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The Death of an Ex
15th March 2010 | 10 comments | 2 people like this
Last week I discovered that the man I lived with for four years in my early twenties had died. Not only that, he'd died two years ago.
This was a man who worked out regularly, played a mean guitar, never smoked, drank in moderation and who suffered a fatal heart attack.
Our break up was amicable and although we hadn't been in contact for the best part of a decade, I've spent... -
Spring Has Sprung
8th March 2010 | 1 comments | 1 person likes this
It feels like spring is in the air. Maybe it's because the Oscars are over, or the fact that it hasn't rained for a while but last week I pulled my dust-covered flip-flops out of my walk-in closet instead of my Ugg boots.
Then I saw the state of my winter feet, threw the flip-flops to one side and put my boots back on. Hobbit-feet are singularly unattractive in a woman.... -
Meet and tweet
1st February 2010 | 1 comments | 2 people like this
Last week, I hung out with my friend Jay D, who I met almost three years ago at Writers Boot Camp. It's funny who you stay in touch with. We've probably seen each other three times in three years – his wife thinks I'm his imaginary friend - but they recently moved to my neighbourhood so now we have lots of opportunity to play catch up.
After arranging and re-arranging the... -
Lisa’s Big Adventure
25th January 2010 | 3 comments | 2 people like this
Remember Pee Wee Herman? Probably not – well start Googling because Pee Wee is back. I saw a preview of his new show which is currently at Club Nokia in downtown LA.
His Eighties television show wasn't really on my radar but I remember his movie Pee Wee's Big Adventure and of course, his dramatic (though in hindsight, not that dramatic) fall from grace in 1991. The show which features, among... -
The Marksies Awards 2010!
4th January 2010 | 1 comments | 2 people like this
And so with a New Year comes gong season, which means it's time for the awards that literally nobody in Hollywood has been waiting for – The Marksies.
The Golden Globes may have Ricky Gervais and yes, a billion people will be watching the Oscars but the first annual 'Marksies' pays homage to those people who are over-looked by many but who, in the past 12 months, have entertained me with... -
Sweet times in Hollywood
9th December 2009 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
I'm in the market these days for good news, back-handed compliments and glimpses of hope. This week I won Write On! Online's November writing challenge thus presenting me simultaneously with all three.
The idea was to dig out an old short story or film idea that had been discarded because it was, well, rubbish. I have many of these in various folders on my hard drive so I dusted off a... -
As Good as It Getty
24th November 2009 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
I'm not one to brag but no-one had a better time than me this weekend.
One of the marvellous aspects of living in LA is that you generally get a lot of people passing through. Unfortunately, this year's been light on visitors (another symptom of the global recession?) so I was delighted when my friend Adam stopped-over on his way from Sydney to Miami.
We used to work together in London and... -
A half makes a whole in Hollywood
17th November 2009 | 1 comments | 1 person likes this
I woke up this morning to the news that Edward Woodward had died. Aside from his impressive acting CV I'll never forget the time, probably 20 years ago now that I asked my mum, the least starstruck woman on the planet, who her favourite actor was.
She thought about it for a good ten minutes and finally said, 'Edward Woodward.' While I was digesting this nugget (and pre-Google struggling to remember... -
The most over-dressed woman in Hollywood
2nd November 2009 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
A couple of times a week I do a circuit around Silverlake reservoir. While others run, I sort of half power walk/half amble, listening to whatever's on my iPod and checking out the cute guys.
Usually it's uneventful, most people are concentrating on cleaning up after their dogs or babies and so I weave in and out of the throng, smiling and nodding at those I feel deserve to be bathed...
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Lisa Marks
British writer Lisa Marks moved to Los Angeles two years ago to pursue her dream of 'making it' as a screen-writer in Hollywood. A few months after arriving in the States her short film, Maconie's List, won the Duke City Shootout film festival. Directing her own short was a dream come true and now her goal is to sell a feature. She can generally be found tapping away at her laptop in any number of coffee shops muttering furiously to herself. Don't worry, this is all perfectly normal.
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