Monday, November 17, 2008

Amy Poehler's Girl Power Adventure

Amy Poehler -- the Saturday Night Live star who played Hillary and Katie Couric to Tina Fey's Sarah Palin -- has launched a bold new venture. A web show called Smart Girls at the Party. It features young girls and aims to inspire young girls and is entertaining even if you, like myself, are not a young girl.

Poehler says the show is about "extraordinary individuals who are changing the world by being themselves."

The opening interview is with a ten-year old writer and "scooter enthusiast" named Cameron. A video clip shows Cameron doing her writing in a tiara.

I have seriously had in mind to get some sparkling headgear to wear while working on my fiction and once put a jewelled crown on my Christmas list of ideas for my husband; he said, "You'll have to get your own crown." I hadn't gotten around to it.

Amy and Cameron are encouraging me to get on with it.





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8 comments:

billie said...

I have a tiara that is not only jeweled, it can be turned on for even more "shimmering" effects! Haven't worn it while writing though... :)

Peggy Payne said...

Well, do try it-- at full blaze. And report any amazing results.

Unknown said...

As a former theatre costumer, I LOVE dressing up. I've never tried writing while dressed up, though. Perhaps I'll give it a go at some point.

I have noticed that if I read a writer whose voice I like very much, for days afterward I have a hard time not writing like that writer. I don't know what that says about me, but it's probably not good. :)

Peggy Payne said...

I tried to write like Henry James up through college. You can imagine how well that went. I'd have been better of dressing like him.

As I asked Billie: Let us know what happens if you try it. Interesting background in costuming.

Unknown said...

ROFL! I don't think I'd have ever considered dressing like Henry James. :)

Perhaps I ought to try Glenda the Good Witch.

kenju said...

I think you need a tiara and maybe a magic wand!

Peggy Payne said...

I've had a few wands, which I've passed on to people who were having a major birthday or some such. I'm currently wandless though. That may need attention.

Debra said...

Peggy, wandless? Why however are you able to get anything accomplished without your magic wand? Now, a tiara I must look into! Nothing like declaring myself the queen of my own writing(and everything else!) while sporting my tiara. I do quite like the sound of that.

Hugs,
Debbie