A Compendium
of my writing
What's New:
Liqueur of the Heart - a prose poem. Top Story.
For the Love of Cats - pets, familiars, best friends, movie stars.
The Best is Yet to Come - You can't set the whole world straight. Life is too short. People will believe what they want to believe. - Frank Sinatra
Memoirs:
That Time Doris Day Hit the Fan - Or did she? Top Story.
We Got Lost in Paris - And found love. Top Story.
Humbug - Slowly, I removed the festive paper & silver bows to reveal the gift.
The True Story of a Maverick Canuck Track & Field Star - Can you spot the 10 Canadian inventions and/or words in this story?
Magic Sparkle Bubble Kiss - Vermillion lips kissed my cheek, emerald eyelids closed on a glistening tear... Runner-Up in We Have A Dream Challenge
Uncle Ben’s SunRay Club - love at first pencil-mark. Top Story
The Silver Band - When Nixie Left
After Picasso - When a mistake is not a mistake at all
Moving - So long, old place
Glittery Eidetiker - with a whole lotta heart
I’m not a Gambling Addict Am I? - Was it love or Addiction?
Beautiful Nixie - We set out with a pocketful of donor love and a dog in the backseat who adores car rides...this was her incredible journey
Lady in Red - If they handed out gold medals for mothering, she’d have been shining all over with medallions
Liquid Gold - My Superhero Uniform
Pearls - Savouring wine, inhaling flowers, reinventing love
In the Time of Your Life, Live - Lessons from my cat
Bunny’s Bargain Basement - A buck a pair. Third Place in Thrift Finds Challenge
Dear Terrill - You're a winner...and I love you.
The Way I Wear My Hat - With all the frills upon it. Top Story
In the Cool Night Air Like Shalimar - My playlist: songs to live by
Fiction:
One Smashing Christmas - Hearts & gingerbread houses had been broken but for one shining moment, we relinquished bitter sorrow for what’s known as the Christmas spirit
Violette Aubergine - Or Lana Turner and the Purple Leotard
Sapphire Amethyst Topaz - Coven of the Jewels
Dear Beerbelly Cheesecake: We’re Just Fine, Thanks - Top Story
Collymore Calls It - Hop on the A-Train
Blessings - As I marvelled at the silvery silence I saw a mysterious figure leave Angelique
The Squall - has passed
Non-Fiction:
How to Run a Successful Funder - I had to raise 8 grand for my dog; this is how I did it
Art is Essential - It's food for your soul
A Field of Daffodils Bobbing their Heads - And a transformational tool that conceives of every human being as a system of protective & wounded inner parts led by a core Self
National Coming Out Day - Come out as an ally
Yoga is a Beautiful Thing - Dancing the dance of the pranayama
How Can I Love Harder? - "Love means we believe in one another’s infinite capacity for transformation." Top Story
A Dreaming Place - Hello, Mr. Bell...Is that you?
All you Really Need is Empathy - Mercy is having a sarcasmgasm
The Notorious Ward - Two artists depict the terrible beauty of a city's slums
In the Six: A Black Baker Rises to the Top - Started from the bottom. Top Story
This Crazy Tumble - Endless but joyous
Film Arts:
Passing for White: Skin Bleaching Led to Cosmetic Poisoning - Technicolor exhibited almost every hue, but certain skin shades were verboten in old Hollywood
Sideshow Bandit - A feature film screenplay, based on a true story about a real life mummy
Straight Down the Line: Into Film Noir - The Letter - the moon, the lace, the smoking gun
Ladies of the Silver Screen Pt 1 - Characters I love, brought to life by actresses I love
Ladies of the Silver Screen Pt 2 - More characters I love, brought to life by actresses I love
Stella Adler: Revered and Feared - "I gave up a lot of fun to think. I could've been a real fun girl!"
Cinemama - These movie mothers have something to tell you
Got a Light? - Flicks & Bics & Assorted Thoughts
Drunk Acting - Boiled, stewed and baked in the movies
Meet Crystal Lamont - “I take photos to stop time; that and celebrity sightings.”
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Directed by Blake Edwards from the novel by Truman Capote - a 50 word review
Giant is a Jelly Donut - Directed by George Stevens and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson & James Dean - a 50 word review
Gooseberry Fields - a sitcom pilot
Santa Catalina - Hollywood's Island
Hollywood! - I was there
I Started a John Doe Club - Capra-Corn, Popcorn & Populism: a cinematic trifecta of hot buttered goodwill
What to Wear to a Pandemic - revelling in the glory of cinematic wardrobe. Top Story
Poetry:
To Do List - created during the pandemic, still relevant. Top Story
The Pink Table - poem
Not Until - haiku
Always With Me - about a dog
Leaping into Eternity - Content Warning
Rock On - limerick Runner Up in Ludicrous Limerick Challenge
Dog Dreams - haiku
Novella:
The Accidental Novelist: all 14 Chapters of my illustrated novella "Kist"
Novel:
The Gorgeous Girls, published by HarperCollins.
Thanks for taking a stroll/scroll through my work!
About the Creator
Marie Wilson
Harper Collins published my novel "The Gorgeous Girls". My feature film screenplay "Sideshow Bandit" has won several awards at film festivals. I have a new feature film screenplay called "A Girl Like I" and it's looking for a producer.
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This Crazy Tumble
“Only connect", the novelist EM Forster wrote. His character (Margaret in Howard's End) was suggesting a union of "passion and prose" (or the inner and outer life), but those two words - only connect - have become a rallying cry for the 21st century, expressing the importance of people relating to one another in an increasingly fragmented world.
By Marie Wilson3 months ago in Writers
Lifting the Curtain to a Successful Month
April has been a fantastic month for me in terms of writing endeavors. I’d like to share what’s been so great about it just as many other writers would do. Share successes. I’ve noticed other writers or artists have shared successes and when you just see the snippet of their success, it appears everything has been going right for them all along. But we haven’t seen behind the curtain, we haven’t seen their hard work and their failures and those months that were fraught with disappointment. In everyone’s case, it’s far from the truth. But for the outside observer it isn’t always apparent.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile2 days ago in Writers
ILO report Unnecessary intensity kills 19,000 laborers overall every year.
Around 18 thousand 970 working individuals kick the bucket consistently on the planet because of extreme intensity. This data was uncovered in the worldwide report distributed by the Global Work Association (ILO) on Monday.
By Anis Ahmed Siddeque3 days ago in Writers
Vocal Bonus Leaderboard: 04/24/2024
Welcome to the weekly update of the Leaderboard! We're thrilled to showcase Vocal's most discussed stories, popular picks, and rising stars. Let's dive into this past week's standout contributors and their remarkable achievements.
By Vocal Team2 days ago in Resources
Comments (3)
Still so much of your stuff I haven't read. I shall have to have a delve.
I'd have to circle back here when I have the time to read all the ones that I've missed!
Thanks for the pillar post. I've missed most of these & will have to come back when I'm caught up on notifications to catch up on them. (BTW, congratulations! You've had quite a bit of success here.)