When I was a youngster we didn’t spend much time there. My mother spoke of it disdainfully saying, “It’s fine if you’re a Republican or play golf,” neither the party or the sport interested her. I did, however, have an aunt and uncle who had retired young and decided to make it their year round home. I know that my uncle had something to do with record distribution in the 50s and 60s and my big…

Judy Garland, Frances Gumm, Vickie Lester, Esther Blodgett – we go by many names in Hollywood, click on the picture

Bogie and Bacall — “Stardom isn’t a profession; it’s an accident.”

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Sage words, sweethearts, and oh so very true. Interested in finding out why?

My first review, and it’s aces! Thank you, Elyse! Blogging Buddies Rock! FiftyFourandAHalf

Fess up. It’s your fantasy and mine.

You’ve not only finished your book, but it was published. It wasn’t a best seller, but literary types – like us writer/bloggers – read it. Of course you don’t make any money, but writers are supposed to struggle…

via It’s In His Kiss | FiftyFourandAHalf.

And…when I clicked on Elyse’s link to the novel on Amazon, I saw that you could “Look Inside.” Forgive the…

When self-publishing seems to be spinning out of control…

And you feel like this (hint: deer in the headlights):

(please note: after the dust has settled I will be HAPPY to talk “the process” with any of you who has questions, that means you at thefirstgates, especially you)

What was I saying? Oh, yes. When the demons of DIY plague your every waking moment, and even your sleeping ones, remember there are always friends and technical support, and worse…

Quelle horreur! How did this site go from all about Beguiling Hollywood to all about my novel?

Maybe because the dame who writes this damn-blame weblog wants you to read it…

Subtle, n’est-ce pas?

Have been having a bit variance on the covers, printing-wise, but the color saturation seems to be sorted now. The one on the left is perfect, the one on the right looks like the world is on fire.

If all goes well you’ll be able to pre-order by this Saturday (this Saturday!) from the mighty…

The Secret Origin of my first novel, or, It’s In His Kiss…

That’s me in a grungy corner of a set sometime in the late eighties. You can tell by the garish knitwear and the helmet of curls…

I’ve been rattling around this part of the world for a long time, probably longer than some of you (dear readers) have been alive. During that time I took some things as a matter of course, and other things just stuck in my tiny mind. Things I couldn’t openly talk…

Dinner at Eight — I wonder what Carlotta would have made of Google Glass?

Kitty: I was reading a book the other day.

Carlotta: Reading a book?

Kitty: Yes. It’s all about civilization or something. A nutty kind of a book. Do you know that the guy says that machinery is going to take the place of every profession?

Carlotta: Oh, my dear, that’s something you need never worry about.