A stream of consciousness post prompted by Mama Kat: Write about a time you or someone you know saved the day. Mothers save the day almost every day. At least it feels that way when I intervene in sibling squabbles (my challenge of the day). Or when I rush kids with broken limbs or appendicitis…
Category Archives: Hollywood
Sugar Bowl Mix Is In The Hot Seat!
One of my favorite parts of working in Hollywood was doing notes on a screenplay and giving notes to writers in a meeting. I loved the creative, collaborative process. But it wasn’t until I started writing myself and was “workshopped” in creative writing classes that I realized how hard it is sometimes to be in…
The Tragedy of King Lear
I recently attended a dinner party and told the following story. The hosts encouraged me to blog about it. I hesitated. Even as I hit the publish button I hesitate. As is with so much of life, in retrospect the story is comedic. A Comedy of Errors. At the time it wasn’t comedic at all….
What You Don’t Know About The Hollywood Trash Pile
Inspired by Mama Kat’s writing prompt: What students these days should know. Any student aspiring to be a writer of any kind, should know about The Hollywood Trash Pile. Back in the days when I worked as an assistant at a production company at Fox one of my most dreaded tasks was sorting through the…
My memorable neighbor Charlie
When I saw the prompt a memorable neighbor from Mama Kat this week I just couldn’t resist. Charlie Sheen is my memorable neighbor. Now, I’ll be honest. We don’t live next door to him or even a few doors away. We’re not fancy like that. Not that he’s fancy, but you know what I mean….
Sylvester Stallone’s riding helmet
My riding helmet belongs to Sylvester Stallone. At one point when I worked in Hollywood one of my best friends was an assistant (the film biz’s fancy way of saying secretary/ runner/ script reader) at Sylvester Stallone’s production company. My friend had a lot of interesting duties. I used to tag along regularly for day…
George Clooney, lime green, a purse, and a cat
Have you ever wanted to crawl into a purse and hide? There have been a few times in my life where I would have liked to do just that. Like the time George Clooney teased me about my funky, lime green, suede shoes. They really were funky. Maybe just a little too funky. But what…
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These are my stories about surviving Hollywood, parenting two girls, and relocating to Las Vegas from Los Angeles, all while consuming a lot of chocolate. -
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