Tag: Producers

March 18, 2014 / Vickie Lester

When you’re a screenwriter, navigating Hollywood can be tricky…

I don’t usually advise because: numero uno, I don’t want to pour cold water on anyone’s aspirations…and whatever I have to say is colored by my own experience, so it should be taken with a large rock crystal of salt firmly in hand, but… . I used to get called…

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January 28, 2014 / Vickie Lester

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

January 28, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Waiting…with Marlene Dietrich in black lace…on bed

January 27, 2014 / Vickie Lester

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

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…

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March 1, 2013 / Vickie Lester

VICKIE LESTER ON A SHORT HIATUS

My angels, this has been a whack-a-do year… And, I am going to take a short break from blogging to confer with the publishers of my… ro·man à clef /rōˌmän ä ˈklā/ Noun A novel in which real people or events appear with invented names. If I were still young…

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