Tim Burton directs this realistic account of turning over your manuscript to a Bay Area publishing house.

But thanks to people like Daily Show creator Lizz Winstead, who had me on her funny Village show Shoot the Messenger a couple of weeks ago, being an author doesn’t always have to feel like entrusting your cherished bicycle to a squad of clown paramedics. Thanks, Lizz!

Also thanks to hero columnist Rick Casey, who writes in the Houston Chronicle about the Moonie cult’s obsession with making longtime patron George H.W. Bush drink their juice.