You’ll never believe what sub-genre is one of the best-selling in romance. It’s paranormal, specifically the werewolf variety. Actually, that would be werewolf and vampire romance, and if you’ve ever seen Underworld and/or its sequel, well, you’d be very close to seeing what the genre is like in romance. In werewolf romances, the hero is typically, well, a werewolf. He looks human one moment, and in another he’s a beast—lots of fur, lots of teeth, lots of claws, and lots…
I never would have guessed that photo manipulation skills were genetic, but I hopped on over to my Cousin Zee’s site and found her PaintShopPro play with a couple of photos, so now I’m thinking maybe not all of my artsy-fartsy comes from my mother’s side as I’d originally thought. Cousin Zee’s related to me through my father’s side, so there must be some artsy-fartsy on that side as well. Come to think of it, both my parents had ridiculously…
Last night my neighboor “Mrs. Wilberforce” knocked at my door to ask a question and to chat a while about the other neighbors. She asked about the girl next door to me, if I’ve seen her lately, and I had to admit that no, I hadn’t. I’d never even realized that she was gone, but now that I thought about it, no, I hadn’t heard her coming in and out lately. Apparently, she left a few days ago to have…
Tagged by Zee, so here goes… Four jobs I’ve had in my life: private piano teacher on-air coordinator at a closed captioning company imaging specialist at a book and magazine publishing house graphic designer and webmaster at the corporate headquarters for an international financing chain Four movies I could watch over and over: Princess Bride Shrek Groundhog Day Pride and Prejudice (any version) Four places I have lived: Japan Philippines San Diego, California Orange County, California Four TV shows I…
I saw Casanova today, and it’s the best romantic comedy I’ve seen since Shakespeare in Love. I don’t know why they don’t make more like these two movies; they’re both very Shakespearean with the ribald humor and mistaken identities. And in the end everything comes out okay, though it’s hard to see how, what with all the confusion of characters and their various funny intrigues. It’s just a plain good story, layered and fun, and it will probably not even…