by Melinda Snodgrass | Apr 21, 2015 | Blog
I moved from the L.A. condo into a townhouse out in Westlake Village today. Chris Valada had recommended ABC movers, and they were terrific. I knew when I called to book that it was Russian owned and the crew of guys who turned up were fascinating. I bought them lunch and while we sat out on the patio and ate our cheese burgers I quizzed them. Vlad was from Ukraine, Robert was from Russia but had been living in Georgia (not the American one), and Baha or Baja (not sure how he spells it)...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Apr 17, 2015 | Blog
I’m in a pensive mood today. I’m depressed over what has happened to the Hugo awards and to Worldcon. I haven’t really addressed the Sad/Rabid Puppy mess because when two of the most respected figures in our field — George R.R. Martin and Connie Wills — have weighed in there really isn’t much for me to say except — boys, you’re whining and it shows. I’m also very homesick for New Mexico. My return to L.A. was uneventful, but now...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Mar 27, 2015 | Blog
So this is what happens when you’re friends with George R.R. Martin. A few months ago I was home in New Mexico and stopped by the Jean Cocteau theater. George had really urged me to come by because Sibel Kekilli who played Shae in Game of Thrones was in town filming a segment for the French/German show Durch die Nacht or Into the Night. It was a pleasure meeting Sibel, but the next thing I know George has me on camera and he’s urging me to tell tales about filming my pilot STAR...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Feb 25, 2015 | Blog
I got some very interesting advice from a friend and fellow writer yesterday over lunch. She said my essays here on my blog are too long. She explained that people don’t tend to scroll. That made sense to me, and gave me an enormous sense of relief. If I don’t have to craft such long thoughtful posts I may be more inclined to post here. So I’m going to try it.
by Melinda Snodgrass | Feb 5, 2015 | Blog
It’s common among younger women to say “Oh, I’m not a feminist”. Which kinda drives me crazy since a lot of us fought very hard to get into law schools and medical schools and not have to be secretaries, nurses and kindergarten teachers any longer. I think in some ways this new generation thinks these fights are over and it’s all been settled. Weeel, it doesn’t look that way. Yes, the right has always been opposed to abortion and I agree it is a complex...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jan 31, 2015 | Blog
Last night I watched AMERICAN SNIPER. There had been so much heat and very little light around this movie that I had been feeling ambivalent about seeing it. It’s absolutely worth seeing. It’s a masterful piece of film making with Clint Eastwood getting out of the way and letting the story unfold in all its brutal detail. Bradley Cooper did a phenomenal job of portraying Chris Kyle his loss of humanity, his grief over that loss, and his fight to regain it cut short by the...
