stephanieklein.com is constantly evolving. It began as a showcase (a.k.a. resumé) for my advertising portfolio, then morphed into my blog, GREEK TRAGEDY. In January of 2004, I was working full-time as an interactive art director, designing web sites, and by night I was posting–let’s face it–my angst online, frustrated that I didn’t know how to make myself happy.

As a New Year’s resolution, I promised to write every day. Having a blog enabled me to create an online scrapbook of my life, complete with drawings, photos (I use a Nikon D100), and my daily musings. As more people began to stop by, I expanded the content to include lifestyle, fashion, photography, and food–all passions of mine. At the center of stephanieklein.com is GREEK TRAGEDY, named both after my heritage (I’m a quarter Greek) and a humbling experience in the Greek collegiate system–not to mention my tendency to be a bit, oh, dramatic. I blog for many reasons, mainly it’s my "throat clearing," an online journal of thoughts and questions I try to write for myself.

Comments are welcome on my entries, as they create an interactive community. As my life changes, so does my blog. It’s a diary. I don’t keep it to entertain or delight. It’s a record of my life, and by putting myself out there, I hope others find comfort and maybe learn something, right along with me. So while it began documenting my slew of dates as a Oncewife with a Wasband in NYC, it has since followed me to Austin, Texas with my furkid, Linus, and my fiancé, The Suitor, who has now become my husband, and the father of our two children, wins Lucas Beckett and Abigail Ruby.

My first book Straight Up And Dirty has expanded my offerings beyond the blog to the written page. I hope to use this site to expand the connection between the reader and myself. Book club information, appearance dates and places will be announced here, and I’ve added a free subscription to BETWEEN THE SHEETS, my newsletter where I reveal exactly what was between the sheets of Straight Up And Dirty, offering insights into what I wrote and why, things I didn’t include in the book, and how I felt writing certain passages of the book. It’s basically deleted scenes and author commentary.

Subscribe now, or jump straight to the beginning of GREEK TRAGEDY to see where this all began. And thanks for stopping by.