Valerie Peterson – stories

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Valerie tells stories — made up and true, dramatic and comedic — through a variety of media. She is bookish and TVish, filmish, mysterious, foodish and wine-y.

Here, Valerie opinionates and shares her intrepid daily adventures in NYC and beyond.

(Keep in mind that while you might not count, say, a trip to Trader Joe's Soho as an "intrepid adventure," Valerie spends an awful lot of time in front of the computer.)

Julia Child on cover of Menu Cookbook

Julia Child & Me

There are certain creative pros both current and past that I truly admire — one is Julia Child. Throughout the food TV and cookbook world, ...

Pretty Dead Premiere

After the intense weekend film production and editing that followed, it was such an exciting honor that Pretty Dead's film fest premiere was at ...

Valerie Peterson writer with editors on set of Pretty Dead short film

Co-writing a Short Film: Pretty Awesome

Thanks to San Gennaro (!), in mid-September, I was tapped to co-write a short film as part of the second Women's Weekend Film Challenge (WWFC). ...

A Reading of My TV Pilot at The Drawing Board

So thrilled that the fantastic group of writer and actors, The Drawing Board, read my TV pilot — Reconciling Jimmy — on my birthday! It was ...