Category Archives: TV & Movies

XOXO

I have been watching waaaaay too much Gossip Girl of late.  This is a byproduct of being without cable television.  As Gossip Girl is available on Netflix streaming, I am able to blaze through past seasons of a pop culture … Continue reading

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Turning the Cable Off: Going Analog in a Digital Age

Happy New Year, everyone!  I know many of you made resolutions for the New Year, and I usually make the normal ones: eat less, work out more, learn an instrument (the guitar from three years ago slowly collects dust in … Continue reading

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chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga…

Hello everyone!  The Follow My Lead Blog Tour is chugging right along, coming so close to release day for Follow My Lead I can hardly stand it!   I’ll be over at Tote Bags N’ Blogs today, talking about those road … Continue reading

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Watching BBC Miniseries (Soapy History at its Awesomest!)

Is everyone here watching Dowton Abbey?  If not, you should be – a British series that has already aired its first season in the US on PBS, it is a marvelous example of something the Brits do wonderfully well: the … Continue reading

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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

I am a TV junkie. Its really quite sad how much TV I follow, and how long I have nurtured my addiction. As a child, I could have gone outside, gotten some sun, played soccer in the yard… but no, there was too much good stuff on TV! When I was 16, my mom, fed up with me constantly commandeering the TV room, (and since I still managed to get pretty darn good grades), bought me my own tiny little 14 inch TV/VCR combo. I watched the 6 hour Pride and Prejudice on that TV, on a borrowed copy that my friend taped off of masterpiece theater when it first aired. Continue reading

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I’m baaaaaaaaackkkkk!

I have been MIA for the last couple weeks, because I’ve been pushing hard trying to get through this draft of the next book, and I’m happy to say that as of this past week, I wrote The End on the page! To be realistic – this isn’t ‘the end’ per se, I still have a little time before deadline, and will be doing a massive read through, but it still feels so damn good to have gotten a (hopefully) coherent story on the page. Continue reading

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Oscars: the first sign of Spring

I went to visit my sister this weekend, and in the pacific northwest, mere days after the conclusion of the winter Olympics just a few miles and an international border north, spring is springing. Take a look: Continue reading

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Smugglering!

Hi Everyone! Quick Blog today, because I am over at the Book Smugglers being initiated into that fabulous rite of passage, Smugglivius, their year-in-review. I compiled a list of all my favorite things from the year 2009, and there’s a new Summer of You excerpt, AND a giveaway! It is my Smugglivius gift to you all, so head over and check it out! Continue reading

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Telly

First off, I just want to let everyone know that I’m going to be interviewed over at The Book Smugglers’ blog this week, so keep an eye out. They are an incredible set of ladies and ask some really tough … Continue reading

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Supermassive Black Hole

Having buried my head and been working for the past couple weeks, I looked up this morning and realized, “Oh, its Mar. 21st.” “Oh, its spring.” These thoughts were shortly followed by, “Ohmigod – it’s Twilight.” This snuck up on … Continue reading

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