Dundurnski Castle

Parts of "Moscow" were located in west-end Hamilton, but such is life with their budgets.

Listen to the whole conversation - about HEATED RIVALRY, dealing with sudden fame, the pressure now on her to write a worthy follow-up, and the whole sex-scenes thing.

And many more of the other kind, sadly.

So far i like it as much as I don’t like RHCP.

And yet, I seriously contemplated paying a ton of cash to see Flea solo in Toronto. (You could not pay me to watch RHCP live.)

Entirely possible I am talking out of my ass. But pretty sure that's all basically true?

Ultimately, getting an agent doesn't mean you're a legit writer any more than hiring an accountant means you're rich.

Also it's fundamentally a business relationship, not a stepping stone or a mark of success or legitimacy, and can even work against you, in that they may skip over the deal that brings you less money but lets you work with people you admire.

(I say all this as a former assistant to an agent.)

Writers don't need an agent, unless they do.

Writers need an agent, unless they don't.

(That's what I tell writing students who ask if they need one, right before they chase me out of the building with pitchforks.)

NB: We just added this one to our list if you ever felt like belting it out with a band.

They do NOT

The heart wants what it wants, because the heart does not understand retirement savings or trust funds.

My wife is a writer from a working class family, as am I.

We often remark on what idiots we were to hook up.

Thanks to COVID, my youngest read THE HOBBIT *and* most of LOTR before he turned 7.

I have Old Dad worries about video games and the internet, but if it's in book form, I don't give a shit.

I've shared this before, but mine is the reviewer who said they only bought my book because they thought it was by Michael Winter. Full stop.

Dropping a few thou at a casino is still better than checking Goodreads.

"Feeling a little down on myself lately. Maybe getting drunk at a casino will help."

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING