Category: DIY

April 19, 2014 / Vickie Lester

1920 – Children’s Easter Party

February 12, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Hollywood legends never die, because each day A Star Is Born…

*** Book 1 | BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD.

February 12, 2014 / Vickie Lester

After we got married, I asked her what she wanted more than anything. We were looking over the property and she said, “I’d like manure for the bottom thirty.” And she meant it too. Gable and Lombard

February 6, 2014 / Vickie Lester

I have been visited by a celestial creature, and we have something to show you! A book teaser…

*** Please click on the lovely red letters… which will whisk you to exciting places: Book 1 | BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD. All things glorious, thanks to: how to stay sane in a crazy world | by sophia stuart.

February 6, 2014 / Vickie Lester

In a meeting, back soon, things to sort out…

February 5, 2014 / Vickie Lester

It depends on how you look at it… or was there something odd in my coffee this morning?

I have a startling confession to make — I’ve never read Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls. Movie yes, book no. I did, however, read Every Night, Josephine! It was something about her poodle, meeting Garbo while walking perfectly groomed, restaurant fed, Josephine in Manhattan, and I remember thinking when…

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February 4, 2014 / Vickie Lester

From publishing deal to self publishing in the blink of an eye. Poppets, things happen. Or Vickie Lester goes belly up, but not for long.

No matter how you design it, or chart it out, things change. This Friday, past the end of business hours I heard some astonishing news. My joint-publishing partners were no longer a publishing entity. Partnerships dissolve, other opportunities arise… People move on. And while it’s felt these past few months…

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January 3, 2014 / Vickie Lester

BASIL RATHBONE, A.K.A. SHERLOCK HOLMES, GARDENING

During WWI Rathbone served as an intelligence officer and excelled at disguise. Maybe that’s what led him toward the stage? He also was into his home and his family (there were two) and his garden… Here he is pruning a tree in Beverly Hills.

December 31, 2013 / Vickie Lester

You really shouldn’t write under the influence of cold medicine, but what the hey? Beguiling Hollywood’s New Year’s Missive

Hello sweetest babies, dearest darlings, friends beyond compare (yes, I’m in a flamboyant mood but humor me!) I could say I hope you all stay well-hydrated and virus-free but that might be too reflective of how I’m feeling at the moment… So – here’s something more appropriate instead: the real…

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December 4, 2013 / Vickie Lester

More unsolicited advice on writing your first novel – STOP

If you sit hunched at your computer all the time you will turn into a quivering mass of protoplasm. Get up, stretch, take a walk… Now, get back to work.