For those who don't know, I have been branching out from writing SSHG fan fic and ofic murder mysteries set in the entertainment industry, and have created a couple of monsters.  Two of my short stories will be included in a new anthology, THOROUGHLY MODERN MONSTERS, coming out October 1.  The publishers, Story Spring Publishing, have created a fun ( Read more... )

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I was sitting at my computer last night, trying to send a couple of pictures to a friend, and Gmail simply looked at me when I hit "Compose."  Finally, I tried reloading the whole page ( Read more... )

(And let's not even get into the idiocy of the word "rom-com"....)

I just saw Austenland, and I have to say that I was hugely disappointed.  The basic script wasn't bad, nor was the essential premise (a rabid Jane Austen fan, disappointed with the reality of her own failed love life, invests everything in a dream vacation that offers her the ( Read more... )

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Just 13 hours on the road....  Kittehs are cuddly, parking's a bitch (somebody seems to be having a party, thank you very much), larder is bare, bed is beckoning....  Happy to be home, sorry to see the trip end, mind full, creative spark flashing, laundry needs tending, nothing else getting done tonight....  *snores*

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And it's a fun collection of first-person pieces (my favorite genre to write), all in Hermione's distinctive and delicious voice.  This lineup includes some I've read and some that are new to me---the best thing of so many terrific things about the Quiz:  The mods always find some delightful treats and an intriguing theme to thread them all ( Read more... )

Have been so swamped that I missed the REVEAL! The UTTERLY MARVELOUS sc010f wrote me a hugely wonderful gift, "When the Alarm Will Sound, Where Will You Be?" http://sshg-exchange.livejournal.com/289162.html which LAUNCHED this year's incredible exchange with an appropriate bang and made that ( Read more... )

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