roman à clef – Page 4 – BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

February 17, 2014 / Vickie Lester

How am I? Inquire at your peril.

Now listen, I don’t know if it’s hormones, or the bulletin board covered with post-its I just constructed this weekend charting out my time between now and the release date of the book, June 1st, but DAMN poppets! There’s a lot to be done. I’m beginning to see why some…

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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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February 3, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Hold please. Strange developments afoot, book-wise. Or as Sherlock would say — the game is on!

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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January 10, 2014 / Vickie Lester

in bed with…

Need I remind you of the drill, babies? I post pictures of famous people and then I talk about myself. Shall I tell you why I still identify deeply, so deeply, with this photo by Mark Seliger for Rolling Stone of that particular trio from the X-Files? I thought you’d…

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