Beverly Farr's Blog, page 9

Friday Night Movie Quandry

It’s another Friday night after a long week of work, there’s a pile of dishes in my sink, and I’d really like to escape into a good movie. What kind of movie?  A romance, of course.  Sweet, meaning no steamy love scenes  that will embarrass me if my teenager or MIL walked into the room. […]

How to get a man’s attention

In the past year, I’ve noticed a strange phenomenon.  Men are paying more attention to me.  Young men and old men.  They stare at me when I’m driving my commute or running errands.  They watch me with a bemused expression when I get out of my car. It’s disconcerting, especially when they frown at me. […]

Romantic Christmas Movies – part nine

I recently rewatched Family Man with Nicholas Cage in a story similar to It’s a Wonderful Life.  But instead of seeing how the home town would be changed if he hadn’t been born, Nicholas Cage’s high powered, cheerfully selfish character sees what his own life would have been like if he married his college girl […]

Pretty New Covers

Her Ex Next Door has a new cover that seems to match the content: There’s a new cover for Baby Comes First, too.  Let me know what you think!

Corporate Husband is available

I’m thrilled.  Corporate Husband, book one in my Love and Chocolate Series is now available on Amazon.  It will be available elsewhere, soon. To inherit her grandfather’s chocolate company, Louisa Brannigan needs a loyal employee to marry her and keep his mouth shut.  Justin Reilly seems like the ideal candidate, until he starts changing the […]

Compare Two Covers

Now to add another photo possibility:  Picture #3                 Does this count as sweet for a book cover?  

Josh Groban in my mind

When I’m writing a romance, I try to find inspirational theme songs for the two main characters.  As the draft progresses, I sometimes change the theme song.  But I find that it helps to play the song on loop while I compose or while I’m driving, thinking about plot development, etc.  It helps me get […]

Call me Sweetie

I ate breakfast with the family at a restaurant this morning and the waitress called everyone sweetie.  Maybe it’s a southern thing, but I like being called sweetie.  I call everyone in my family sweetie. I like having little kids call me Miss Beverly.  I try to use ma’am and sir, but since I was […]

I want to be Myrna Loy when I grow up

I’ve been thinking about Myrna Loy in Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer.   It’s one of my favorite Myrna Loy movies because I identify with her.  She’s a lawyer and is serious about serious things, but underneath that, she has a dry sense of humor.  I also like her clothes. But the best part of the […]

Sinatra and hot Spam

I’ll admit it.  I like Spam.  It brings back happy memories from my childhood. I don’t let myself eat it very often, but I like it fried in a pan for breakfast or for a late night snack. This past weekend, we had a 1950′s birthday party for my husband, complete with swinging Sinatra singing […]