Archive for December, 2009
Dec 18
Ghosts of Girlfriend’s PastStarring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner Director: Mark Waters Studio: Warner Bros. DVD Release Date: September 22, 2009 Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Conner Mead has it made. He’s rich, successful and can have any woman he wants. His love em’ and leave em’ attitude is well known in the circle he travels and is actually one of the quirks that draw women to him. For Conner, life just can’t get any better. When he’s invited to attend his brother’s wedding, he heads out with one resolve: to talk him out of making the biggest mistake of his [...]
Dec 18
The Princess and the Frog Starring the voice talents of Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, and Keith David among others (Oprah, John Goodman)Link to imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780521/ Genre: children’s film Disney is back, and I have a new favorite princess. The Princess and the Frog is a movie that will, blessedly, entertain the whole family. I wept like a baby at least twice and laughed even more. The three year old keep her feet tapping with all of the music and only got a little antsy with the darker moments. I had worried about whether the characters would end up [...]
Dec 18
The Alibi Man by Tami Hoag Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: Bantam Books ISBN-13: 978-0553583601 A little off genre, “The Alibi Man” is a terrific story by Tami Hoag. It’s the second installment in what I hope to be a long series featuring Elena Estes, a tough as horseshoes and rawhide heroine-to-die-for (if you’re a suspense writer) who now rides horses on the ranch of a friend who lives in a well-to-do area of Palm Beach, a place for millionaires and professional polo players. Elena Estes is a former Narcotics detective who lost her job, and nearly her life, [...]
Dec 18
The Prince’s Captive Wife by Marion Lennox Harlequin Presents ISBN 13:978-0-373-12851-8Ten years have passed since Holly Cavanagh last saw Prince Andreas Karedes after he spent six months on her family’s Australian ranch. She never dreamed she’d be kidnapped and dragged into his presence. With political and economic difficulties about to blow up in the kingdom of Aristo, Holly and Andreas youthful love affair and the loss of their baby could bring the kingdom down. Andreas convinces Holly that marrying him is the only way to avoid disaster. There has never been anyone else but Andreas for Holly. The problem [...]
Dec 18
Refreshing Sleep: Not an Oxymoron Margie Lawson—psychotherapist, writer, and international presenter – applied her psychological expertise to dissect and analyze over a thousand novels. Her resume includes clinical trainer, adjunct professor, sex therapist, director of a counseling center, hypnotherapist, and trauma specialist. Her psychologically-anchored Deep Editing tools are used by all writers, from newbies to NYT Bestsellers. She teaches writers how to edit for psychological power, how to hook the reader viscerally, how to create a page-turner. In the last five years, Margie presented over fifty full day Master Classes in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. She also [...]
Dec 16
by Nicki Salcedo I wish you knew all of us. We are a diverse group of women brought together by a common goal. The love of writing. Since words are our passion read what we say to find out all you need to know about us. Ana Aragón Thursday, October 15, 2009 Taking a Machete to your WIPSo when the editor I pitched to asked me to send the full manuscript, I knew what I had to do…yeah, get rid of the prologue and start the book with Chapter 3. If you need to get rid of 20,000 words, that’s [...]
Dec 15
I’ll admit it. I’m not so bright and cheery as I usually am this time of year. I don’t know why. End of year ennui. Fin de decade. Or maybe I’m just tired. As Juice Newton might say, 2009′s been a little bit hard on me. Especially after events like Kate Duffy’s passing and Mercer Crook’s accident (thankfully, he’s recovering – CiCi, you and your family are still in our thoughts). But there were bright spots in 2009, too. Like contests. Blog sister Debbie Kaufman took first place in Chicago’s Fire and Ice. I took second in Mid Michigan’s Happily [...]
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