![]() Good news! I received an unexpected request from a literary agent for a full manuscript of my punk era novel. All because I couldn't resist the challenge of pitching my book in 140 characters or less on a crazy-fast Twitchat pitch session. So I am in the land of speedy revisions, which are going well, but I have no new developments to report on the grand adventure I spoke of in my last post. Instead, I bring you deep thoughts on GARDEN GNOMES. Recently I was in Westfield Center in San Francisco and a positively shocking advertisement forced me to reconsider my long-standing love of Garden Gnomes. See? See? ![]() I must tell you this love goes WAY back. There was Amelie, directed by the brilliant Jean-Pierre Jeunet. (And which I believe had a huge artistic influence on the show PUSHING DAISIES. RIP, sniff.) And we can't forget The Garden Gnome Liberation Front. ![]() There's also no forgetting my daughter and her friends in seventh grade at the annual Halloween parade. Girls, you were awesome! You shoulda won. My daughter and I love gnomes so much that we have a secret Gnome Dance, performed to the closing credits music of Gilmore Girls. In honor of Babette's gnome Pierpont, of course. But now Shakespeare and I must both endure the upcoming GNOMEO & JULIET. This reality begs the questions: Has our collective societal love of Garden Gnomes gone on too long? Have Garden Gnomes jumped the shark? Is it possible for a short-legged creature from the land of Kitsch to jump anything? ![]() It is possible my even greater love for James McAvoy, who stars as the voice of Gnomeo, wins out. And who knows, GNOMEO & JULIET just might be brilliant.
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Marhya
1/13/2011 08:18:22 am
Yes you are strong!! Get those swords out, Missy.
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Pat Miles
1/13/2011 03:25:17 pm
Good luck with the agent.
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loretta
2/3/2011 02:34:22 am
Should be a pretty good film...its directed by my ex-husband. :)
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Sheesh, sorry Loretta! I failed to make that connection. I met Kelly once when you brought Lane Smith to class as a guest (thanks for that). But my brain is unreliable. I do hope the movie is good, for the sake of garden gnomes, lol. And it has an an excellent cast.
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3/9/2011 11:56:30 am
I have to tell you that this whole gnome thing is crazy!! I wrote a dark magical-realism story a while ago, titled "Bitter Gnomes In Gardens" (currently out on submission), before this whole gnome explosion. This is great!
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