The trove of books, manuscripts and music worth about $300m was given to the university by William H Scheide, who died in November at age 100… The Gutenberg bible editions, printed in 1455, exceedingly rare and beautifully illuminated, represent the first substantial edition of books printed by movable metal type.…
Category: Writing
You Don’t Own Me By Vickie Lester An excerpt from somewhere in the middle… Shep dropped a heavily revised script on the desk in Billie’s office, a little oasis of casitas on a rolling lawn with a view of the sound stages. Billie was on the lot. Unlike her first…
Have you guys heard of this movie? I’m a little behind the times what with searching for beautiful photographs of old Hollywood and architectural gems. Production design, extraordinarily beautiful.. Cinematography, stunning… Performances, intense and perfectly modulated… Direction, it was well paced… And now we come to story… I watched the…
Okay kittens, let me just say this has been a very good year for movies. I’ve loved, “Stand up Guys”, “Argo”, “Skyfall”, “Moonrise Kingdom”, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”, I could go on and on… And then we come to “Hitchcock”… Wait, I’m removing my white kid gloves and pouring…
Storm is coming in… If these palms look familiar they’re the same ones that were shot for my book jacket. Where do you capture this angle? From the roof of my house. Sometimes I like to shove the computer away, drop the novel I’m currently working on, and climb. Climb…
There’s enchantment here, and the precision of memory laid down to a throbbing beat: The next day I decide to go to London and meet Nick Danger. Dave probably meant well, but it’s pretty obvious that he’s not going to connect me with anyone at Melody Maker. The last time…
I beg my readers indulgence. I won’t have a clear or cogent thought for a couple of days, and that will only be achieved by a massive intake of coffee. I am getting older. Any event that goes on past ten o’clock seriously cuts into my pajama time. I’m posting…