These are the kinds of conversations we have in my household. It’s why I was on the phone at six o’clock this morning verifying how long hepatitis vaccinations last.
I finished my copy edits yesterday (yay!). Now there’s just this small matter of a screenplay due next week. So since I’m busy, and [...]
I saw this link a few weeks ago, and it’s been idling about in my brain until finally this morning I decided to give it my attention.
Here’s the deal: Would you buy a T-shirt from a fake place–say, Albert Einstein High School from The Princess Diaries or Riders of Rohon Saddle Shop from Lord [...]
I’m writing this quickly because I’m on extreme deadline today, with my copy edits due this Friday and another huge project due next Friday and it makes me breathe fast and tap my foot and talk fast and be impatient and I LOVE EVERY SECOND OF THIS.
Some writers hate their deadlines, others thrive on them. [...]
Hey, everyone, our friend Diana Peterfreund’s novel Secret Society Girl debuts today! This is your chance to push someone onto the best-seller list by buying her book in the first week. But don’t just do it for the thrill of manipulating the market, do it because the book sounds awesome.
Ever wonder what goes [...]
And I am not talking about clothes.
I’m talking about all the things Miranda’s first and second assistants get and do for her. Like finding her a perfectly-cooked steak at ten in the morning. And keeping the Starbucks ever-flowing. And getting a copy of the latest Harry Potter before it’s even published.
Once you [...]
All of your comments in the last few days about the need for more full-frontal nudity in films (my vote: no, thank you) has gotten me thinking about all of the great films showing intense love, but not a drip of sex.
And I don’t mean the love of a girl for her car or [...]
Last night the UPS man returned my manuscript to me. It had obviously been vandalized–it was covered in red marks.
Take a deep breath, start the copy edits.
As you can guess, there are a ridiculous number of steps between writing a novel and actually seeing it in the stores. I’ve gotten over some of [...]
I was listening to this great piece yesterday on NPR about the rejuvenile movement–adults returning to their childish roots. Rather than collecting toys to resell on eBay, these adults actually take them out of the box and play with them. They throw goofy theme parties, they go with adult friends to Disneyland, they [...]
Victory for the Hollywood directors and other creative artists combatting the scrubbing of their movies! A judge agrees that altering films without permission violates copyright law. Whew.
In case you don’t know, scrubbing is the practice of taking out all the naughty bits from a film. Think of the movie house operator in [...]
Look, I know he’s old, all right? He’ll be fourteen in November. And I know in my heart I love him, but
THE BREATHING HAS TO STOP!!!
It’s not just breathing, it’s this raspy, Darth Vader-like gasping and panting. He gasps all night. He gasps all day, lying on his bed in my [...]