Julie Goes to Hollywood: Champagne Dreams & Caviar Wishes

3.31.2006

Champagne Dreams & Caviar Wishes

Julie went to Hollywood,
where life was a bad dress rehearsal.

Ten years later, my terrible fortunes
needed some major reversal.

After pitching an R-rated comedy,
A big studio finally wanted me!

Yup, meet the new Julie, now under contract to Universal!

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

Waking Ambrose
"Julie tells us stories not just about her aspirations and the long road to their fulfillment but also the rented bungalow, her neighbors, her dogs, her past, her friends, her losses, snark and entertainments. She writes about the whole Los Angeles the way they did when they were writing for Bogart."

Confessions of a Hollywood Juicer
"Julie has been around the Hollywood block in various incarnations, and her voice resonates with experience, insight, and humor. She puts up new posts at a pace that leaves me dizzy. Maybe that's because, unlike many of us who write about the industry, she's a pro at the keyboard, and it shows."

Complications Ensue

"Julie seems like a fascinating person who's had a charming life, unless it's the other way around. After chucking what some might consider a glamorous career as a foreign correspondent, she's got another blog about being a peon in Hollywood. I bet she gets a book out of it."

Write Procrastinator

"Screenwriter Julie knows story structure, Hollywood lore and how to show her evil landlord that the siege of Stalingrad was
just a picnic."

Kung Fu Monkey (John Rogers)

"Adding a few links I promised, as I rip through my stacked e-mails. In the Spec-Monkeys, the filthily amusing "Things They Won't Tell You in Film School." I believe the children are our future. The cynical, misled, drunken ranting children.