"It's him. Why wouldn't it be him?" my friend Artsy Mommy asked me the day after Mr. Screenwriter signed my blog. "What's the big deal?" she wanted to know. "He's just a writer." Just a writer. I laughed out loud. She had clearly expressed what most of the world thinks of my chosen profession. This …
“You’re Not Being Punked.”
When I write, "until the day I found a way to speak with Mr. Screenwriter on the phone," you must remember that I worked from home with a four-year-old tugging at my pant leg every ten minutes. Therefore, if I wanted my impulsive plan to work (and by impulsive, I mean impulsive—I'd only come up …
“I’m Afraid To Ask, But What Is Poking?”
"A new comment on the post #179 "Will Mr. Screenwriter Add Me As A Facebook Friend?" is waiting for your approval." I stared at my inbox in disbelief, then looked around for a brown bag to breathe into. Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Mr. Screenwriter—the guy who wrote my favourite movie and …
The Fine Line: Emails from L.A.
"Your friend's on T.V." "My friend?" "Your friend whose name I can't pronounce." "Ohhh! My FRIEND! Mr. Sitcom Actor!" I squealed, and ran from the kitchen, where hubby and I had been making dinner together, to the living room. It was three years after the Crazy Phone Call, and since that time, not one restraining …
The Fine Line (between persistence and stalking)
Those of you who've been following this blog for a while now know that I write in a few different genres. I've written non-fiction books for youth on Canada's Prime Ministers; I'm a published poet, and I'm a magazine features writer. A little over a year ago, I started on the roller-coaster ride of my …
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Heather Grace Stewart 