Did he sit alone in a theater? Did he not hear the scoffing of other theater-goers as I did? He calls the romance between Langella’s character and Lauren Ambrose’s “one of the most delicate and peculiar romances recently depicted on film.” Scott’s seen one too many films without a helmet.
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I would imagine that all writers toy with a vision of their masterpiece in celluloid. I did, I do, seems to part of the process.
Thanks for the Amazon review, WW, it meant a lot.

Note from the Wicked Witch of Publishing: Kate Bousfield lives in Cornwall, England. She has a terrific blog called The Inner Minx.
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As a ghostwriter, I am inundated with queries in which people tell me that they are positive that their books will be made into a movie. Jung’s collective unconscious has told them so, or so they say.
Unbelievable!
]]>I agree, Lynne, we could all be reading a good book… um, after reading your blog, of course.
]]>Or do you have inside information unavailable to us mortals? Is “Doris Lessing” a pseudonym of Joyce Carol Oates — used because nobody’d believe she can write even more stuff?
Note from the Wicked Witch of Publishing ™: How come you are the only one who noticed that dumb error? I just don’t read her. Never have. (Sorry, Ms. Lessing.) As to Joyce Carol Oats? Hey, I like her fiction even though something terribly disturbing always takes place. I still haven’t recovered from Them, the first novel I ever read that was written by her. I felt terrible about her death.
]]>Welcome back just in time for your big night! You’ve been missed — though apparently not by Hamptoners, Hamptonians…Hamptoneezers?
I’m with both Bridget and Maralyn on kudos. While the “lice” of bad scripts leading to bad movies is always a cause (truly less than celebre!) for head-scratching, it’s once again refreshing to see the documentary crowd standing head and shoulders above, unafraid to take a risk, unconcerned with profitability or celebrity, making movies with a purpose.
At the risk of sounding self-serving, may I recommend for your reading pleasure “Next Stop Hollywood: Short Stories Bound for the Screen” (edited by Steve Cohen)? We (the contributors) would love to see one or two of our efforts realized in moving pictures, even (or maybe especially) if those pictures are the product of some outfit without much money, but with a lot of heart, brains and conscience.
Note from the Wicked Witch of Publishing ™: You can read some of Russell’s poetry at Showcase@LaurelHird.com.
]]>At least the family sized box of Junior Mints were on sale. It took the sting out of “Robert Redford Lookalike Night.”
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