Yep. My most incredible editor sent me some cover flats for the mass market version of WRAITH. I am STOKED. On sale—according to the sales stuff on this flat—May 2009.

Wow... it did shrink down nice!

 I have MOONLIGHT! It's sitting here at my desk!!  

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more animals

Okay. Uhm. That was unexpected.

One of the authors I admire more than most is Sherrilyn Kenyon, who I once heard on a panel insist she didn't critique other writers. That it wasn't her place to judge. I agree with her, which is why I never write up reviews of books I don't like or do like. Who has time? If I'm not dealing with day-job, child, house or dinner, I'm writing.

Oh...sleep? That's a luxury.

Movies? Another ball-game. Mainly because movies are director interpretations of the script or book. Not always the writer's visual.

I have read Twilight and I was pleased when I learned Pattison was playing Edward. I fell for his cuteness when I first saw him in The Ring of the Nibelungs, based on the incredible Nibelungenlied (I'm a huge fan of the Siegfried tale). This was before I saw Goblet of Fire and went "Hey...I've seen Cedric Diggory before!"

Not to mention if you have Goblet of Fire and take a look at the extras, Mr. Pattison gives you a very cool tour of a day of filming for him on the Harry Potter set. He seemed very personable and it was one of my favorite extras to watch (before my DVD was stolen, that is).

Being a writer—I felt a wee bit of angst at seeing a work in print translate to the big screen. I'm a huge fan of The Dresdan Files (which my editor told me to read before she was my editor and she was right) and I knew that was going to be hard to translate into film—especially Bob. I mean...it's a talking head. I think they did their best, and I will always think if they'd aired Storm Front first and kept the level of special effects—the show might have continued.

Ah...but I'm not a TV exec.

I took a friend who'd never read the books. And I must say—we both enjoyed the film. I went in cringing and came out nodding. We both did. They got Edward's eyes right, the awkward moments, Edward's apparent revulsion to Bella in the beginning. I will say the Special Effects were a bit...well...eh. I do give it kudos on the Vampire Baseball Game. I could not wrap my head around it in the book, but I caught myself smiling and laughing during the movie.

Jury's still out on the sparkling skin...it wasn't overdone...and it did give him that almost unearthly quality. Dunno yet. I might have to see it again.

For an interpretation—I say good job. There were a lot of elements kept in. Oh, like that really great visual when Edward caught the apple? Hello? Front cover? And lines like "The lion fell in love with the lamb," were kept in.




I give it a b+, and that's because of the special effects. As for the story, this is the way I like Bella and Edward.

Bumped TRIPTYCH up to 40,000 words. Yay! Pulled A DISTANT THUNDER out again and wrote another chapter, bringing that thing up to 23,000 words. Wrote 2,000 words or so on the first installment of EQUINOX, which I'm calling MINISTERING ANGELS. More on that later.

Went to Medieval Times with friend Saturday night, it was EvilboyRobin's birthday! Of the six of us, Ken was the only one who hadn't been before. We took mini-me there for her 5th birthday—and of course she wants to go back!

We were seated in The Black & White Knight section, and though he didn't win, the most entertaining part of the show was when the server asked Ken "White or pink?"

He was asking him what color candle for his cake!

I think it was where we sat, but I enjoyed it a lot more than the first time. We were on the side, just about dead center this time, and on our first visit it was at the opposite end of the King and Princess. We could see more this time.

Either way—I'm a big fan of the place. I just can't afford it on a regular basis!



Then me and mini-me spent the day with Lyn and her son at Rock City in Tennessee on Sunday. That was THE most beautiful day—the leaves, the cold, the breeze. What a gorgeous place! I loved it! See pick before for beautiful leaf reference.

We knew we needed to get up north soon. This has been the most beautiful fall coloring I've ever seen. Seriously. I don't know if it's because I no longer work in office parks but in a neighborhood so I see trees all the time—or it's just THAT beautiful.

43,000 TRIPTYCH
23,000 A DISTANT THUNDER
1,000 Abysmal Christmas Story

It's no secret—well—at least not to me—that I'm a fan of NCIS. Abby is my favorite character—and if you pay attention—you'll see a very familiar similarity between she and one of my own characters.

Anyhoo...

I have always loved Abby's keyboard. But I could never afford one—and for a long time the only way to get them was in PS/2 connection. I needed USB. And then when they were available they were more than I wanted to pay.

Not anymore! And I could justify it. I write a lot in the early mornings. And I don't always turn on the lights (since it's just me and mini-me, she sleeps with me now) but I needed to see the keyboard.



So...Poof! I have an Illuminated keyboard!!

Something NOT about politics: Why the Printer won't work.