Author Vicki Abelson has worn many hats: she’s been an actress, a director, a teacher, a comic, a manager, a (yes I’m still going), fundraiser, a producer, a workshop leader, a private coach and possibly two or three (hundred) other things. The spitball of energy is perhaps best known for being the grand doyenne of Women Who Write, a renowned literary salon that has featured Jackie Collins, Garry Marshall and Marianne Williamson (not to mention previous podcast guests Marc Maron, Michael Des Barres and Mackenzie Phillips), among so many others. But her legacy may change now that she’s released her first book, Don’t Jump: Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll…and My Fucking Mother, a coming-of-age novel about a gal in a celeb-laden world that’s got more than a dash of roman a clef to it. As you may be able to glean from the title, there’s also some drug use in there and Abelson’s now been sober nearly a decade-and-a-half after a lengthy love affair with pot. In this episode, we discuss going to bars on dates, being “ghosted” in Hollywood and her 14-year book writing odyssey, among many other topics.
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