‘Windward Circle’: What Might Have Been

Working on the book last night, the subject of the Gilmore Girls spin-off, Windward Circle, came up. I hunted for it briefly online and found what seems to be a clip from the proposed pilot. (Actually, most people from the show agree that the real pilot was the episode of Gilmore where Jess travels to Venice to talk to his dad.)

Even from these few seconds of footage, you can see right away why this series wasn’t going to fly. Aside from some vague similarities to The OC (at least the setup), Windward Circle seemed in grave danger of drifting into the pretty-face navel gazing that typifies the teen dramas of the last 10 years. Still, it was very interesting to find anything on this series.

The Curse of Max Medina

It's Max, Max Medina! (With sincere apologies to Scott Cohen.)

OK, not my best showing so far, but I have an oddly Gilmore Girls-related excuse. (No cracks about excuses, Zoran.)

About a month ago, we found an abandoned black kitten in a park during a rainy day, and suckers that we were, we brought him home. Pushed to come up with a name for him, I called him Max Medina. (Actually, I first wanted to call him CatKirk, but that was politely voted down.)

And since then, the little fellow has become something of a terror, especially when compared with our own Max Medina. This morning, the little bundle of joy decided to wake us up at 3 in the morning. Whatever energies I could come up with for the day were quickly expended on the day job, leaving precious little in reserve for the book. Somehow, I just can’t see Scott Cohen behaving the same way, can you?

Words today: 142

Total word count: 15,544

Book Progress Today

An enjoyable bit of work on The Gilmore Girls Companion before hitting the day job stuff, this time on a section about Gilmore’s fans around the world.

As I tweeted earlier, if you’ve been posting on the book’s Facebook page, particularly the “Where in the world do you watch Gilmore Girls” discussion thread, please let me know if you’d rather not be in the book. Thanks again for all your insights on this!

Words today: 1,429

Total word count: 15,402

Book Progress Today

A delightful stroll down memory lane this morning; specifically recounting how the universally beloved Ed Herrmann came to be cast on Gilmore Girls.

Words today: 924

Total word count: 13,973

Book Progress Today

Not going to have much time to work on The Gilmore Girls Companion this weekend, so it was nice to be able to make some decent headway today.

Really enjoyed getting down to the nitty-gritty with some fun observations from cast and crew about Stars Hollow’s penchant for festivals, what it was like shooting the show a stone’s throw from ER, and perhaps the most interesting thing for me: what everybody kept as a memento of their time on Gilmore.

Word count today: 2,244

Word count total: 13,049