I'm a fulltime freelance arts journalist specializing in theatre. I write about dance, music, art, film, performance art and especially theatre for a variety of publications, both local and national, trade and general consumer, print- and web-based.
OK, here's my publishing screw-up story. At the last minute I decided I hated my introduction. So I talked to my editor (at Heinemann), rewrote it, sent it in, made sure she got it... And when the book was published, it was published with my original introduction! I'm still at a loss as to how that could have happened. Nor do I know how I could prevent something like that from happening again.
I found myself in the midst of a butterfly migration the other day--more like moths, actually. They were all heading north, loose clouds and clouds of them. I got in my car and started driving south--and I was driving directly into their path, for blocks and blocks. . . . Have you ever been to a butterfly conservancy? You must go. The butterflies will stand perfectly still on your head. There are ...
So far, I know of four people who've walked out within the first 10 to 45 minutes of Slumdog Millionaire. So, just like I wondered how I'd have handled things if I'd been the passenger seated next to the emergency exit on that now-famous flight (note to self: never sit next to emergency exit), I wondered if I'd want to walk out, too. How inured to screen violence am I, anyway?Apparently very. I ...
