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Oct.25.2012
Yes, indeed, folks: "Time changes everything."
This evening, Mom and I are going to the first jazz concert of the new season. Most people -- even the most loyal readers of this lofty blog -- don't know that Mom was so ill during the last concert season that we missed most of the concerts and,...
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Oct.24.2012
Yes, I am home from the Austin Film Festival!! And -- NO!! -- I could not come home without adopting yet another pet!!
Meet Rusty!! My bobble-headed armadillo! (I realize I probably should have named him Austin, in honor of the festival, but Austin seems like too stuffy a name for a guy with a...
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Oct.23.2012
I have always found this old garage on Rt. 62 really appealing, for some reason. Maybe just because it was so old. Well, now it turns out that it is not an old garage, but an old one-room schoolhouse from the 1860s. And it is being saved from demolition just in the nick of time. Kinda awesome,...
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Oct.15.2012
This is from Deadline Hollywood from Thursday. Sorry for the delay in posting it, I've been swamped with homework. (Just FYI, I love Gus Van Sant's films, and for the past two years I have worked part-time in the business office of his production company. They have wound up being the most...
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Oct.09.2012
f anyone is interested in participating in a brand new re-seller program of the eBook edition of my novel, Twilight of the Immortal, please email me straight away!! (marilynjayelewis@yahoo.com)
YOU: will make 50 cents on each sale of my eBook through your web site, facebook page, blog, etc. YOU:...
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Oct.09.2012
This is me, trying to be back in school plus get ready for the Austin Film Festival next week!
One nice thing about collapsing in exhaustion -- it keeps me from getting all riled up about the election. I will be so glad when November has come and gone...
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Oct.03.2012
If you are like me and have very little stomach left for listening to two men essentially regale us with a bunch of lies, you can tune into the debates tonight on DemocracyNow.org and even hear some third party candidates debate in real time. (However, if you live in Ohio, like I do, the option...
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Sep.26.2012
A new interview with me!!
Yes -- ME!! Me, me, me!!
A big thank-you to Elin Gregory in the UK. The Comfy Chair Interview corner at Speak It's Name.com features my book, Twilight of the Immortal, along with an interview with me! Please check it out, gang.
The complete interview is here.
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Sep.20.2012
Sometimes -- occasionally; once in a blue moon -- I take time out from frothing at the mouth about the strange world of Obamaland that America has become (and seriously people, if you are still not convinced that there is so much more to that guy than what is (not) making its way into your...
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Sep.13.2012
My feature-length screenplay, Tell My Bones: The Helen LaFrance Story, is a second-rounder in the upcoming Austin Film Festival!! I am so HONORED!!
I will be attending the festival so if you will also be in Austin, let me know!! Email me!
The Kentucky Folk Artist Helen LaFrance
Just one of...
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Sep.12.2012
In case you're curious, below is the initial response to yesterday's violence, where radical Muslims killed the US Ambassador to Libya, and a few other people, because of an anti-Muslim film made in California by Israeli Jews. But just to be clear, Obama is now "strongly condemning the...
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Sep.12.2012
Hi, gang! This is from my lofty colleague, M. Christian. He will be in New York City later this month. If you live around there, here is where he will be appearing! So go check it out!!
CLASS: TES MEETING: RELATIONSHIPS SIG - POLYAMORY: HOW TO LOVE MANY AND WELL
DATE: Wednesday,...
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Sep.04.2012
The screenplay I wrote earlier this year, Tell My Bones, is a semi-finalist in the Austin Film Festival.
I am deliriously excited!!
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Aug.30.2012
It's been a rough week and a half. In addition to Bill's suicide and what that did to my reality for a few days, there was also another tragedy of similar proportions that threw me for a loop last week. Because of that, I didn't really want to post to my blog last Thursday that it was the 86th...
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Aug.22.2012
I will post more about this in the coming days -- I will post a memorial or a tribute.
Some of you knew Bill as a colleague and friend -- a brave publisher and a gifted writer. Most loyal readers of this blog only knew him as "Bill" -- the friend who came to live with me for awhile last summer....
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About Marilyn Jaye
As a groundbreaking multi-media producer, author and editor, Marilyn Jaye Lewis has been interviewed on syndicated radio, Internet radio, cable television, and Canadian syndicated television. Her work was highlighted on HBO and received critical recognition...
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Causes Marilyn Jaye Lewis Supports
The Film Council of Greater Columbus, Columbus, OH
The Adrienne Shelley Foundation, NY, NY
Paralyzed Veterans of America, Washington, DC...