PREFACE I am a woman of a certain age. An age at which I have gained, if not wisdom, then at least the experience and discernment to intuit that when… Read more #Amwriting #HollywoodFiction. Hop in, I’ll take you for a short spin… →
I caught my first glimmer of love when I was three. It happened in October; brilliant azure skies punctuated by palm trees, bags filled with candy, pumpkins on doorsteps. I… Read more Vickie Lester is still smitten →
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… Read more #Shakespeare: he knew not the #selfie…a scoop worthy of prying myself away from the #Hollywoodnovel I #amwriting →
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… Read more A year ago today I accidentally published my novel… →
In case you’ve forgotten the first few pages, click here. You Don’t Own Me By Vickie Lester Late in the summer following her sophomore year, Billie Price was living in… Read more Listen, Sugar, another earful from Vickie Lester…and it’s still not autobiographical →
You Don’t Own Me By Vickie Lester The first roof over her head that summer was courtesy of a friend of friend who was house-sitting in a red brick colonial… Read more Still working on the new novel…here’s another page for you…Happy Valentine’s! →
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… Read more As you may have noticed, I am very fond of L.A. →
You Don’t Own Me By Vickie Lester “In a happy world, there would be no art. I retreat too often into my imagination. In a happy world, the experience of… Read more The truth about leading men in Hollywood…facts fictionalized by Vickie Lester…still working on the next novel… →
