Gerry Bartlett's Blog, page 4

Cliff Hangers

I’ve been reading a lot of young adult novels recently and really enjoying them. Except for one thing–many of them end with cliff hangers. You know what I mean. Not everything is resolved and you’re left hanging. Not only that, but you know good and well that the next book in the series won’t be out for months, maybe not for a year. By that time I could have forgotten what in the heck I was hanging around for. Of course there will be a big display in my local bookstore to remind me. I got hoo...

Bullies Among Us

I’m plowing toward the end of the next Glory book and she’s been bullied by someone. Lucky for her, she’s got great friends who help her out. Plus, Glory’s never anyone’s victim if she can help it. But this is fiction. And the whole situation got me thinking. That and the news lately. It breaks my heart to hear about young people giving up on life because bullies have gotten to them. Doesn’t mean I don’t understand their despair. But how sad that no one in that person’s life saw what was goin...

Size Doesn't Matter

I watched an Oprah episode the other day with two 30 year old virgins. Yes, they do exist! And one of them was still untouched because of her body image. She was overweight. Not huge, but, in her word...

Wicked Thoughts

I bet you thought this was going to be a steamy revelation with that title. Guess again. I went to see the musical "WICKED" last night in Houston. Loved it. I already had the CD but I'd never seen the...

Spring Fever

I think Spring is finally trying to come to my corner of Texas. My freeze dried plants have given up and I'll probably have to take a trip to Home Depot for new ones. I've got a black thumb so I'm not...

Romance

I've been thinking a lot about romance lately. I had a German magazine ask me to write an article about how I met my husband. The magazine is called "The Love Letter" and is kind of a True Story deal....

Glory as TV Star

I'm blessed with the most fantastic friends and fans in the world. The evidence is clear. I've got a great Myspace fansite here run by Heather. She's decided to take Glory to another level and I'm not...

This Weekend

I'm off to Galveston this weekend to do my thing at the Dickens on the Strand celebration. We dress up in Victorian garb or at least sort of. My shop sells the costumes and various other antique thing...

To Tweet or am I a Twit?

Okay, maybe I'm out of it. But I'm resisting Twitter. There's been some pressure from my publisher to jump on that bandwagon. You know, for the publicity possibilities. Raise your hand if you follow s...

Spilling my guts

I'm going on Blog Talk Radio tonight. Here's the link: TAMFA  If you've had any burning questions to ask me, call in. It's Episode 12 of Phoebe's talk show. There's not much I won't answer. Well, you ...