Forgiving Joanie Joanie approached the double wooden doors with trepidation. “What am I doing here?” she mumbled to herself just loud enough that the young man pushing the mailcart did a double take. He halted the cart and smiled. “Looking… (READ MORE)
Dear Jennifer Registered at Writer’s Guild West Synopsis Dear Jennifer is the definition of friendship. As if a shoe box filled with various stationaries, envelopes and notes addressed to Jennifer are found in an old dresser, the events that mold this… (READ MORE)
Synopsis Kevin Griffith and his father David drive into the little town of Ben Avon from the airport. David’s ex-wife Elaine has insisted that he become involved in his thirteen-year-old son’s life for the summer. It’s 1985 and New York… (READ MORE)
The Girls Go Fishing Registered at Writer’s Guild West Synopsis Rachel Gregg watches with amazed disbelief as the four wealthy Beverly Hills women awkwardly board the charter fishing boat, The Lovely El, ahead of her. Bronze Troy Apollo, the muscular… (READ MORE)
My 3 Cents Marilyn Deserves Better I was surprised when I read the news this morning that Joyce Carol Oates’ book “Blonde” had been made into a feature film. Netflix financed the project and also… (READ MORE)
Have you exhausted all streaming avenues over the last year and a half? Will you ever experience a movie the old fashioned way, surrounded by strangers en masse screaming in terror (JAWS/PSYCHO) or laughing hysterically (SOMETHING ABOUT MARY/LIAR LIAR)? Determining… (READ MORE)
It’s All About the Music While walking through a cemetery a few years ago in Southern California I read a headstone that caught my attention. OK, it wasn’t just any cemetery. It’s in Westwood off Wilshire Blvd. and Marilyn Monroe’s… (READ MORE)
My 3 Cents Road Trip After the last year+ of adventures relegated to books (electronic and hardcover) and streaming travelogues, it felt great to gas up the car and head south to visit family and friends. We weren’t sure… (READ MORE)
“Not Dyin’ Right” In the 1980s, I was selected with seven other women to be part of the first volunteer hospice group at Cedar-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. The training was intense and one of the assignments was to write… (READ MORE)