I admit it — I’m an addict

I was going to title this post “It’s the most wonderful time of the year” but then I decided I should just come out and say it.

I am addicted to paper.

The reason I think it’s the most wonderful time of the year is that I spotted my first ad for discounted school supplies. It is now officially time to feed my addiction. 

I do a lot (okay, most) of my writing by hand, so now it’s time to stock up. (Guilt-free since they’re on sale — well guilt-free except for the poor trees I’m sending to their deaths…)

It’s time to feed my need for single subject notebooks, legal pads (white, not yellow – or even purple, which look cool, but are difficult to read, and I have enough problems deciphering my handwriting) and little memo pads (to keep in my purse, for those inopportune times when brilliance strikes when I’m not at home).

Okay, now you know my horrible secret — put me near school supplies and I’m like a kid in a candy store.

What about you? What are YOU “addicted” to?

You can’t judge a book by its movie,

but now they want you to judge a tv series by its book.

ABC is going to publish a book by “Richard Castle” that’s supposedly written by the main character of its show CASTLE. 

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE56012D20090701

Like there haven’t been enough comparisons btwn this show and Murder She Wrote?

I’m having trouble killing somebody

This is a first for me.

Usually I have to be talked/bullied into leaving someone alive. I really wanted to kill off one of the characters in my last book, but Long Suffering threatened to not speak to me if I did.

Right now I’ve got to get rid of a character. I’ve been waffling back and forth btwn whether to kill him or just maim him. I can’t figure out how to do it, who should do it, or where to do it.

And I’m not even particularly invested in this character.

It took me over a week (yeah, I’m THAT slow) to figure out why I’m in limbo about this character. It’s because I’m in limbo, waiting for something that may or may not materialize. His fate is tied to my fate.

Which is stupid.

So I’m killing him tonight.

They may not bode well for me….

If a spy’s picture is posted on Facebook…

Sir John Sawers WAS scheduled to take over MI6 in November, but now his wife (who’s got to be A: a blithering idiot or B: the most passive-aggressive witch around) has managed to endanger those plans by posting family pictures, etc. on Facebook.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090705/tuk-miliband-dismisses-mi6-facebook-row-6323e80.html

Now you just know that somewhere, some poor writer is slamming his/her head into a desk, because he/her was working on a story about a spy that is inadvertently outed by a social networking site.

Seen on the back of a septic truck

“Recycled Meatloaf”

Ewwwwww!

Book of her heart –THE MATCHMAKERS

You hear about writing the “book of your heart”  all the time, right?  My wonderful friend Jennifer Colgan did just that with her book, “THE MATCHMAKERS”.

This great read was just released, so hop on over to Jen’s site www.jennifercolgan.com  to read an excerpt and learn more about why it comes with this: 

Warning: This title contains sensual love scenes, mischievous Fae, removable wings and hot men in tool belts.

First Day Jitters

While waiting for my hairdresser to finish up the appt before mine, I got into a conversation with another beautician. (wait! conversation isn’t the right word, it would indicate an exchange of thoughts or ideas — this was more a matter of me just nodding and smiling politely)
Anyway she was very nervous and excited. And chatty. Very, VERY chatty.

Today she’s starting a new job. A second job. But she was very worried because it starts at 6 p.m. and she’s really concerned that she won’t make it on time because of rush hour traffic.

Ya think? NJ at rush hour — where won’t you hit traffic?

“What if there’s an accident?” she says. “Or what if the traffic lights go out?I mean I’ve got to be on stage AT six. Six o’clock on the dot.”

On stage? There’s only one job I can think of that you’d need to be on stage for at six. Crap, how do I always end up in these weird conversations? Oh…she could be doing dinner theater…dinner theater might start at six….are there any dinner theaters left around here?

I cast a furtive look in the direction of my hairdresser. She’s blowdrying what looks like Cousin It. She will not be rescuing me from this.

“I’ve never stripped professionally before.”

Does anyone else think “Professional Stripper” is an oxymoron?

But my friends all say I can make some really good tips. More than I make here.

Thankfully at that moment her next client walked in and she busied herself with greeting him. I wonder if she told him about her new job.

He looked to be about seven.

Assault with a deadly weapon?

Saw this AP story:

Tenn. couple accused of assault using Cheetos

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. – Authorities said a couple got into a fight using Cheetos. The Bedford County Sheriff’s Department said a 40-year-old man and 44-year-old woman became involved in a ‘verbal altercation.’ Somehow, the orange puffy snacks were used in the assault.

Deputies said they were charged with domestic assault. No one was hurt.

According to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, both posted bond of $2,500.

“World Mourns Jackson’s Death”

Really?

In case we needed confirmation that there’s something really wrong with the world?

Too cute to kill

Do animals think baby animals are too cute to kill?

This was what I was wondering while I lunched with a momma deer and two oh-so-adorable spotted fawns today.

I sat on my back porch eating my leftover pasta, while the deer munched on the berry bushes. I think they’re glad it’s stopped raining too.