1st INSTALLMENT : 4/22/04

Diamonds by Jill Soloway (Award-winning writer/producer Six Feet Under; wrote film adaptation of David Sedaris' Me Talk Pretty; co-creator of the acclaimed literary/performance showcase SIT 'N SPIN.) A Letter to My Children by Earl Hamner (Author of six novels; creator of the legendary TV series, The Waltons and Falcon Crest; wrote for The Twilight Zone and CBS Playhouse; wrote classic films including Palm Springs Weekend and the animated feature, Charlotte's Web.) Helen Reddy's Shoe by Katie Ford (Co-writer of Miss Congeniality; writer/producer of a six-hour miniseries for ABC based on the first Little House on the Prairie novel, curently in production.) Ninth-Level Dork by Ali Davis (Featured on NPR's "This American Life;" in Salon; National Touring Company of Second City; founding member of the resident company of Chicago's Improv Olympic Theater, "Baby Wants Candy.") The Snuggery by Eric Gilliland (TV writer/producer The Wonder Years, Roseanne, That 70's Show;won a Peabody Award, Golden Globe.) They're Loyal Fans and They Bake by Hillary Carlip (Award-Winning author Girl Power: Young Women Speak Out; Co-author Zine Scene; author of the upcoming Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan (HarperCollins May '06); FRESH YARN host/editor and occasional contributor.)

2nd INSTALLMENT : 5/06/04

To See and Be Scene by Beth Lapides (Commentator on NPR's All Things Considered; appeared numerous times on Politically Incorrect. Host and creator of L.A.'s acclaimed Un-Cabaret and Say the Word.) Fashion Quest Francesca Lia Block (Award-winning author of 16 books including the bestsellers The Rose and the Beast, Violet and Claire, and Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books. Books translated into 7 languages.) The Tyranny of Happiness Annabelle Gurwitch (Commentator on NPR's All things Considered; spent 7 years co-hosting the cult favorite Dinner and a Movie on TBS; has published essays in mags including Los Angeles, Premiere, Child, Glamour and Penthouse.) Harold B. by Bernadette Luckett (Stand-up comic, TV writer/producer on numerous sitcoms including Living Single; Sister, Sister and The Tracy Morgan Show.) The Last Time I Wore a Micro-Miniskirt by Lauren Tom (Award-winning actress. Film: The Joy Luck Club, Bad Santa, When a Man Loves a Woman; TV: Recurring role on Grace Under Fire and Friends, voice-over regular on Futurama and King of the Hill; Broadway: A Chorus Line, Hurlyburly and Doonesbury.) The Blonding of America by Betty Aberlin (Actress in original company of I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road; played Lady Aberlin on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for 33 years. Regular on the last Smothers Brothers Show. Cameos in Dogma and Jersey Girl.)