Open Mic Wednesday 3/17/10
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Books by Kaye Dacus
Novel in Progress
Follow the Heart*
Book 1 of The Great Exhibition Series
Due May 1, 2012
first draft completion goal date: 01/31/12
*working title
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Let’s talk about where you want the folks from MTCW to take you to lunch for all the free education you give us.
Just remember most of us are poor.
No lunch is necessary. I’m happy to do it!
I know…but it gives me an excuse to cheat on my diet. LOL.
I had the pimento cheese sandwich at Flatrock Cafe this afternoon. Very good, and very much not on my healthy-eating plan.
How were the Reubens at Noshville?
Amy had a Reuben and loved it. I tried the spicy chicken salad and wasn’t really blown away by it. It was good but not that good.
Okay . . . I’ll throw a topic out there. Read any books recently?
I just finished The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn (very fun book, though needed a strong critiquer’s hand) and The Silent Governess by Julie Klassen (the first book of hers I’ve actually gotten into and been able to read all the way through).
I start on The Complete Idiots Guide to Pirates and A History of Pirates next as research for Ransome’s Quest.
I’ve been on a reading kick lately, after getting my Genesis entry turned in! I just finished “Courting Trouble” by Deeanne Gist. VERY surprising, and not a little controversial. Before that, I read “Beguiled” by Deeanne and Mark Bertrand. Absolutely loved that book. I hope they team up again.
One of the best I’ve read lately is “The Frontiersman’s Daughter” by Laura Frantz. Amazing first novel. It’s an epic, and reminded me SO much of the mini-series from the late 70′s or early 80′s “The Awakening Land” with Elizabeth Montgomery. I don’t usually go for that time period in historical fiction, but Laura has changed my mind.
Thank you SO MUCH for mentioning the name of that miniseries! I’ve been thinking about it off and on the past few months and wondering if Netflix had it, but couldn’t for the life of me remember the name of it!
(And the answer is: no, they don’t
)
Sorry . . . I would love to see that again, too. Elizabeth Montgomery and Hal Holbrook. That’s all I can remember, but I remember being MESMERIZED the whole time I watched! I wonder if ANYBODY has it . . . .
Ya’ll got me curious, so I looked around. You can order The Awakening Land from the Warner Archive Collection. It’s their made “on-demand” DVD program, so anything released through there will (probably) never get picked up by Netflix. I’ve gotten a few hard to find titles from them before and been pleased with the quality of the picture. Here’s the link: http://www.wbshop.com/Awakening-Land-The-1978TV/1000148016,default,pd.html?adid=C
I’m working through Steven James’ “The Rook.” I LOVE his writing. It’s great to read and intimidating to me as a writer at the same time.
The last three fiction books I’ve read were Michal and Abigail by Jill Eileen Smith and Sons of Thunder by Susan May Warren. Currently reading The Swiss Courier by Tricia Goyer and Mike Yorkey.
Apple Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke (I make at least 2-4 recipes from each book, 2 of which I am now required to bring to every family gathering and dance class party). Just plain love that series.
The Raven Saint by ML Tyndall. Third in the series, just as good as the previous 2 books.
That’s about it right now. The rest of the books I want to read I am still in que for at the library, so i have to wait
“Here Burns My Candle” by Liz Curtis Higgs another wonderful story set in Scotland. Also, reading “Crossing the Buffalo” by Adrian Greaves about the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 (research for a book).
A Case for Love
, reread How Sweet it Is by Alice J. Wisler (loved, loved, loved it), and just starting The Silent Governess!
I saw “The Magic of Ordinary Days” yesterday. Very sweet and pretty well done for a Hallmark movie, IMO. My favorite character was the hero. SO sweet!
That’s one of my all-time favorite Hallmark movies.
I watched the “Good Witch” movies on Hallmark this weekend. I love their commitment to clean romantic comedies! (Now if they’d just decide my stories would make good Hallmark Channel movies . . .)
Oh, I could so see Stand-In Groom on Hallmark! Hey they made a Lynn Austin book into a movie…I’m thinking it could happen!
Two books came from Amazon today: Sixteen Brides by Stephanie Grace Whitson and She Walks in Beauty by Siri Mitchell. I’ve had difficulty reading Mitchell’s books before, but the cover of this one was so gorgeous I couldn’t resist it! (And it sounds like a great story; plus, now I know a little better what to expect from her books stylewise and storywise, I think it’ll be a little easier for me to get into this book.)
Read Field of Blood and Haunt of Jackals by Eric Wilson earlier this month. Love them. Anxious for # 3 to come out next month. Currently reading a romantic suspense manuscript for a friend who just turned it in to her publisher. I’m about halfway through and still a little confused on who all the characters are. The story has a lot of potential but needs a ton of good editing. Last movie I watched was Transformers. I was so underwhelmed I sent the second one back to Netfilix unopened.
I’ve been on a Perry Mason kick for several months. These books by Erle Stanley Gardner are interesting lawyer mysteries from the 1940′s, 50′s, 60′s, and 70′s! There are 85 books in the series! I’ve only read twenty-eight spanning last year and these first few months of this year. I don’t think our county libraries even have all of them among them.
One book I have started that is good so far is “Family Guardian” by Laurie Alice Eakes. It is a regency Avalon book. One can tell the lady has done her research and her writing style is similar to Georgette Heyer without all the constant swearing and general humorous events. She has a written a couple of Heartsong books. This one book in particular I guess is supposed to be regency. The heroine’s dress isn’t, but the hero’s clothing is. Anyway, I am amused because the hero looks just like Dan Stevens, Edward Ferrars in S&S 2007! He’s even dressed in the same coat, cravat, and waistcoat in the scene when Edward arrives at Norland Park and meets the Dashwood ladies for the first time! It’s not just his clothing, but his hairstyle too.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MeIbEFhUsDU/S2FzBY7r1MI/AAAAAAAAAC0/M7tqXHlLN-k/s1600-h/TheGlassblower.JPG
Wow–talk about a 1970s wedding dress!
That looks like my 1979 prom dress!
That’s so weird…it looks just like him!
Me too!
(Sorry…couldn’t resist the obvious joke here.)
I finally saw the movie Twilight over the weekend on TV. I enjoyed it more than expected, but there felt like there were gaps in the story. I am about 95% sure that I am going to read the four books in the Twilight saga; the question is when. The last book was released in 2008 and has not yet gone to paperback. Amazon claims it will be in paperback in August. The plan right now is to wait until then to buy all the books then so I do not drive myself crazy having to wait for the last book in the serise.
I re-watched Twilight the other night and actually tweeted about it: You know you’re getting older when you watch the biggest movie for teens . . . and you think the dad is the most attractive man in the film. http://www.accesshollywood.com/content/images/87/originals/87491_billy-burke-talks-new-moon.jpg
Better than Robert Pattison. The guy is waaaay too overrated.
I liked Robert Pattinson in the fourth Harry Potter movie. Of course, his character did die at the end of that movie.
I think he is dreamy. I am going to try and see New Moon for the first time this weekend. I also went to the library today and took out the four books in the serise. I am about 200 pages into the first book.