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May 27, 2008 | Uncategorized

Hope everyone had a great and safe Memorial Day. This should’ve have gone up yesterday, but I freely admit that I was too lazy to do so. I didn’t do a whole helluva lot this weekend, to tell the truth.

Saturday: read, did laundry, answered email, contacted photographers regarding family reunion next year

Sunday: read and did some more laundry

The hubby and I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull yesterday. Have you guys seen it yet? What did you think? I liked it. Don’t know if I would see it again, but I liked it. A couple of the stunts were a little over the top, but then again, it wouldn’t be an Indiana Jones movie without over the top stunts. I don’t remember what time period the first three were made in, but I liked the fact that this one was in the 50’s. Every time Shia whipped out his comb to touch up his do, I laffed. It was such a Danny Zucko greaser thing to do, you know?

The main reason I love going to the movies is the previews. Seeing trailers for The Dark Knight and The Incredible Hulk are getting kind of old, so I was hoping to see something good this time. I wasn’t disappointed. For all you Stephenie Meyer fans out there, Twilight will be coming soon. I don’t remember an exact date, but I want to see it. I haven’t read any of her books, but I hear they’re quite popular. She’s a local author, too, I might add. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Brad Pitt looks very, very interesting. They made him look really young in this movie. I’m talkin’ Legends of the Fall Meet Joe Black young here, people. And the action-packed identity theft flick Eagle Eye with Shia looks good too.

I also should have got caught up with the typing thing, but again, that laziness kicked in and I didn’t feel like it. I thought about it. Does that count? LOL. I’d bought like 6 books Friday after work and I just wanted to do nothing but read all weekend. I think I’m still good with the revision deadline, though. I’m currently handwriting Chapter 12, but need to type up Chapter 8 and everything after. The typing part I don’t care about. Just as long as I’m done with revisions in general by the 31st, I’ll be happy.

I hope you all are enjoying A Royale Pain so far. Your comments have been much appreciated. So, the Prologue is over. You know her past and how she got to be where she is at present. Now, we’re getting down to the nitty gritty. During the month of June, you will be reading Chapter 1. Next Monday, I will post the Prologue in its entirety first and Chapter 1 will follow directly after (I will only do this for the prologue since it’s so short). If you’d like the opportunity to receive a copy of the book at a discounted price, please put your email address on the Notification List. You can do so at the end of each Miss Snitch Monday post.

So, how was your holiday weekend?

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May 24, 2008 | Uncategorized

A couple of days ago, Yahoo had a listing of 39 shows that were being cancelled. That’s a lot of shows! I was hoping that none of the ones I watched were a part of that. For the record, Heroes, Supernatural, Bones, and Smallville are safe.

Unfortunately, Moonlight
and New Amsterdam were not.

For those of you that have never heard of the shows, let me explain:

Moonlight is about Mick St. John, a PI who happens to be a vampire, who happens to fall for a mortal named Beth, a reporter for this online news show called Buzzwire. It’s a cross between Angel and Forever Knight. For the record, no show about a gorgeous vampire will ever top Angel. David Boreanaz was The Vamp and he will always be The Vamp. Although Alex O’Loughlin made a handsome vampire, no one will ever take the place of David. Beth eventually found out what he was, she eventually figured out that he saved her as a child from his deranged wife and sire, and he became mortal again…if only for an episode or two (which I missed, goddammit!). I was really liking this show and was hoping to see how the romance played out between them.

New Amsterdam is a modern twist off that show The Highlander (another one of my favorite shows. Adrian Paul was hot). John Amsterdam (played by gorgeous Nicolaj Coster-Waldau) is a New York homicide detective…who’s 400 years old. In the late 1600’s, during an attack on a Native American village, John took a spear in the heart to save a woman. As a thank you, they made him immortal until his one true love could make him mortal again. One of the many things I liked about this show (besides the obvious eye candy with a very, very slight accent that slipped in every once in a while) was that in his lifetime, John has seen and done many things. He’s had 63 children (one of whom is African-American and knows his secret), numerous wives and has seen New York grow to what it is today. Each episode, viewers were given a glimpse into his past lives–depending on what kind of case he was working on and how it triggered the memory–and his little quips about New York’s history dropped into normal conversation were always a treat.

Cancelled after only 8 episodes (oh, the injustice!), I was really hoping this would be played out and we’d get to see him end up with his one true love. During the course of the episodes I saw, it looked like he thought he did. But nothing changed.

I will really miss these shows and hope that they will try this genre again soon.

Technorati Tags: Heroes, Supernatural, Bones, Smallville, Moonlight, New Amsterdam , Angel, Forever Knight, David Boreanaz, Alex O’Loughlin, The Highlander, Adrian Paul, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau

May 20, 2008 | Uncategorized

I love doing these things. Interviews, that is. Check out the latest one on Blogcritics. Since I don’t have a cover done yet for A Royale Pain, you’ll be seeing the cover of Dance Jam Productions.

I wish all book promotion could be as easy as this.

Technorati Tags: Blogcritics, A Royale Pain, Dance Jam Productions.

March 17, 2008 | Uncategorized

I don’t understand how two authors sharing booth space can be a conflict of interest.

I can understand if the reasoning is not “going to be the best for my goals with my business.” (Limiting each other and confusion was mentioned as well).

I can even understand hinderances that might keep you from fufilling your part of the deal. I’m a writer, so I know all about–and believe in–signs. If there are little hiccups along the way, it’s time to take a step back and ask “What’s wrong here?”.

But to say that you’re having second thoughts mainly due to a “conflict of interest”? That sounds like utter bulldookie to me. Not to mention a major cop-out.

I write YA, you write for children. I don’t see how that’s a “conflict of interest”. Even if we wrote the same genre, it still wouldn’t be a “conflict of interest”. You know why? Because people are getting a chance to meet LOCAL AUTHORS. People are getting a chance to read YOUR WORK.

And hel-lo, there would be no confusion since we would have signage on the table. This is “you”, this is “me”. We may be sharing a booth, but we’re two totally different entities. Confusion solved. Easy-peasy.

It’s about combining resources and helping one another gain exposure. Multiple authors have group signings all the time.

It’s just disappointing to think that you’re on the same professional page with someone–until they back out with a crap excuse.

Okay, I get it. This is a sign.

Note to self: some creative souls may not be as eager as me to forge alliances.

September 3, 2007 | Uncategorized

Starring Jet Li and Jason Statham

After his partner is brutally murdered by the infamous assassin Rogue (Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Statham) vows to find the elusive killer and personally avenge his partner’s death. That proves difficult until three years later when he resurfaces to ignite a bloody turf war between a Chinese mob leader and a Japanese Yakuza boss.

First of all, I am a huge fan of both of these actors. I’ve always loved Jet Li (and not from his American movies, either. Check out Hero when you get a chance) and Jason Statham didn’t really do it for me until Transporter(I would also suggest seeing Crank. One word: Wow). When I saw trailers for this movie on Yahoo, I was totally stoked. I had high expectations for this movie and unfortunately, felt incredibly cheated when I saw it.

The storyline was good. I seriously wasn’t expecting the twist at the end. And the best fight scene wasn’t between Jason and Jet. In fact, their fight scene sucked. I was expecting a serious smackdown, an “epic” fight between a master martial artists and a professional martial artist. What I got were a few well-placed roundhouse kicks, a lot of tossing around, and some growly “hi-yas”. Yawn. Yawn.

This was highly disappointing.

War Review: Two snaps down

Go on to see my review for No Reservations (more…)

Technorati Tags: Jet Li, Jason Statham, Hero, Transporter, Crank, War, No Reservations