I’m leaving for San Francisco this afternoon.* I’ll be at the RWA conference all week and, depending on the internet access, will blog from there. In the meantime, here’s the photo of me in front of Iron Man at Comic-Con last weekend. Forgive the quality. It’s from a cellphone.

*Someone is staying [...]

‘Tis the season for movie viewing. Last year’s summer movie choices kind of…well, they sucked. I think this year is far better. Here’s a list of what I’ve seen so far.
In the theater:
-National Treasure II - I have an almost unnatural love for the National Treasure movies. Scary, I know. I [...]

I went to see the Sex And The City movie with a friend last night. Yeah, I know. Little late to that party. I actually held off because, well, the show’s finale summed up their lives so well for me that I didn’t see what a movie could add. But I [...]

To the creators of the tv show Lost, the people in charge of Lost and anyone at ABC who is affiliated with, or makes decisions on behalf of, Lost:
I have been loyal. I have watched every show in every season since the beginning. When you had that one season, the one I like [...]

I am blogging at Access Romance today about this recently announced deal for Jennifer Weiner:
Best-selling novelist Jennifer Weiner has inked a two-year overall deal with ABC Studios.Under the seven-figure pact, she will create and executive produce series projects for the studio.Several of Weiner’s books have made the transition to the big screen. “In Her Shoes” [...]

In a recent interview, John Grisham talked about writing popular fiction versus literary fiction. The literary/popular fiction fight is one that bores me. Really, what’s wrong with reading both or, at the very least, being respectful of what other people choose to read? I look at this the same way I [...]

Does anyone watch Murder By The Book on Tru TV (formerly Court TV)? Mystery/suspense writers introduce the true crime cases that intrigued them. The style of the show is much like 48 Hours with documentary footage and interviews, but with bestselling authors presenting the cases. The Kellermans, Lee Child, Harlan Coben [...]

I’ve always maintained that comedy is hard to write. What is or isn’t funny is a subjective thing. The line between funny and stupid slapstick can be a very thin one. Many times the humor just does not transcend or ring true.
My first single title, YOUR MOUTH DRIVES ME CRAZY, focuses on [...]

I saw the movie Cloverfield this weekend. If you’re not familiar with this one, think of it as A Day In The Life Of A Monster or Let’s Videotape This Monster Until It Kills Us or you can view it as I do, Two Hours Of Trying Not To Vomit On The Moviegoer In [...]

There is an article on CNN called The Screening Room’s Top 10 Romantic Moments. Sure, those are interesting. Even more interesting is the short list of most cringe-worthy moments. Here are a few of my favorites from the second list:
The English Patient (Anthony Mingella, 1996)
“I’ve watched you - on verandahs, at garden [...]