Forever young adult - Great Website, it was like finding gold!

I love this website! To me the best vampire writers are still Anne Rice and Bram Stoker, but as a writer I feel that vampires are way past their expiration date and zombies are a bore when in comes to a good conversation. We’re living in an age where we’ve finally discovered planets in other solar systems, isn’t it about time to allow our imaginations to go there.
Check out it out http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/
Happy book hunting and thank you for checking in.
Elyse

Fantastic Newport wedding, Congrats to Ray and Christian Bourque on the addition of Kim to their wonderful family.

Chris and Kim Bourque

The wedding was amazing! The Bel Mare overlooks the Narragansett Bay, the food was delicious and it was a great place to be if you're a Bruins fan like me. I chatted with Bob Sweeney for a while about the new teammates and shared some memories with Mary, Jacob's secretary. She had tears in her eyes while talking about the Stanley Cup and what it meant to her to be a part of the team, especially this year. She is retiring this summer and walking away with a S.C. ring as a memento.

When we returned from the wedding I checked in on The Dendron's Facebook page and to my surprise fifty more people have given it a thumbs up. Thanks to all of you, and I'll keep you posted as to when it will be released in paperback  http://www.thedendrons.com/.

Partied at Keith Urban Concert after launch of the Atlantis

What an amazing day watching the Atlantis.

My family made fun of me before the show because I thought we were going to see Keith Urban and Jake Cohen. Turns out the guys name is Jake Owen and they were laughing at me the whole time. It's hard to understand when you wear hearing aids in both ears.

What a great show! I love concerts because they are loud enough so I can hear like a normal person. Keith couldn't have been better and his band is amazing. For the encore he came out wearing a Bruins shirt.

Editing the script Lunatics with Jack Black's Mother Judith

When I arrived at Judith’s home a year and a half ago for our interview I didn’t realize that she and her husband were still living in the same home where they raised her son Jack Black. At our first encounter she brought me upstairs to work in her home office. It wasn’t until much later on that I figured out I was working in Jack’s old bedroom. What drew me to Judith originally was her accomplishments. She worked as an engineer for Northrop Grumman, at that time they were a NASA subcontractor and her division was responsible for the LEM’s (Lunar Excursion Module) abort guidance system.  It is  what we think of as the Eagle, as in, “The Eagle has landed”. After the end of the Apollo program she went on to work for HST (Hubble Space Telescope). The HST in its day was considered NASA’s most costly mistake that didn’t involve the loss of lives. It wasn’t until the Space Shuttle astronauts returned to the HST and fixed the blurry lens problem that the HST was considered successful. The screenplay focuses on Judith’s early life and it isn’t about going to the moon; instead it is the story of a bright young woman’s struggle to find love, raise a family and fit into a society that continually tried to expel her because she was the wrong gender. Fortunately for the women who followed in her foot steps she did and awesome job and broke the ice.  All four of her children are accomplished and brilliant people; it’s no wonder why they are so successful. 
After Judith retired she went to work helping young women define themselves in traditionally male professions. She and her husband David created Cascade Pass, where they publish books on subjects that inspire young girls to dare to be brave and follow their dreams. The irony of the story Lunatics is that Judith’s life continues to be interesting even after she left the space program in the 80’s. I’m not sure which part would be more fun to write about; the first fifty years or the latter.

ElyseWilk

Back From LA

Recently returned from working in LA with Judith on the screenplay about her life's story titled, Lunatics. Besides being the mother of Jack Black, she had three other amazing children and was one of the four women who worked on the Apollo program as a rocket scientist. She is such an inspiration to me that I must credit her for helping me with my recovery after I was in a coma and on life support for a long time last year. Going over the notes from our interview and doing research for this project helped to bring me back to life. Thank you, Judith for being so strong.