Back to Life, Back to Reality
Work, work, and more work. Been running ragged since I got back from the conference on Sunday. Total whirlwind. This afternoon I've been catching up on work related stuff some more and realizing how totally behind I am in so many things. Ugh! I need my Calgon moment.
Cool things are happening though. The editor who requested a partial wanted me to give a brief description of the others books planned for the series I pitched. I was a little nervous at first, but fortunately I found some notes about possible storylines for the other characters which I had written months ago. Phew! Big sigh of relief. So that will be heading out tomorrow morning. A good friend's husband is in CA filming a gameshow. And considering that he was the National Spelling Bee champ when he was like 14 and is one of the smartest guys I know (he's an engineer, need I say more?) then I'm hoping that they come home with the big bucks. I couldn't think of a family who deserves it more. Wonderful people. So I'll keep you posted when that'll be on.
I saw Harry Potter on Monday night and loved it! People make fun of me because I never read any of the books. But my plan is to watch all the movies then go back and read them. Because, trust me, if you saw my office especially after the conference, I need to get through what I have here first. Ack! The movie was much darker and it's so crazy to see how mature-looking the boys in particular have become. But the cool thing is that I saw a trailer for a Get Smart movie staring Steve Carell. I LOVED Get Smart when I was kid. I watched it everyday at 5 pm in reruns. Those kind of shows are what inspire me to write outrageous villians and outlandish set-ups and gadgets. I totally hope they don't screw it up. When I was kid I thought Agent 99 was the coolest and always wanted my hair cut like hers. But, alas, I have curly hair which just wouldn't work. Bah!
I forgot to mention that I spoke to Kresley Cole at the literary signing during RWA. She writes historicals as well as my some of my favorite paranormals Hunger Like No Other (amazing) and No Rest for the Wicked (what I'm reading now which is also amazing). Being a movie buff and TV junkie, I kept reading phrases and saying in her books and thinking that I heard them somewhere. Particularly a few lines sounded like they were from South Park. And sure enough, I was right. She said that she loves quoting Cartman and has also put lines in there from the Alien Trilogy movies, which I know way too well since one of my good friends always quotes those movies. I was so excited that she was a total TV geek like me. Now it's even more fun to read her books and try to guess where some of the quotes come from!
Cool things are happening though. The editor who requested a partial wanted me to give a brief description of the others books planned for the series I pitched. I was a little nervous at first, but fortunately I found some notes about possible storylines for the other characters which I had written months ago. Phew! Big sigh of relief. So that will be heading out tomorrow morning. A good friend's husband is in CA filming a gameshow. And considering that he was the National Spelling Bee champ when he was like 14 and is one of the smartest guys I know (he's an engineer, need I say more?) then I'm hoping that they come home with the big bucks. I couldn't think of a family who deserves it more. Wonderful people. So I'll keep you posted when that'll be on.
I saw Harry Potter on Monday night and loved it! People make fun of me because I never read any of the books. But my plan is to watch all the movies then go back and read them. Because, trust me, if you saw my office especially after the conference, I need to get through what I have here first. Ack! The movie was much darker and it's so crazy to see how mature-looking the boys in particular have become. But the cool thing is that I saw a trailer for a Get Smart movie staring Steve Carell. I LOVED Get Smart when I was kid. I watched it everyday at 5 pm in reruns. Those kind of shows are what inspire me to write outrageous villians and outlandish set-ups and gadgets. I totally hope they don't screw it up. When I was kid I thought Agent 99 was the coolest and always wanted my hair cut like hers. But, alas, I have curly hair which just wouldn't work. Bah!
I forgot to mention that I spoke to Kresley Cole at the literary signing during RWA. She writes historicals as well as my some of my favorite paranormals Hunger Like No Other (amazing) and No Rest for the Wicked (what I'm reading now which is also amazing). Being a movie buff and TV junkie, I kept reading phrases and saying in her books and thinking that I heard them somewhere. Particularly a few lines sounded like they were from South Park. And sure enough, I was right. She said that she loves quoting Cartman and has also put lines in there from the Alien Trilogy movies, which I know way too well since one of my good friends always quotes those movies. I was so excited that she was a total TV geek like me. Now it's even more fun to read her books and try to guess where some of the quotes come from!
posted by J.T. Bock at 3:02 PM
2 Comments:
Fingers crossed for your series, girlfriend. Just hearing about the first book would make me interested in the rest. And there's nothing wrong with being a TV or movie junkie. I should know. My VHS and DVD collection is about to about 300+ right now. Sad. Really sad. :)
Thanks, Marcia! And I'm rooting for you, too, girl!
And no, it's not sad that you have about 300+ movies in your collection (Though you may want to consider opening a video store :P You probably have a better selection than mine does!) Have you seen that Pop Culture VH1 game show? I totally cleaned up on the movie section. Finally, a show that rewards you for being a couch potato. Sweet!
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