There is something graceful about the silver curl of smoke across a black and white screen. Marlene Deitrich’s leisurely exhale wreathed her beautiful face in a haze of smoke and mystery. Bogart and Bacall’s side-by-side cigarettes at the end of The Big Sleep hinted at what happened when the screen…
I love my husband so much! Who else would watch the gun-loving, 1984 Cold War invasion fantasy Red Dawn with me while drinking White Russians and drink every time one of the characters said, “Don’t Cry!” or, “I love you, man!” If you have ever seen this pinnacle of Reagan-era…
A confession: When I watch an action movie, a soap opera, or an anime, my favorite character is often not the hero or heroine, it’s the villain. It’s not that I’ve got a thing for maniacally laughing megalomaniacs who want to take over and/or destroy the world. It’s just that…
Skin to Skin by Dionne GalaceDionne Galace (aka Bam of It’s Not Chick Porn) has been entertaining me for quite some time with her hilarious and highly-entertaining blog posts. So when her novella “Skin to Skin” came out, buying it was pretty much automatic. The woman is funny, and the…
“Mommy, mommy, why are those two circles kissing?” “Well, honey, when two or more circles love each other very much, they get married and form a Venn Diagram.” Am I the only romance reader who plays video games? Or maybe I’m the only romance reader who plays the sort of…
Now, I’m not one of those people who will forgive R. Kelly every pervy thing just cause the man can write a good song. Nope. “R” isn’t getting another cent of my money. Damn, but the man does turn out some good songs. If you ever see R.Kelly songs on…
The pawnbroker used a short stepladder to reach the silver-framed photograph I’d asked for. He held it two-handed as he stood atop the ladder and didn’t let go, even when the ladder wobbled as he descended to the floor. He let loose a shaky rattle of a breath when the…
Or, how I went totally OCD on my 70 Days of Sweat Word Count Tracking Sheet. Observe: My OCD 70 Days of Sweat Tracking Sheet has the following features: Allows tracking of multiple Works in Progress Provides word count totals for each WIP by 70 Days of Sweat check-in date….
Wired, by Liz MaverickOther people who have read this book–people who write actual reviews and not just arbitrary judgments, como yo –have noted that this book really isn’t a romance, and I agree. Wired is more of a Sci-Fi adventure than it is a romance–not that there’s anything wrong with…
This has nothing to do with Panama. I just like palindromes.________________________ About 11 months ago, I wrote a post about a story that was almost finished. It was the Original “The Bitter End“. That story, the “Untitled Sci-fi” is very close to finished. But I still haven’t finished it. It’s…
