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“She made him a proposition; an entrée into the film industry in exchange for a suitable period of physical, if not matrimonial devotion.” It’s in His Kiss by Vickie Lester

July 2, 2014 by Vickie Lester

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“What goes on in other people’s bedrooms is none of my business.” It’s in His Kiss by Vickie Lester

June 28, 2014 by Vickie Lester

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“She was talking about stars using drugs at a bondage bar and unearthing a cadaver and making it sound as sunny as a picnic on the beach.” It’s in His Kiss by Vickie Lester

June 28, 2014 by Vickie Lester

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Joan Collins, in the words of Mr. Lester, “Zowie!”

May 27, 2014 by Vickie Lester

“Have you met my significant other?” Anne shook her head, expecting him to introduce a strapping young man, possibly, most likely, in the acting profession. Instead he blew a kiss to a taught, angular woman in her late sixties / early seventies wrapped in an Indonesian sarong. She smiled serenely. She was stunning. Anne tried to place the face, and then she realized she was looking at a bombshell from the fifties—Toni Todd. Oh my god. She’s my father’s age—eighty, […]

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Write what you know…and then grit your teeth and publish. With an older and wiser Vickie Lester and a young Joan Crawford

May 10, 2014 by Vickie Lester

Write what you know??? If that were true all you’d be hearing from me is, “Blah-blah-blah, perimenopause, blah-blah-blah, who didn’t close the refrigerator?, blah-blah-blah, that director is an ASSHOLE, blah-blah-blah, does anyone see my glasses anywhere… Furthermore poppets, I get queasy handing out advice, but the thing about writing, more than anything, is sitting down and doing it. Of course journalists should adhere to who, what, where, when, and why… But, for those of you who are starting to write […]

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And waiting, this time with champagne…and Ann-Margret

January 28, 2014 by Vickie Lester

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Waiting…with Marlene Dietrich in black lace…on bed

January 28, 2014 by Vickie Lester

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While I’m waiting for the publishers, I’ll just gab…

January 28, 2014 by Vickie Lester

You know, this thing struck me about blogging recently… It’s made me have more faith in people, not less. I’ve always been the kind of person who tends toward suspicion, even as a child. I remember going to work with my father one day, I think I was about twelve, another executive had brought his little boy, he was about half my size. It was a more trusting time, but I wasn’t a trusting child. I remember walking around the […]

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Ever wonder what it feels like waiting to hear from your publishers?

January 27, 2014 by Vickie Lester

Kinda like this… Like Hitchcock is looming over your shoulder. Let me walk you through it. They gave you your break. They alternately praised you and harangued you. Some of it was downright dismal. Some of it inspired you to do the best work you’ve ever done. You realize that the cascade of notes you received involved an almost world spanning interaction, getting the rhythm of the words right, getting the narrative to shimmy and shine and surprise — back […]

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Tag: blogging

“She made him a proposition; an entrée into the film industry in exchange for a suitable period of physical, if not matrimonial devotion.” It’s in His Kiss by Vickie Lester

“What goes on in other people’s bedrooms is none of my business.” It’s in His Kiss by Vickie Lester

“She was talking about stars using drugs at a bondage bar and unearthing a cadaver and making it sound as sunny as a picnic on the beach.” It’s in His Kiss by Vickie Lester

Joan Collins, in the words of Mr. Lester, “Zowie!”

Write what you know…and then grit your teeth and publish. With an older and wiser Vickie Lester and a young Joan Crawford

And waiting, this time with champagne…and Ann-Margret

Waiting…with Marlene Dietrich in black lace…on bed

While I’m waiting for the publishers, I’ll just gab…

Ever wonder what it feels like waiting to hear from your publishers?