If you're in Napa, come to #Vintner'sCollective. I'm there most afternoons selling SIDEWAYS hardcovers, the book that became the movie that transformed the wine world #sideways

Writing tip for aspiring writers: No criticism is above criticism itself; just because somebody says it doesn't make it so. Self-coined when my ex-wife told me to burn #Sideways after reading it. And I almost did. rexpickettbooks.com Fans at #VintnersCollective in Downtown Napa. 20 years later

And here they all are in Westwood. How many 20 year-old films get a red carpet premiere? Unprecedented. Astonishing. To be remembered after all these years for a novel, faithfully adapted, where I bared my soul for all to see. Personal, autobiographical, staring into the abyss of failure.