Page 39 - Rough Draft News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Decade comes out on tuesday. and it's by an 89-year-old author. this is what i love about publishing. this morning we have an exclusive for you on the famous american literary recluse, harper lee and the film maker who spent time with her this morning. she published the classic, "to kill a mockingbird," 55 years ago. her only other book "go set a watchman," is about to hit book stores. mock "to kill a mockingbird" sold more than 40 million copies. many question whether the writer now 89 and nearly blind and deaf actually wanted to publish the new book. it was a long-lost rough draft. the film ...

This is a farmhouse right here. rough draft. okay. give dimensions to it so i know where i'm at. art is my sanity and my salvation. i mean, that is what keeps me stable. >> i come with all kinds of little ideas. you have two of these like a protection vent to keep the rain out of the chimney. i found this in the yard and it reminded me of air-conditioners. they trips everybody out. they like my grill. so the bird can grill his worms. i guess. you can look inside with the fireplace and light switch and plug in outlets. it won't be seen once this is completed. i put those in because people see i...

When i was in florida i worked in the hobby craft shop and we had saws and band saws and everything that we could cut regular wood with. here we don't. here we have popsicle sticks, and i buy them a thousand at a time. then i cut the ends off. good old elmer's glue and this is my little saw which happens to be the bottom of a pringle's can. it's not sharp. it won't cut a person, but it will cut these sticks. it is the only tool i use to cut these. it takes eight to nine months to make one. >> why do you do it? >> just to pass time, basically. >> this is a farmhouse right here. rough draft. oka...

>> said he liked it, but no, not really. mother has, of course. >> and she said? >> she said "change this part, will you?" and she saw the rough draft. no, she liked it a lot. i think she thinks it captured him which is what she's most interested in, does it really capture george bush the way she knows him. i think she thinks it did. anyway, she was an important test to pass. >> yes, probably the test to pass. >> yes. >> sounds like he's a little easier going on you in some ways. >> yes, it's hard for me to describe what he's like these days. you knew him as an energetic engaged person. >> how...

Thought of the book? >> said he liked it, but no, not really. mother has, of course. >> and she said? >> she said "change this part, will you?" and she saw the rough draft. no, she liked it a lot. i think she thinks it captured him which is what she's most interested in, does it really capture george bush the way she knows him. i think she thinks it did. anyway, she was an important test to pass. >> yes, probably the test to pass. >> yes. >> sounds like he's a little easier going on you in some ways. >> yes, it's hard for me to describe what he's like these days. you knew him as an energetic e...