Cathy Perkins's Blog, page 141
July 31, 2013
July 30, 2013
How Do You Like Your Schmeat?
La Fabrica – DepositPhoto.com
For wacky Wednesday, thought I’d delve into one of my favorite subjects … food. I always have an eye out for future trends, especially if we’re closing in on stuff I read about in science fiction when I was a kid. I’m a little disappointed we haven’t achieved interplanetary travel by the year 2001 like Stanley Kubrik promised in his adaptation of Clarke’s novel. Though we’re still stuck tossing expensive tin cans into orbit, we have a better record with modifying...
RED 2
I’m an action movie junkie, depending on the stars and the action. And if the writers find a way to include a little humor with the action, all the better. That combination of elements is what got me out to the movies to see RED 2.
Well, that and Helen Mirren. I must admit seeing Mirren do action with the likes of Bruce Willis and John Malkovich was irresistible to me. It’s not that Willis and Malkovich are slackers (both have Emmys, Willis’ movies have earned over $2.5 billion putting him in...
July 25, 2013
The Fable of the Cat Blanket & NaNoWriMo
Last November I listened to a random urge to particiapte in NaNo and signed up for the Savvy Smackdown. One of the best parts was meeting my team mates, including the fabulous Teri Anne Stanley. Because I love her sense of humor, I asked her to be our guest today.
Here’s Teri -
Thanks for inviting me to visit your blog! I have a fable to tell you…
Once upon a time, a silly scientist with a house full of teenagers and dogs and other nonsensical chaos read a romance novel. “I could totally write b...
Adventures in High School – Starting out
A metal folding chair whizzed past my head. It was 1968, and I was a freshman at Gonzaga College High School. If I’d been tall enough to go on an amusement park ride, I would have been seriously injured. That’s my first memory of high school. The seniors wore coats and ties, but they were over-muscled barbarians who smoked, cursed, and enforced arcane rules (don’t step on the seal!) that were inevitably broken. They preyed on freshmen, snatching them off their feet as they walked to class and...
July 23, 2013
Outlander 2014
The Squeee! heard round the world sounded on June 25, 2013. That’s right, all you Jamie and Clair Fraser fans, Diana Galbadon’s Outlander franchise will become the newest original series on Starz in 2014. About time, says I and the series’ thousands of fans on Good Reads.
Filming is to begin on September 13 of this year in Cumbernauld, Scotland where they will film 16 episodes and is scheduled to last for 38 weeks. I don’t know about you, but the fact that Starz is giving me six more episodes...
July 22, 2013
Quick Bites, The Vampire for Hire series
A couple of years ago I heard an editor say that vampire stories are their own genre. I’ve never been one to scoop up every vampire novel that hit the shelves but I have enjoyed a few in particular – Jeanniene Frost’s Night Huntress series with Cat and Bones, Raven Hart’s books, Cadence Denton’s Firewalkers – hmm, that’s about it.
Recently though, I picked up a book on Audible by author J.R. Rain called “Moon Dance”. I liked the sample and the premise was intriguing.
Six years ago Samantha Moon...
July 18, 2013
Making Hay
It’s hay making season in our mountain valley. The process is interesting, even if it does play havoc with my husband’s allergies. One of the things that surprised me, though, was the parallels I saw between making hay and writing.
Stay with me.
Let’s look at the hay process first. There are three basic requirements for growing hay: land, water and sun.
Lots of each one.
Once the grass reaches the rightstage—tall, but not gone to seed—the ranchers start watching the weather even closer than they...
