an essay about "things falling into place." I very much hope that things will fall

Wands Spotlight: Megan Martin

Meet my dear friend, Megan Martin, television writer/producer extraordinaire. Megan and I met working on TNT's Animal Kingdom, and she is a tremendously talented writer and a deeply lovely human. I cannot wait to be in a writers room with her again. How would you describe yourself?

Seven of Wands

She has no regrets. Those abortions paved the way for the life she lives now, the life where she married the love of her life and gave birth to the love of mine.

Wands Spotlight: Justin Noble

Let's spend some time with Sir Justin Noble, co-creator and showrunner of Sex Lives Of College Girls, returning to Max on November 21. This show is hilarious and very fun. Here's the season 3 teaser! Justin is one of my best friends in the entire world

Six of Wands

Today I'm giving out some awards.

Wands Spotlight: Emily St. James

Brilliant genius, Emily St. James, is back on Witch's Mark talking about her writing process. You may remember her from our conversation about the Three of Cups. Emily is part of a television writing team with her wife, Libby Hill (they are currently writing on the hit show,

Five of Wands

In The Rider Waite Colman Smith deck, the Five of Wands depicts five people, each holding a large stick (or wand) in a big ole creative clusterfuck. It looks like they are trying to build something, but they cannot figure out who’s in charge, what goes where, or even

Wands Spotlight: Amos Mac

Meet my friend and brilliant writer/artist: Amos Mac. I met Amos when I hired him for the short lived second season writers room for Y: The Last Man. He immediately became a friend, and an important person in my life. Amos writes for television, but he's also

Four of Wands

A conversation with chef, Natasha Feldman, about the transformational magic of dinner parties.

Wands Spotlight: Charlotte Clymer

I've long admired Charlotte Clymer. Her online presence – a combination of witty commentary, speaking truth to power, and very funny jokes – was one of the reasons I stayed on Twitter as long as I did (I did eventually leave, though, and subscribed to Charlotte's newsletter instead)

Wands Spotlight: Edan Lepucki

I met Edan Lepucki in dance class. You've read about dance class. It's my therapy (so is my actual therapy, but you get the idea). Dance class is a place where I do something hard that I'm not good at, where I practice resilience

Three of Wands

The Three of Wands is a card of expansion, possibility, and ambition. It’s a card that signifies that you are on the right path. Whenever I pull wands, the first thing that comes to mind is my creative work, specifically the generative process of writing. This is why, for

Wands Spotlight: Jihan Crowther

Writer Jihan Crowther on creativity, inspiration, and climbing your own mountain.

Two of Wands

Michael had learned some rudimentary English in school, and from watching reruns of Friends, and his understanding of American teen girls seemed to be that we were insatiable sluts. He was very welcoming.

Ace of Wands

Video artist Jordan Stone on inspiration, AI as humanity's mirror, core core, John Berger, fear of new technology, authorial intent, ASMR, and more. A conversation that celebrates being extremely online.

Ten of Cups

I knew it was coming, and it still broke my heart.

Olga Mill, dreams, costume design, minor arcana, nine of cups, love lies bleeding

Nine of Cups

A conversation with costume designer, Olga Mill, about happiness, dreams coming true, creativity, how clothing informs identity, and what happens if everything works out?

Eight of Cups

On walking away without knowing what's next.

Seven of Cups

I was three years old when I sat on Bill Cosby’s lap and ate Jell-O gelatin.

Six of Cups

The Pinterest algorithm thinks I’m a SAHM (which only after googling do I discover means “Stay at Home Mom”) who has spent the last six years planning Jesus-forward gender reveal parties for my eighteen young daughters

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Five of Cups

Special Early Edition! A conversation about grief with writer Lily Diamond.

Four of Cups

What is melancholy if not the emo longing of a suburban girl gaslighting herself?

Emily St. James, three of cups, minor arcana, tarot

Three of Cups

A conversation with Emily St. James about friendship, compersion, AMC's Rubicon, famous shipwrecks, and Emily Stone.

Two of Cups

My parents deliver wisdom about marriage and partnership.

Amber Tamblyn, Cups, Minor Arcana, Ace of Cups

Ace of Cups

A conversation with Amber Tamblyn on writing, being a child actress, killing your darlings, Brittany Murphy, business daddies, Xanax, mentorship, the election, and our shared eternal quest for external validation