by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 1, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
I had worked in Simi’s office on Friday and was nearly asleep at 6pm from staring at the computer screen all day. With no plans for the evening I feared getting home early and falling asleep on the couch. Determined not to waste my night, I hopped on the...
by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 1, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
Gentle Reader, many apologies for the lack of recent posts. My excuse, however, is solid: I have just completed a rough draft of THE BOOK and am up to my nose in revisions. My tendency towards concision, as exhibited in this blog, has played itself out on a broader...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 27, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
If you haven’t seen this German film yet, drop everything and GO. It won Best Foreign Film at this year’s Academy Awards, but from all accounts it should have won Best Film (a category in which it wasn’t even nominated). My cinema-going has been...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 26, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
I can’t believe it. The day after I wrote my thoughts about Clive James and his ability to write about anyone and anything without letting self-doubt censor him, I saw listed in my Time Out New York that the man himself was appearing in conversation with the...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 25, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
For a refreshingly self-deprecating take on celebrity fundraising, take a look at this video Ricky Gervais has written and produced. It runs for about six minutes so I’d recommend a lunchtime viewing. He’s made the video to help raise funds for The Red...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 22, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
This is a question I have been pondering recently, although as usual, trying to avoid thinking in terms of favourites. If it’s a question of influence, then the answer would probably be Clive James, whose Unreliable Memoirs was one of my touchstone reading...