Out the Door–Soonish

Posted by on Oct 19, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Dream Agent’s off to the Florida Writers Conference in Tampa this weekend. We Sunshine State denizens are topping off gas tanks, shopping for non-perishable food, and logging onto NOAA four times a day to check the progress of Hurricane Wilma. She shouldn’t get this far north, but we’re going to be wet for the next several days.In the meantime, DA has been waiting for a couple...
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Authorial Envy

Posted by on Oct 15, 2005 in dish | 1 comment Today my RWA chapter, Central Florida Romance Writers, held a big booksigning. Very cool stuff–authors I know and love–but I’m still on the wrong side of the table. I’m on the signee side, not the signer side. Don’t get me wrong; I love my author friends, and I’m always happy when one of them does something cool, like sign a great contract, get fabulous sales...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Oct 14, 2005 in dish | 0 comments I am so lame. I have finally dragged my happy butt to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Loved it, of course. Loved these two, too:BED LIST: JOHNNY DEPPThey should just hand this man Oscars and get it over with. He’s amazing. Love the riff on Keith Richards in Pirates of the Caribbean. Love the oddballs he plays–Edward, with his scissor hands; Willy Wonka, with all his...
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Download Queen

Posted by on Oct 13, 2005 in dish | 0 comments I am having so much fun with my new iPod. When DH got one for his birthday, I thought, “That’s cute. I don’t think I need one of those.”Oh, so wrong. Once I realized that he would stock his iPod with all that weird atonal music he loves, like the Lounge Lizards, Nick Cave, and Bruce Cockburn, I also realized that I’d have to get my own. Now I have become the Queen...
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My Phair Lady

Posted by on Oct 8, 2005 in dish | 0 comments DH kept the big birthday surprise a secret. Last night, the kids spent the night at Gran’s, and we headed down to the House of Blues to see Liz Phair in concert.Liz rocks! My birthday copies of the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street and Liz’s answer, Exile in Guyville, were two of the first downloaded into my new iPod. Off to play with my new toys!
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Oct 7, 2005 in dish | 0 comments BED LIST: TYSON BECKFORDSometimes, words just aren’t adequate.DINNER LIST: CARL HIAASENAny author who’ll take on tourists (Tourist Season), developers (Hoot, for younger readers), sugar growers (Strip Tease), pro bass fishermen (Double Whammy), weathercasters (Stormy Weather), Mickey Mouse (Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World), and the Florida Lottery (Lucky You) is aces in my...
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