The trip to California has been interesting. On thursday, I drove up to Northridge to visit David Gerrold for a few hours. Despite picking the one day a week where I can’t park in front of his house due to street cleaning ($50 parking ticket to prove it) the visit was productive.
We spoke a great deal about a project that is coming together for the film company, the details of which I’m not sure how free I am to discuss. (Unless you want to invest in the film, then we can talk.) We also discussed each others’ current and future projects. He thought it a good idea that I am putting together a collection of my published fiction, so I am forging ahead with that project. He liked the premise of my upcoming novel. There are some other projects we discussed which I won’t disclose for reasons of either confidentiality or jinx-prevention.
We also talked some about several of the Star Trek actors from the original series. That was interesting since I have never met any of them. Clearly his opinion of some of the actors is different from general opinion.
Yesterday we visited El Capitan theater on Hollywood Boulevard. We saw Disney’s “Enchanted.” After the film, there is an ‘experience’ on the lower floor where you can take pictures and the kids can play on movie-related play equipment.