Thought I should get it out there right up front. I was, shall we say, “in a mood” when I wrote this blog for Philip Palmer’s website. Lemme know what you think!
My daughter is an instinctive renamer. For instance, she has had enough bad experiences with people named Chris, that if she meets a person by that name who she likes, she will give them another moniker whether they want it or not. And, oddly enough, they never seem to mind. She informed the boy who is (apparently) going to grow up to be her butler that his name is now Barnaby. She calls her trumpet Maurice. And when there were too many girls named Katie in her theater class last spring, she instantly told her professor to, “Call me Stella.”
I find this trait in her immensely hilarious and charming. But maybe that’s because she’s never pulled that stunt on me! So what do you think, should we try to rename the world? Surely we have friends, siblings, co-workers whose names totally do not fit their personalities. I, for one, have never quite felt like a Jennifer. So if you want to try out a new on me, even, go for it. This should be interesting!
First, let me apologize for the bizarro timing of my posts lately. Summer always throws off my timing, since hubby and son are home from school and we often take off for parts unknown on the spur-of-the-moment.
Second, stay tuned for a MONGO announcement sometime within the next two weeks. I’m talking huge, my friends!
Third–I’m listening to “All These Things That I’ve Done” by the Killers right now. Love this song!!! What’re you rocking to right this very second?
. . . we read some of the greatest authors ever to put pen to paper. And they took us to the most amazing places, wouldn’t you agree? What I’m wondering today is, what was the location that enchanted you most? Oz? Never Never Land? Narnia? Or, perhaps, some other wondrous place I haven’t mentioned? Let me know, will ya, and also tell me why that spot, above all others, still fascinates you to this day…
I’m so sorry about the delay in contacting you, my friends, but New Orleans was a lot more fun than I previously anticipated! After three solid days of sleep and discovering I’d brought bronchitis home with me, I am now sufficiently recovered to at least sit upright. Damn, Bourbon Street rocks!
So, I gotta just share a few of my experiences with you, okay?
This is hubby and I preparing to tour the oldest cemetery in NOLA. Fascinating stuff! If you ever get a chance–go!
We saw decrepit old tombs like this one sitting next to marble beauties like the one below. Apparently the church leases the property to families, and if the family dies out, nobody keeps up the lot.
Near the end of the tour we visited the grave of the famous voodoo queen, Marie Laveau. Legend says if you knock three times on her tomb, make a wish, and leave an offering, your wish will come true . . . of course we did!
What made the tour extra fun was our guide, a lovely lady who told us she was a witch, and her husband was a voodoo, which made living in the rough part of town a lot easier for the both of them! Here we are at the end of the tour. (She was hilarious!)
Yeah, we did a bunch of other things in between actual work. Here are a few images from our wonderful trip to New Orleans (may we return ubersoon)!
Now that I’m home, I’m feverishly answering questions for two upcoming interviews, finishing off the final edit for Bitten in Two, and trying to figure out what my next big project will be.
Got any questions for me now that I’m an “expert” on New Orleans? (snort!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo8S3iFdzUc
Okay, I’m not really going on vacation. I’ll actually be working my butt off, writing six to eight hours a day while hubby attends an NEA convention in New Orleans and the rest of the family watches over the house back home. But when the writing and the meetings are over–look out NOLA!
This means I won’t be posting a formal blog until we return on July 12. But I gotta get my Jazfan fix! So I was thinking, what the hell can we talk about for, like, two freaking weeks?
Characters, baby!
The majority of you guys mentioned that, if I were to do a new series related to Jaz Parks, you’d love to see some sort of spinoff featuring the minor characters she’s met or worked with along the way. So why don’t we talk about them during the next several days and maybe get to know them better? Ask any questions you like and I’ll try to answer them. And hey, I’ll be asking you some stuff too, because I love to know what you’re thinking as well.
Can we start with Raoul? Because he’s the biggest mystery to me and, therefore, the most interesting minor character at the moment. Do you think he needs to meet someone special, or is it cool that he’s got his “mission” and is fully directed toward it? Also, is it clear to you what war he died in?
Hubby and I were talking about our dream house today, and what particular electronics we might have on hand for the grandkids to play with when they came over. “Do you suppose they’ll have game systems that’ll just play music too?” he asked me.
“I imagine they’ll have systems that’ll do just about anything you want by then,” I replied.
But it got me to thinking. Fifteen or twenty years from now, home entertainment surely will have transformed, and I’m pretty excited to think about what it’ll look like by then. Will we have holographic video games? Will e-books come with their own soundtracks? What do you think the future holds for us?
Here’s where I was yesterday:
Our Father’s Day Trip
And this was my favorite ride!
What do you guys do for major thrills and excitement??
Hubby and I have just joined Sam’s Club. Apparently when you hit your mid-forties, you develop a desperate need for twelve-packs of facial tissue, because after shopping the afternoon away, filling our cart with mounds of cheese and soap, we are so sure we’ll never go to the store again that we’re considering selling the car! What do you guys eat so much of that you could easily buy a ten-pound package of it and it would never go bad??
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