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April 22, 2005
Friday musings from Freedom Central
Alesia, with the house all to herself mwah ha ha . . .
Navy Guy just took the kidlets off to the cub scout camp-o-rama, where they can run around and scream with a zillion other kids to their hearts’ content, while poor Mommy [snicker] had to stay home and work.
I’m in the finish line stretch; tsunami mode for THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT GUYS. It’s a blast to write, and I almost wish it were a full-length book, so I could keep playing with these characters. Er, except for the part where I need to get started on MURDER BY MASS TORT . . .
If you’re a writer and have any kind of family, you know how hard it is . . .
. . . to get time alone in the house. Sure, you can sneak off to the library, coffee shop, or nearest Motel 6, but, seriously, isn’t writing much more comfortable at home?? Not to mention eating junk food, surfing channels, and reading the all-important PWOTB?
PWOTB, in case you didn’t know, is PROCRASTINATING WITH OTHER PEOPLE’S BOOKS. Books I didn’t have to plot, write, or – most important – worry about copyedits!! Here are a couple I’ve read recently and loved:
DATING DEAD MEN and DATING IS MURDER, by the actor Harley Jane Kozak. She’s a great actor but, trust me, she’s an even better writer. These books rock!
THE GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER, by Susan McBride. Funny and fresh doesn’t begin to describe the troubles Andy gets into while solving murders and dealing with her high-society Dallas mama.
A CONNECTICUT FASHIONISTA IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT by May’s guest chick, Marianne Mancusi. (Actually, I got to read this one way early - it’s a total blast!) Imagine a latte-addicted fashion editor in love, er lust, er, love with Sir Lancelot . . .
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT by Kathryn Caskie. Never read historical fiction. Well, almost never, except for books by friends. I just can’t get past the “no toothpaste” issue . . . But I met Kathryn at a conference and she was so funny, I was sure her book would be, too. Trust me – you’ll adore it!
Finally, a bit of news! Thanks to G. Miki Hayden, an article about chick lit in the May Writer’s Digest magazine talks about the success of Jax Abbott, (um, my alter ego) in the teen fiction market!! How cool to be in Writer’s Digest!!! Also, I received the loveliest call from Kelley St. John, coordinator of the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence contest (judged by booksellers), telling me that my first novel for teens, SUPER WHAT?, finaled in the contest!
Okay – off to read SIT, STAY, SLAY, er, I mean, off to work! But that Kendra Ballantyne sure is fascinating . . .
Hugs and happy weekending,
Alesia
Posted by Alesia at 7:11 PM
