Ellyn Oaksmith's Blog, page 6
October 22, 2015
L.A. Stories
(This originally appeared in my group blog. GirlfriendsBookClub.org) As a fledgling screenwriter in LA, I was with an agency called Creative Artists Agency. My young agent (who eventually became the president of CAA) had come to speak at AFI where I was a graduate student. Shortly after his visit I’d sent him my screenplay along with a funny letter about how the roaches played soccer with bottles…
October 21, 2015
L. A. Stories
As a fledgling screenwriter in LA, I was with an agency called Creative Artists Agency. My young agent (who eventually became the president of CAA) had come to speak at AFI where I was a graduate student. Shortly after his visit I’d sent him my screenplay along with a funny letter about how the roaches played soccer with bottles of White Out in my apartment. Amazingly, he took me on as a client.…
September 15, 2015
On the Road with Nirvana
This originally appeared on my group blog The GirlfriendsBookclub.org I hate research. It is the liver and lima bean of writing. When I invent a fictional world I am the benevolent dictator where everyone does what I say and nobody gets hurt. (Alright, they will get hurt, possibly even mauled but I don’t worry about it; it’s fiction.) If I don’t know how something works, I wing it and whip in…
July 16, 2015
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July 15, 2015
Killer Beach Reads -- Hello Summer Reading! (plus $115 Amazon Gift Card)
CLICK TO JOIN Grand prize for one lucky party guest: $115 Amazon Gift Card “I alone could not have produced this book. I say this mainly in case of lawsuits.” – Dave Barry (Dave Barry is from Mars and Venus) Join 22 best-selling authors celebrating the release of KILLER BEACH READS (99 cents)- romance and mystery short stories. Freebies, free e-books and a $115 Grand Prize Amazon Gift Card.…
July 13, 2015
Why Go Set a Watchman is a Stand Alone Book
Why Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee Does and Doesn’t Matter
Harper Lee on the porch of her parents’ home in Monroeville, Ala., in 1961. Credit Donald Uhrbrock/The LIFE Images Collection, via Getty Images I’m a fan. Not just a fringe fan who was force fed To Kill a Mockingbird in school but a hard core fan. I’ve read Harper Lee biographies and fiction inspired by her work. I bonded with my husband over a love for the book and the movie. I read the same…
June 30, 2015
How Not To Write — Girlfriends Book Club
This first appeared on my group blog : The Girlfriends Book Club A long time ago I was a full time screenwriter. If you look up screenwriter on Wikipedia there should be a photo of a pile of dog do next to a burning flame. Because most of the time, you feel one of three ways: 1) On fire with ideas 2) Flaming out in shame or 3) Like that heaping mound your dog just left in the backyard. There…
June 25, 2015
5 Pages of Mr. Montana (Part of Killer Beach Reads Anthology)
5 Pages of Mr. Montana (Part of Killer Beach Reads Anthology)
Her father was right. Again. How annoying. Never work for an actress, he’d said last year. You can’t trust them as far as you can throw them. Of course Becca had reminded him that most Hollywood actresses weighed as much as your average twelve-year-old and could, in fact, be thrown very far, but he’d plowed right on, telling her that he’d seen things in his years as an entertainment attorney that…
June 11, 2015
Join Killer Beach Reads Party -- July 16th
If we could meet you at the beach for an evening of stories, bonfires and delicious cocktails (bourbon for me please) we would be there in a heart beat. But since we live all over the place, this is happening virtually. So mix up your favorite beverage, settle back and join us for a night of celebration. Casual attire required. Join 22 bestselling authors including yours truly for any evening of…
June 10, 2015
Goodreads Giveaway - 5 Paperbacks of 50 Acts of Kindness!
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