Isn't She Great?

This picture is of one of my favorite writers, the fabulous Jackie Susann.  Her book, Valley of the Dolls, was way ahead of it's time.  When she wrote it, Jackie was trying to get over some personal failures.  Her son was put in a hospital because he had severe Autism.  Back in the 1960's, his "condition" was so rare that no one knew how to explain it.
Jackie wanted to be famous.  Craved it like a drug.  She got everything she wanted and her book went onto to become one of the best sellers of all time.
The movie, Isn't She Great, with Bette Middler, is based on her life.  I love, love, love this movie.
Yes I identify with Jackie's struggle.  She thought she was a has been when she met her future husband, Irving Mansfield.  He thought she could walk on water and was eager to become her agent.  Their professional relationship was fantastic.  The reason she wrote VotD was because he told her she was going to do it.
So day after day, Jackie sat at her pink typewriter with her poodle Josephine by her side and wrote.
And then she was rejected once it was done.  Several times.  Then she found the right team.

"'It's appalling.  It's salacious, perverted soft core porn."'
"'Can we put that on the cover?"'...dialogue from the movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxyRwPAjVXM

Eventually, it was published and people either loved it or hated it.  She embarked on a huge publicity tour, driving across the US to personally meet her readers.  Jackie was infamous for bringing breakfast to the men that delivered her books to the stores. While she died too young from cancer, her words live on to inspire others,

I've often said that I'm the Jackie Susann of Twific.
No one ever forgot her, and she was the cannon blast disguised as a firecracker.

I began writing fic accidentally, and I was not supposed to succeed at it.  Now I have a failure to put behind me.  So it's time to move forward.

I began the sequel for SC&CS yesterday.  Even at less than 1000 words, it already feels comfortable and good.  Pageantella and Body Guardward make me happy, thrill me to no end.

It's time to focus on that.  Love you all  XXOO