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The Not So Secret Origin of my first novel, or, It’s in His Kiss by Vickie Lester

September 8, 2016 by Vickie Lester

That’s me in a grungy corner of a set sometime in the late eighties. You can tell by the garish knitwear and the helmet of curls… I’ve been rattling around this part of the world for a long time, probably longer than some of you (dear readers) have been alive. During that time I took some things as a matter of course, and other things just stuck in my tiny mind. Things I couldn’t openly talk about, some of it […]

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Another reason I love it here? You can’t make stuff like this up: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in matching mink arriving at LAX…

June 30, 2016 by Vickie Lester

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Being of a certain age, the Rolling Stones are my equivalent to Baby Mozart, so sometimes I listen to their music and cook to calm down…dinner for six with Vickie Lester

November 21, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Braised Chicken with Olives, Carrots, and Preserved Lemon: 1 chicken cut into pieces and 4 thighs 8 carrots 1 large onion 2 handfuls of Castlevetrano olives with pits 8 sundried tomatoes in olive oil Enough chicken stock to cover the chicken (2 cups-ish) Enough olive oil to barely coat the bottom of a braising pan (just a smidge or your chicken won’t brown) 1 quarter of a preserved lemon A couple of fresh thyme sprigs 1 tsp. minced rosemary […]

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Hollywood head on…or, another glimpse behind the scenes with Vickie Lester, #amwriting #HollywoodFiction

May 23, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Billie was in pre-pre-production for months, which is otherwise known as “development.” It’s mostly an accounting trick, cinema semantics, as some impressive dollar deals are tied to certain points in the film schedule, like the huge fees that are handed out the first day of principal photography. In the meantime she and Jake and Dave moved into their new home. A major domo/baby sitter was hired from an employment agent that specialized in impeccable credentials and resumes that included service […]

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#Shakespeare: he knew not the #selfie…a scoop worthy of prying myself away from the #Hollywoodnovel I #amwriting

May 19, 2015 by Vickie Lester

A small monochrome engraving of a handsome laurel-wreathed man on the title page of a 16th-century book about plants is the only demonstrably authentic portrait of William Shakespeare made in his lifetime, it has been claimed. The suggestion is, by any measurement, a sensational one. It was made by the botanist and historian Mark Griffiths, who first came up with the theory five years ago and has secretly been trying to disprove it ever since. The scoop belongs to Country […]

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#amwriting gives way to #creaturecomforts and #favoritethings, #freshlylaundered and #warmfromthedryer. #clickonthepicture to #wrapup in a #goodread #directfromhollywood…now #backtowork on the next #novel and I will be #offline for a bit…

May 17, 2015 by Vickie Lester

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Happy Mother’s Day from Vickie Lester, an excerpt from It’s in His Kiss

May 17, 2015 by Vickie Lester

While the music played she placed an arm protectively across her abdomen and began to chat unabashedly with the embryo about the normalcy of her background among skyscrapers versus its paternal background of palm trees and freeways, when there was a buzz at the door. It was her mother, in a temper and, unusually for her, without the buffering effect of alcohol betwixt her and the great wide world. Both the personal visit and the state of sobriety were uncommon. […]

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A year ago today I accidentally published my novel…

May 17, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Oh babies you know the story, but for those who don’t, a short recap. Once upon a time Vickie Lester had agents who turned down one publishing deal and proposed another with a small indie firm that sounded just right. So, the wheels were in motion as 2013 turned into 2014 for my first novel to be published. I worked with two wonderful editors — one in London, one in NY — the book cover was designed, we were poised, […]

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As you may have noticed, I am very fond of L.A.

May 17, 2015 by Vickie Lester

When I was coming out of college, I had a choice. An internship at BBDO, an ad agency in NYC, where I would live in a tiny studio apartment the size of a dorm room and look out of my window at a brick wall, or I could come back home to L.A…. Miles of freeway connecting what seems like a thousand neighborhoods from the desert to the ocean… Beautiful weather and winter breezes scented with jasmine… And an entry […]

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Tag: Hollywood facts fictionalized

The Not So Secret Origin of my first novel, or, It’s in His Kiss by Vickie Lester

Another reason I love it here? You can’t make stuff like this up: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in matching mink arriving at LAX…

Being of a certain age, the Rolling Stones are my equivalent to Baby Mozart, so sometimes I listen to their music and cook to calm down…dinner for six with Vickie Lester

Hollywood head on…or, another glimpse behind the scenes with Vickie Lester, #amwriting #HollywoodFiction

#Shakespeare: he knew not the #selfie…a scoop worthy of prying myself away from the #Hollywoodnovel I #amwriting

#amwriting gives way to #creaturecomforts and #favoritethings, #freshlylaundered and #warmfromthedryer. #clickonthepicture to #wrapup in a #goodread #directfromhollywood…now #backtowork on the next #novel and I will be #offline for a bit…

Happy Mother’s Day from Vickie Lester, an excerpt from It’s in His Kiss

A year ago today I accidentally published my novel…

As you may have noticed, I am very fond of L.A.