To usher in the New Year, Simon & Schuster recently updated their website (unlike certain writers who shall remain nameless). It is now overflowing with fun info and blogs and videos from many, many, many of the authors they’ve published over the years. Seriously. HUNDREDS of writers. You could spend a whole day going through it all. There are famous people like Stephen King and Carrie Fisher and Scott Westerfeld and even some schlub named Paul Ruditis. If you want to learn a bit more about said schlub, go here. But don’t take all of the answers too seriously … because I didn’t when I wrote them.

TV Update:
Lost is back and my fingers are crossed. For you too, 24.

Gossip Girl promises an exciting pairing between Lily and Chuck. In business, I mean.

I hear they’re doing an episode of Chuck (the TV show, not the Gossip Girl character) in 3-D. That can only be … Awesome. Although, now that I think of it, Chuck Bass in 3-D would be kind of cool too.

Privileged just keeps getting better and better and better. I beg those of you not watching this show to watch it. BEG. And while I’m begging, you should include Friday Night Lights in that too. They’re both family dramas that differ dramatically in tone, but manage to touch my heart in similar ways. I mean … I didn’t even know I had a heart to be touched. (Okay, ick on that image.)

And now a quick look at my recent reading list:
Just finished reading Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
Set in a fictional land with strong Asian influences, this fantasy novel tells the tale of a girl pretending to be a boy who can commune with dragon spirits. (Not to be confused with the Disney movie, Mulan … Or Yentl.) Some people have compared it to the Dragonriders of Pern series, but since I’ve never read those books (I know!), I can’t speak to that issue. But I can say that I really enjoyed the book and can’t wait for the sequel.

Currently reading Janet Evanovich’s Plum Spooky, which has one of my new favorite opening paragraphs:
“Sometimes you get up in the morning and you know it’s going to be one of those days. No toothpaste left in the tube, no toilet paper on the cardboard roll, hot water cuts out halfway through your shower, and someone’s left a monkey on your doorstep.”

Don’t know what I’d do if I woke up to find a monkey on my doorstep. I was all kinds of confused the time a welcome mat suddenly turned up there mysteriously on it’s own. It turned out to be a gift from the neighbor, but still, unexpected things should not suddenly appear on your doorstep. Even doormats.

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