the slackmistress

I write stuff.

I'm Nina Bargiel, aka the slackmistress.

I'm a writer, working both in traditional and new media. On TV, you may have seen my work on "Lizzie McGuire" and "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy." I've ghostwritten two books for the popular "Beacon Street Girls" book series. Most recently, I wrote for Sony/Crackle's "Woke Up Dead" and created the online universe for MTV's "Valemont."

The Valemont University interactive experience, which spanned a college website, three blogs, nine Twitter accounts, a Facebook page and SMS messaging, was recently nominated for a Streamy Award.

If you want more information regarding these projects, check out my professional page or my LinkedIn.

I live in Los Angeles with my husband Will, who is the brilliant mind at Tweet Stories and our pit bull Daisy J. Dog.

Every Saturday night Will and I do a live chat show called BeTheMarriage LIVE! (On Ice).

My email address can be found under my profile picture. Feel free to use it.

Full Disclosure: As of July 2009, I am a Gap Brand Enthusiast. This is different than a Gap Band Enthusiast, as I am a fan of the Gap Brand an not the Gap Band. No disrespect to Gap Band fans.

As a Gap Brand Enthusiast, I am not paid nor required to blog about Gap merchandise or functions. However, on occasion I do receive free merchandise for my own personal use as well as to give out on my blog. These blog posts will always have the hashtag #gapborntofit and will be categorized as such.

I have been wearing clothes from the Gap since the 70's. The only disclosure statement I have about that is that their jeans make my ass look good, and I will always say that for free.