JOANNA ELM, Author, Journalist, Attorney
The Pleasures and Perils Of A Writing Life
I’m always aware of that old saying about idle minds becoming the devil’s playthings. So naturally, once I sent my revised manuscript out of the house and on its way into my agent’s inbox, I looked around for something worthwhile to do. Continue reading “My Evening With Vogue Editor, Anna Wintour: A Review”
When I recently picked up The Vanity Fair Diaries 1983-1992 by Tina Brown I was prepared for a fabulous stroll down memory lane. Tina did not disappoint for the most part, but one shocking (to me, anyway) revelation literally made me drop my Kindle.
Of course, I anticipated some major name-dropping and gossip from the decadent, over-the-top 80s when both Tina and I were editors in New York City: she, the fabulously talented, visionary editor who turned around Vanity Fair, a dying up-market glossy; me, the managing editor of a supermarket tabloid, STAR magazine, shunned by the same celebrities who fell over themselves to be on Tina’s Vanity Fair covers. Continue reading “The Diaries Of A New York Editor Revive Great Memories”