Thursday, May 31, 2012

Unicorn


I got let go of my duties at one of my freelance gigs. It was a small one, but it still bugged me. I mean, who wants to be rejected? I do not.

At first, I was humiliated. Then I was annoyed. The next day I was depressed.

Then some other stuff happened, and I moved forward, and I got over it.

I keep meaning to write a post about how millennials have it the greatest of all of us. They can create their own careers without the specter of what they're supposed to be doing looming over them.

I want to call the post: "How to Be a Unicorn."

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

I get email

How come you don't write about other parts of adult world like high end prostitues?
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Lights


Home Depot, Chicago, Illinois

Friday, May 25, 2012

Yes, no


Say, 10 years ago, I used to say yes to pretty much anyone who wanted to interview me for their magazine, or newspaper, or website, or radio show, or TV show, or whatever. Now I'd estimate I say yes maybe 25% of the time and say no or ignore the request 75% of the time.

There are a few reasons for this.

One is that people ask the wrong way. The most common mistake is that they think you want the PR. Like the internet has turned everyone into a PR whore, and it hasn't. Like you have nothing better to do than sit around and be interviewed by people you've never heard of and only heard of you from excessive Googling one night.

Increasingly often, they don't even say why you should do the interview in their pitch. Like what their readership, viewership, or listenership is. It's as if every American's secret dream is to be ... interviewed, and they expect you to start slobbering at the chance.

It's not my dream. It takes time out of my day.

And if I check out your show, and it sucks, that means I'm doing you a favor for a venue I don't even respect. Why would I want to do that? I wouldn't.

Of course, there are exceptions. I loved doing this, and this was cool.

My point is that we don't need you. Thanks to the internet, we can publicize ourselves. Why would we want you?

Related: "Flattery Will Get You Want You Want."

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Elope


Over at Forbes, Jenna Goudreau has "Wedding Day Confessions: Best Advice For The Bride And Groom."
For all those couples also preparing for their big days, I decided to tap into the collective wisdom of the Forbes editorial team, asking: What is your best advice for the bride and groom on their wedding day? They shared insider secrets, confessions from their own wedding experiences and in-the-trenches advice for how to have a happy, lasting marriage.
Find out what my advice is HERE.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Problems


Women have 99.9 problems, and here are three self-induced ones. My latest on Forbes is "Three Ways Women Undermine Themselves at Work":
TIP #1: It’s the way you talk.
I’ve noticed? This habit? Among women? In the workplace? Over the last few years? To make everything they say? Sound like it’s a question?
This is particularly prevalent among young women.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Dogs


Dogs, Chicago, Illinois

Monday, May 21, 2012

I get comments


You know Susannah, considering how good you looked as a Klingon, I am thinking you should take advantage of your current look to try the Lt. Ilia costume from Start Trek the Motion Picture. With those long legs I’s sure you would be quite fetching in the micro-mini tunic that she wore through most of the movie.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Thanks!


A new study does not show Why Cancer Is Good for You, but I do:
Writing it, I get to do something other than internalize, or worry about, or have anxiety over all the weird things that happen along the way. Like the crazy things people say to you. Or the time you almost knock over the stand that the chemo bag hangs from when you’re in the bathroom because you’re trying to flush the toilet with your foot but you’re too high on Xanax and Benadryl to stay upright.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Pr0n


Porn Stars, San Fernando Valley, California

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

I get email

Dear Suzan,

I like your topic Job Interview Secret.Please shed more light on this

Best regards,

[redacted]
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Bald


On my Forbes blog, I wrote about How to Be a Bald Woman:
TIP #1: Figure out who you are.

I used to be on Playboy TV.
I got married last fall.
I didn’t want to be bald.
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Monday, May 14, 2012

I get email

DEAR SUSANNAH BRESLIN: I'VE JUST COMPLETED READING YOUR FATHER'S BIOGRAPHY OF MARK ROTHKO! I WAS INSPIRED TO WRITE THE AUTHOR, AND  HIS GOOGLE SITE SHOWED THE ENTRIES REGARDING HIS DEATH IN 1996. NUTS! BUT HERE'S COMPLIMENTS AND BELATED GRATITUDE FROM A LONGTIME FAN OF ROTHKO'S PAINTINGS, AND THE SPLENDID BIOGRAPHY BY YOUR FATHER ... AS A PAINTER AND RETIRED CURATOR OF ART ([redacted]), I FOUND YOUR FATHER'S DESCRIPTIONS OF HIS 'SEEING INTO' ROTHKO'S PAINTINGS AS 'RIGHT ON'. Respectfully, [redacted]
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Friday, May 11, 2012

Pink



This week on Forbes, I wrote about Why You Should Hire a Career Coach:
"For now, you just need to realize how special you are in a serious way without girly-blushingness about it. You’re a serious player who earned your chops in a serious field with other serious players and have found a way to make the transition from print to screen when thousands, tens of thousands of other journalists just bit the dust along with the publications that used to print their work.
YOU ARE THE FUTURE."
And How to Be a Bitch at Work:
TIP #1: Don’t be available.

Don’t answer emails within five minutes. Don’t pick up the phone every time it rings. Don’t be available on weekends. Don’t work after hours. Don’t agree to work on vacation. Don’t turn your professional relationships into personal ones. Don’t help everyone who asks. Don’t put your work second to the needs of others. Don’t tell your coworkers all your secrets.
What career or life advice do you need? Email me HERE, and I may answer your question in an upcoming post. (Anonymously or by name -- whatever you like.)

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Tweet


 
 
You can follow me on Twitter HERE.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Man


I've posted a new Letters from Men Who Go to Strip Clubs:
The memory of my first time has faded, fuzzy like memories of all 18th birthdays are, tainted by alcohol and regret but I think I liked it, I think I did feel like a man for the first time in my life. Having just finished school and moved out of home it felt like something only the truly free could do.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Salt


Sodium Chloride, Chicago, Illinois

Monday, May 7, 2012

I get email



Hi there. I don't know if this is going to the correct Susannah Breslin, as I have only ever seen one on [redacted].
If you are the one off [redacted], I would like to just say hi, and that I used to love watching you on the show.
You came across as an intelligent beautiful woman, and the show was not the same without you on it.
I only used to watch it to see you on it.
Not seen you in anything else, but I see you have moved on to better things.
Just wanted to say hello, and it was a pleasure seeing you on the TV.
All the best for the future.
[redacted] (A fan).

Friday, May 4, 2012

Babylon


Hey, would you like to listen to a fabulous new interview with me and a scintillating new interview with Mark Ebner conducted by the awesome Richard Rushfield?
The new Rushfield Babylon Podcast is Up: Adventures in Extreme Journalism!

Two veteran journalists who have made careers writing about the stories others don’t dare go near join us for this episode.
You may do so HERE.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

LinkedIn

 
You can connect with me on LinkedIn HERE.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Stella


Stella, Chicago, Illinois

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

I get email

Hello im from a small countrey called Suriname. It´s in South-America. I read the thing about the hardest thingg when your a male pornstar.

Is it worth it having a job like that? Are your required to have sex with other male?
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