Larry Crowne-Good Old Fashioned Tom Hanks Film

I watched Larry Crowne because of Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman.  I especially liked Biff Henderson’s brief cameo in the restaurant. When we meet Larry Crowne he is a very happy employee at a big box store, a kind of cross between Wal-Mart and Target.  He loves his job.  He comes into work with a smile on his face as he picks up garbage in the parking lot-and he has been Employee of the Month 8 times.  This all ends when a number of higher ups in the company fire him-the reason…

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78 Reasons Why Your Book May Never Be Published

Pat Walsh is an Editor who takes on the task of schooling the would-be novelist on how to improve their writing by providing them with the reasons they might be better off taking up golf.  He also adds 14 Reasons why it might be published.  The chapters are small, the writing is clear and concise, the word choice errs on the side of the simple and understandable.  It is also pretty damned funny. I’ve been writing this and that for a long time, but I have never been published.  I have a couple of manuscripts I have been kicking around,…

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