Date day, new venture, and falling in love with old Hollywood
It's early summer in southern Louisiana, getting muggier by the day. We go from pleasantly cool days to muggy, skipping any significant period of beautiful spring days. We crank up the air conditioner in February and keep it running fairly steadily through October or November. So different from my youth in upstate New York.
My honey and I have been spending some real quality time together, going to a few movies and dinner out at least once a week. It's nice to get away from the house and the computer and spent a few hours away.
We went to see 21 Jump Street this evening, the new version with Channing Tatum, my new young actor crush. He is a "baby doll," as my sister would say and funny as hell in this movie. It was great seeing Johnny Depp and Richard Greico in uncredited parts, reprising their roles on the old TV series.
We've seen him before and I've always enjoyed his performances. Glad we went today.
My dear friend, Daphne Banphrionsa, has opened Princess Promo, a virtual book tour company, and she's asked me to consult, which has been great fun. I've been doing virtual book tours for some time now, over at Riptide Publishing, working under the name of Chris Hawkins. Seems that author and book promo is a calling of sorts for me. Daphne's booked book tours for Poppy Dennison, M.J. O'Shea, and Zach Sweets, three very talented authors and in typical Daphne-style, she's giving them the red carpet treatment.
Daphne is having great fun and I'm having fun watching her, since we worked together at a service company we owned for several years, until the economy took a severe dip.
This weekend, I intend to write like a crazy person. My old Hollywood novel is just over 60k and with any luck, I'll add a few thousand over the next couple of days. I'm loving the vibe of this story, Hollywood in the 1920s and '30s. The story will span 25 to 30 years, something I've wanted to do for some time now.
There's the update. Now I'm off to bed. Haven't slept too well this week and I have to be rested to get my writing done. Please, sandman, be kind tonight.
My honey and I have been spending some real quality time together, going to a few movies and dinner out at least once a week. It's nice to get away from the house and the computer and spent a few hours away.
We went to see 21 Jump Street this evening, the new version with Channing Tatum, my new young actor crush. He is a "baby doll," as my sister would say and funny as hell in this movie. It was great seeing Johnny Depp and Richard Greico in uncredited parts, reprising their roles on the old TV series.We've seen him before and I've always enjoyed his performances. Glad we went today.
My dear friend, Daphne Banphrionsa, has opened Princess Promo, a virtual book tour company, and she's asked me to consult, which has been great fun. I've been doing virtual book tours for some time now, over at Riptide Publishing, working under the name of Chris Hawkins. Seems that author and book promo is a calling of sorts for me. Daphne's booked book tours for Poppy Dennison, M.J. O'Shea, and Zach Sweets, three very talented authors and in typical Daphne-style, she's giving them the red carpet treatment.
Daphne is having great fun and I'm having fun watching her, since we worked together at a service company we owned for several years, until the economy took a severe dip.
This weekend, I intend to write like a crazy person. My old Hollywood novel is just over 60k and with any luck, I'll add a few thousand over the next couple of days. I'm loving the vibe of this story, Hollywood in the 1920s and '30s. The story will span 25 to 30 years, something I've wanted to do for some time now.
There's the update. Now I'm off to bed. Haven't slept too well this week and I have to be rested to get my writing done. Please, sandman, be kind tonight.
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