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August 26, 2009
Where I will be on September 21st
On my couch. With yummy takeout (cuisine TBD). For the TWO HOUR premiere of HOUSE, MD. You can't stop me, Internet. Neither Twitter, nor Facebook, nor the latest in viral video will keep me from the TWO HOUR premiere of HOUSE, MD. I'm not even going to wait the normal buffer period that is required in our home to be able to fast forward through commercials. I'm watching every ad during the TWO HOUR premiere of HOUSE, MD. Every. Single. One.
Oh, and did I mention it's TWO HOURS LONG?
Squee.
August 22, 2009
Websites I can't write without...
I'm working on a new project right now...a second book in the NINE RULES series...and today is probably the first day that I've felt like I'm really doing good work on this book. Let me explain: starting a book is like meeting a new friend. You're excited. You think you just might enjoy the company of this interesting new person. They seem funny and cool. They seem like the type of person you'd like to invite into your house for a rousing game of Rock Band. But you don't *really* know them
August 21, 2009
Send a letter today...by post.
Via the amazing Ze Frank, here's something that will put a smile on your face. Two artists handwrote 467 letters and postcards to the residents of a tiny village in Ireland. They're awesome.
I guarantee this story will a) reaffirm your faith in humanity and 2) make you want to send a letter.
I guarantee this story will a) reaffirm your faith in humanity and 2) make you want to send a letter.
August 17, 2009
Those three little words..."Time for Copyedits"
As many of you know, I'm in the midst of copyedits on my first Avon Romance, NINE RULES TO BREAK WHEN ROMANCING A RAKE. Now, those of you who were with me during copyedits on THE SEASON remember that I don't much like copyedits. Actually, I kind of loathe them. I know there are authors who love every second of CEs, lovingly removing commas or adding hyphens or calmly steting things that they think should be steted. I simply do not understand these authors.
Because I obsess. I have a whole
August 13, 2009
Twists. And why we love them.
Last night, I had a fantastic dinner with the lovely and talented Lisa Ann Sandell. Lisa and I have been friends for ages and, whether it's the author in us or the reader in us, we always end up talking about books (and not always our own)!After a long and winding discussion last night, we landed on the subject of twists in novels. We chatted for a while about them...and I marveled at the skill it takes for an author to really pull one off. I mean...really really pull one off. Like, gasping
August 11, 2009
Bourne or Bond?
In the realm of existential questions, there are a few to which I believe that everyone should have an answer. These challenging mental inquiries include: Who would win in a fight: Batman or Spiderman? Best Harrison Ford character: Indiana Jones or Han Solo? Most irritating Tom: Cruise or Hanks?
Well, I'm adding one to the list. After a girl's night in last week during which I watched Quantum of Solace, I wondered, who is better? Handsome, dapper, charming James Bond? Or extraordinarily skill
Well, I'm adding one to the list. After a girl's night in last week during which I watched Quantum of Solace, I wondered, who is better? Handsome, dapper, charming James Bond? Or extraordinarily skill
July 29, 2009
9 Rules For Chillin at the Airport
Ok...so those of you who follow me on twitter know two things about me... First, I hate flying. I use the word hate because using the phrase "am afraid of" makes me sound very very weak. So I 'm going with hate because it makes me sound way more badass than I actually am. On the best and most beautiful of days--like the one when Eric and I flew across the Aegean Sea to the stunning island of Naxos--I still white-knuckle my way through the flights.
Second, I am currently sitting in the airport,
July 27, 2009
July 9, 2009
So Excited for RWA!!!
Just a quick post for now because I'm getting SO excited for RWA this year! I've printed out my workshop schedule...and downloaded my workshop handouts...and am getting SO SO excited to hang out with a whole community of people who are as geeked-out about romance as I am! Yay! I'll be twittering like mad from the conference all next week...and will most certainly blog from DC...but for now, an announcement!
For those of you who are around on Wednesday afternoon (July 15th), swing on over to th
July 7, 2009
Real Men Read Austen
Ok, y'all. Seriously? How am I supposed to be articulate in the face of this yumminess?
Dominic West reads from Pride & Prejudice.
In the immortal words of well bred ladies everywhere:
Hubba Hubba.
