Tag Archives: Rex Pickett

Rex Pickett to Write New Sideways Sequel

Just read on Rex Pickett’s blog that he is planning to write another Sideways novel — the last in the “trilogy” apparently — that should take place in Chile. Pretty cool news. He came out with Vertical last year (maybe … Continue reading

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OTF: Grass, Trees, and Rex Pickett on the Real Maya…

I try to create meaty, well-thought posts, but more and more lately I’ve had less and less time. In fact, post ideas often fly into the open windows of my mind to get forgotten in the corners or (if I’m … Continue reading

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Reality Bites – Day 369

Watch any amount of reality TV, and you sense kind of why it doesn’t work. Everyone complains that it is “forced” and “over-produced”. And yes, certainly there are different levels of production values that impact the final product. But the … Continue reading

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What To Do When Your Story Has 11 Fingers – Day 332

Got an hour in today. Inspired writing, I thought. But is it really? I’ve talked in these pages before that sometimes I have no idea if what I’m writing is any good. However this is kept me going: I remember … Continue reading

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Going Vertical – Day 307

Update from yesterday: Spent about 3.5 hours today working on the novel, and got quite a bit done. First, I wrote a new segue to connect Section 1 with Section 2. I like it — it moves the plot better, … Continue reading

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Sympathy for the Pigeonholes – Day 274

All the trendy rockers will tell you the same thing: don’t pigeonhole me or my music. (Actually, writers do this too – you just don’t hear about it as much on MTV…) They’ll rant and they’ll rave and they’ll throw … Continue reading

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What Are You Doing This Second? – Day 245

I found out a few hours earlier today via Twitter that Rex Pickett has started writing the stage play of Sideways (which I believe will be produced this fall). Saw the tweet five minutes after he posted it. On April … Continue reading

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Vertical Movie in the Works(?) and Bucket List Updated – Day 218

At the risk of repeating myself — been busy, so no work done on the novel. To cap things off today, my User Profile decided to corrupt itself somehow, so certain programs won’t open up. I’m trying to fix it … Continue reading

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Getting Ready to Go Vertical – Day 204

Tomorrow (or today, depending on when you read this), Rex Pickett’s Vertical should be available in hardcover. I’m not sure it is the signed hardcover they mentioned at first, but I’m hoping… Besides the fact I’m looking forward to reading … Continue reading

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Convergences & Connecticutions – Day 193

After too long away, I finally got a chance to get some work on my novel this morning. I’ve been itching, let me tell you. Irritated even, at not being able to work on it. But the book is never … Continue reading

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