It’s a good day when you can combine business travel with some personal activities. My travels in early May allowed me to catch up 
with a friend in Dusseldorf over drinks, to take in the Artemisia exhibit at the Musée Maillol in Paris and to visit friends in Joberg and Durban. Go ahead and say it …I do all the time… I am a lucky girl.
And I’m also a café girl. This Sunday I will be joining friends for lunch in Covent Garden for a quick catch up. Since I’m migrating from being a prose writer to a screenwriter, I will take the opportunity to visit the London Film Museum.
I hope it will inspire me because I have come to learn that writing a screenplay is much harder than writing a book. Forget having to cram Any Color but Beige into 120 pages. I’m having trouble coming up with a “saleable” box office logline. It’s tough, let me tell you. Give it a try and you’ll see.
From London, it’s a quick hello / bonjour to Paris and before you know it three days later, I’m back home. The good news is it’s not enough time to feel jet lagged. The better news is I’ll be home in time for things like the Montreal F1 Race (where I am sure I will catch up with a breathtakingly handsome Brazilian pilot), the Jazz Festival, the Fireworks Festival and the Comedy Festival. The best news of all is that I will be able to enjoy Montreal all summer long.
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Cafe Girl Chronicles 
I am so jealous… Wish we would travel as much if you and see the cafe’s if the world!
We are all heading to London for a couple of weeks in early June. Wish you could meet us there! MF will be in Montreal in July – perhaps you could catch up. Love you and looking forward to the movie – AND eventually the premier! Ciao!!! Angela
Ciao Bella…
Enjoy your trip! I’ll be sure to let you know if I have a return trip scheduled at that time. Wouldn’t it be nice to catch up over tea?
Would love to see MF this summer. When you have a chance please send me details.
Love you more…will keep you posted about the movie. And what’s a premier without a party…will give you plenty of advance notice.
Did I miss what inspired to to write a screenplay? Direct me to your post on that–I’m sure it’s fascinating.
Hi Jacqui,
In the last two posts I give it a quick mention but I don’t go into details. So it’s easy to miss.
ANd it’s still early days. When I meet people who have read the book they often ask, so are you going to turn it into a movie? And so now I’ve got this bee in my bonnet about a screenplay for my next project. I took that McKee “Story” seminar last fall and that was good training. I’ll be writing more about the process as I get into it. Wish me luck! Cat
Always–but you need little luck with your positive energy. You inspire me!
It’s because I receive lots of encouragement especially from you! Cat