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What New Shows Are You Going to Try?

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I studied the new Entertainment Weekly looking at new shows and returning shows. Last year I think the only new show I tried in the fall was FRINGE. This year I'm branching out a bit.

I hadn't thought I wanted to see "V" but Morena, who played Inara in FIREFLY, is in it and I love her. Not on till November, though. The dh wants to give Flash Forward a try.








I've always liked Chris Noth and Juliana Marguiles, so I'm going to try The Good Wife. I've already watched...

What Makes a Single Title?

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Recently Michelle Grajkowski read my manuscript Something to Talk About (AKA The Story I Love) and remarked for it to be a single title, it needs to be bigger.

I understand what she's saying. Something else has to be at stake. But what?

I was going to use Virgin River and Nora's wedding books as examples, but that's not enough like my story, since they are technically part of a series.

My critique partner and I were talking about this on...

Things That Perform as Advertised

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My grandmother always liked to try new things and I guess I'm like her in that respect. Here are some of the things I've tried lately that have done what they say they do. What have you tried lately that works?
I'm also at Writers at Play today! Come say hi!

Goals the Week of the DH's Vacation

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1) 7000 words on RS. I had that epiphany, but will it give me the page count I need?
2) Guest blog on Writers at Play, Wet Noodle Posse and Romance Bandits.
3) Sew purse—hopefully I have the write kind of interfacing now
4) Grades done for progress report
5) Big grocery trip (hopefully not as big as last time, though)
6) Get into house cleaning/writing routine.

I don't have to cook this week since the dh is home. Yay! But the deal is, she who doesn't cook has to c...

New Cover

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Wednesday night I filled out the cover art worksheet for my January book, Breaking Daylight. Thursday morning, I got the cover art for Don't Look Back! I love getting covers---one of my favorite parts of the process. What do you think?




Anyone see Supernatural? I'm reserving judgement until I see it again. I watched WAY too much TV last night--the last disc of Samantha Who? (which I loved), Glee, Vampire Diaries and Supernatural.
Today, the synopsis!! My...

15 Hours Until Supernatural....

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Last night Mama kitty climbed UP the brick wall to get on top of the entertainment center, where she knocked off a glass candle holder. It shattered in a billion pieces. I swept the room last night, but we only have a lamp back here, so I was still finding pieces this AM. Climbing the brick wall. I can't believe it.
Went to HEB and JoAnn's on my way home from work. HEB did not have Diet Coke with Lime in cans. Grrr.
I got my art sheet for Breaking Daylight...

Random Thoughts

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I find all these excellent pictures of Helo, then am blogging everywhere else and don't have time to use them!
I had to rewrite the last 2000 words because I forgot my hero had been shot. Yeah, he won't be treading water, will he? But I've met my goal for the day.
I watched "Hush" this weekend on Lifetime. Twice. Because Tahmoh was in it. I watched four episodes of BSG when I came home, even though I have the second disc of Samantha Who? here. Tahmoh was in...

Goals for the Week of the Supernatural Premiere

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1) Blog at Jody Wallace's blog, The Romance Studio, SPN Sisters, Natalie Damschroder's blog and We Write Romance.
2) Grade papers so I can send home progress reports.
3) First round of BD edits. Let's see if I can get this one done in 3 rounds. Hot Shot was 5, Surface was 4.
4) Work on RS
5) Get ready for critique
6) Traffic duty at school
7) NEW TV SHOWS!!!
8) Keep up house
9) Start exercising
10) Make purse

Heroic Qualities

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I got my first round of edits for BD, so need to get to work on that. But fist...
The dh likes Rescue Me. I watch with him, but it makes me uncomfortable. I told the dh it's because the characters aren't heroic. He countered with, "They save lives, don't they?"
Well, sure.
He continued by saying I just don't like to think of men who do heroic jobs as not having other heroic qualities. I went to bed thinking about this and realized that wasn't it.
The thing...

Character Arcs

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I was laughing last night--my cell rang at 8:06. I looked at the number and it was an exchange from my school's neighborhood. I growled and didn't answer because I told them not to call after 8 (dude, ESPECIALLY on Thursdays!) Well, when I listened to my voice mail, it was one of my students. He and his sister had PLANNED to watch Supernatural (just so you know, they just know I love the show. I did NOT tell them to watch) but couldn't because someone came o...