…You’ll love The American Mall. I mean, seriously … it’s a TV musical. Set in a mall! That’s even better than a movie musical set in a disco roller rink! (See: Xanadu. Seriously. See it.) This is exactly the kind of TV movie event that Bryan would throw a party for (and Holly Mayflower would have begged her dad to get her a role in!).

The American Mall is on Monday night at 9:00 on MTV. It stars Nina Dobrev from Degrassi, Rob Mayes, and Autumn Reeser who played the awesome Taylor Townsend on The O.C. And that oh-so-dreamy Neil Haskell from last season’s SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE is in it too.

Do check it out because it not only promises to be more fun than a town that outlawed dancing, but—and I love that I get to say this—the director’s a friend of mine. So tune in! Turn it up! And sing along! Or … dance along since you probably don’t know the lyrics yet.

As Robin Sparkles* would say … Let’s Go To The Mall!

*This is a reference to How I Met Your Mother … another show you all should be watching.

Today is a bit bittersweet with the release of DRAMA! Book 4: Entrances and Exits. Sadly, this is the last book in the DRAMA! series … unless something wonderfully amazing happens like a massive write in campaign or a movie deal or my mom buying up every single copy of the series thereby skewing the sales numbers and making it clear that my editor simply must ask me for more!! Alas, I fear this is the end.

But a good end, in my unusually self-confident opinion. Entrances and Exits is one of my favorite books ever. (That I’ve written, I mean. In the pantheon of publishing I’m not going to be so egotistical as to say this is one of the best books of all time … although…) I love these characters and just because I’m not writing them anymore, doesn’t mean they’re not still with me. Ohhh, bad double negative! Bad! Or wait … I think that’s a triple negative! In that case bully for me!

Bully for me? When did Theodore Roosevelt take over this blog?

Mr. Roosevelt aside, I hope you all enjoy it. (Ooooh, speaking of Mr. Roosevelt, you should all check out the movie Arsenic and Old Lace starring Cary Grant. It is one of Bryan’s favorite movies and, not surprisingly, one of mine as well.)

And as they used to say on The West Wing … “What’s next?”

I’ll let you know.

Scott Westerfeld recently posted a blog entry about the first lines of his books … which naturally got me thinking of my first lines from the DRAMA! series. They go a little something like this…

The Four Dorothys
It was a drag queen’s worst nightmare.

Everyone’s a Critic
“SOMETIMES I JUST WANT TO RIP YOUR HEAD OFF, DISEMBOWELL YOU, AND FEED YOU TO THE SHARKS!”

Show, Don’t Tell
“Where did those come from?”

And finally … the book due out on Tuesday…

Entrances and Exits
Sam took the stage as I’d seen her do many times before.

As you can see from the first three first lines, I like to start things off with a BANG: a strong (hopefully) funny line that pulls you right into the story. The first line of Entrances and Exits doesn’t have quite the same BANG because it’s written to lead up to the BANG, which takes place on page 2. But it is there. And it’s one of my favorite BANGS in the series. Just as this is one of my favorite books in the series. And that’s all I’m going to say about that … except that the way I BEGIN the book isn’t the only difference in this story.

Seeing as how the TV is kind of limited over the summer, I’ve been using the downtime to catch up on my reading. I should be using it to catch up on my writing, but that’s neither here nor there.

But HERE are some of the fun books I’ve been enjoying of late…

Kitty Kitty by Michele Jaffe
First off, kudos to Michele’s parents for spelling her name with only one “L.” Speaking for my sister, who is also a “Michele of the One L,” it’s nice to have some “One L” solidarity out there. (Sorry to any “Two L” Michelle’s, but you get all the monogrammed junk at the souvenir shops—like mugs and key chains and collectible thimbles—spelled your way so you already have that solidarity.)

Kitty Kitty is the sequel to Bad Kitty and is just as highlysterical as the first. I’m talking the kind of hysterically funny that you shouldn’t read them on a plane for fear of embarrassing yourself when you laugh out loud and scare the small child in the seat in front of you which sets him off into a screaming fit. Not that I’m speaking from experience.

Also fun is the graphic novel Bad Kitty: Catnipped.

The Dead and The Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer

On the total other end of the spectrum, this one is not a comedy AT ALL. This is a sort of sequel to Life as We Knew It – the story of what happens to a girl and her family after an asteroid collides with the moon, leaving disaster in its wake. I say “sort of sequel” because this book doesn’t pick up where the first left off. Instead, it’s a parallel tale about a boy and his family coping with the tragedy and what befalls them. Though this book is about survival and hope, it is not one to read when you’re depressed. Unless depressed is a normal state for you and you actually enjoy it. Then, by all means, dig in. But maybe save Bad Kitty and Kitty Kitty to read afterwards to lighten the mood.

And Finally … Kiki Strike!
A series by Kristen Miller

FYI: The exclamation point is not part of the series title. That’s my invention. But with a name like Kiki Strike! I think it’s fitting to have should an exclamation point at the end. Paul Ruditis does not require an exclamation point. Although it would be cool if my name had that weird, wavy hyphen thing. I don’t know what it’s called, but I think it would be fun to write my name like this:
Paul Ruditis~
Kind of looks like I’m sticking my tongue out at the world.

Anyway, the Kiki Strike! books tell the story of a group of delinquent girl scouts who discover at abandoned city underneath New York. These are not the kind of scouts who are cookie pushers (mmmm … thin mints!). These are kick butt teens who save the city through their adventures combining international intrigue, high (and low) tech gadgets, and lots and lots of disgusting rats. So, check them out:
Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City
Kiki Strike: The Empress’s Tomb

These should keep you more than entertained until the release of DRAMA! Entrances and Exits on August 5th.

Signing off,
Paul Ruditis~~
(Okay, maybe two is overkill.)

Last week I posted a fun little bit on the Ro Com blog about writing for TV tie-ins and the two series I would LOVE to write books for, so check it out…

But while you’re here, I wanted to mention a TV series that I HAVE had the chance to write about. I hinted at it a while back, but held back on the big reveal. Well, now that the book is on Amazon (not the cover, just the basic book info) I guess it can be told.

I recently completed an episode guide for the E! reality series The Girls Next Door. Actually, it’s more than an episode guide, it’s also a lifestyle book with beauty and makeup tips (from the Girls, not from me. You think it’s an accident that there are no author photos on this site or in my books?). There’s also party tips, beautiful full color photos, and a cookbook. I know! Crazy! And the best part is that the Girls themselves (and Hef) were heavily involved in this book so it’s really going to be chock full of fun stuff straight from the people the show is about.

I had a BLAST working on this book. It will be out in November, just in time for the holiday buying season. But check back here from time to time as I’ll be sure to blog more often when certain interesting events related to the book might come up.

In the meantime, I know the summer TV options are limited, but if you aren’t watching My Boys on TBS, you really should be. Granted, I’m biased because I know one of the cast members, but it really is a great sit-com in a TV universe that’s been kind of short on good sit-coms of late.

Gesundheit! (Sorry. Old joke.)

I realize that the clues I’ve dropped in my posts in the past week about my mystery project are really, really, subtle and obscure. I wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t even notice there were there. So, here’s one you can’t miss.

As I mentioned, it’s a book based on a TV show … one that does not require a script.

Not sure when I’ll be able to reveal the title, but until then, check out my latest post over at the Ro Com blog.

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Whoops. Missed a day of blogging yesterday in the promised seven-days-of-blogging. Hmmm … maybe I need to come up with a name for this event. Unfortunately Blogfest is taken. I should have thought about this earlier. Either way, I’m surprised that I’ve been this good about posting considering my less than stellar track record around here.

I realize that recommending another book in the same week that my own book comes out is kind of a silly thing to do from a promotional standpoint, but I’m kind of a silly person. Besides, the book I’m going to recommend isn’t really my competition, but it does follow the theatrical theme (and it’s like three times the price, so Show, Don’t Tell is clearly the bargain here.)

During my crazy writing blitz of the past couple months I made sure that I read every night before bed. If I don’t do that, I’ll keep writing until lights out, which always results in me being unable to shut off my brain and actually fall asleep. And if I don’t get a good three to four hours of sleep a night you can’t do anything with me the next day. Nor would you want to. So reading is very important to me—and to those around me—in these crash periods.

One of the best books I read during this time was Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews.

First of all, it is almost sickening that one person can be this talented. She was blessed with a beautiful singing voice (that, tragically, a bad surgery has all but demolished) and is clearly a terrific actress, but I never knew what an incredibly talented writer she is. This book is stunningly written. It mainly deals with her childhood in vaudeville and the early part of her stage career. Though she certainly lived an interesting life, it’s the way that she writes about the mundane aspects of her world, her family, and childhood playmates (who tended to be adults) that kept me enthralled. This is not some scandalous tell all that seems to be all the rage in celebrity books. This is a sweet, simple story of a young girl in a more innocent time. And it is so NOT my usual reading choice, but I am really glad that I picked it up. So, after you get finished reading Show, Don’t Tell, I suggest you pick up this one too.

Oh, and on a unrelated musical theatre topic, the “Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Night” on American Idol was nothing more than a series of huge mistakes. HUGE. Which, pretty much, everyone else has said as well. But really, Memory?

And what better way to go out and celebrate our planet than by buying a book? Hey, how about DRAMA! Show, Don’t Tell? I mean, they’ve already gone and used all that paper to print up the darn thing. Don’t think of it as just buying a book. You’ll be saving the planet!

Why yes, I do have no shame.

Speaking of Earth Day, one little thing that I do to help out is, whenever possible, I’ll walk somewhere instead of taking my car. I walk around town a lot. Just ask my neighbor who always sees me out and about. Aside from being great exercise, walking gives me time to think and to work. I’d say that the most important part of the writing process happens for me while I walk and listen to my iPod. I have particular playlists for particular moods and especially for particular books. Here’s what I listen to when I’m developing new ideas or scenes or whatever for DRAMA! (It’s a rather eclectic mix, though it should be no surprise that it’s rather heavy on showtunes.)

DRAMA! Playlist
“Who Am I Anyway?” from A Chorus Line
“Cabaret” from Cabaret (Duh)
“The Grease Megamix”
“Bubble Pop Electric” by Gwen Stefani
“Friends” by Bette Midler
“You’re my Best Friend” by Queen
“Rent” from Rent (Duh again)
“Lose Yourself” by Eminem (Surprising, I know.)
“The Entertainer” by Billy Joel
“Gone Going” by Black Eyed Peas (featuring Jack Johnson)
“The Rose” by Bette Midler
“Brush Up Your Shakespeare” from Kiss Me Kate
“I Have Confidence” from The Sound of Music
“Wind it Up” by Gwen Stefani
“Hey Old Friends” from Merrily We Roll Along (performed by Barry Manilow)
“Linus and Lucy” by Vince Guaraldi
“You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” from the play of the same name
“My New Philosophy” also from You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
“Popular” from Wicked
A Medley of songs from The Wizard of Oz in concert.
“The Show Must Go On” by Queen

Doesn’t it seem a little unfair that Gossip Girl, Greek, Bones, and How I Met Your Mother are all on the same night at the SAME TIME!?! I mean, seriously … we have months with hardly any original television programming and then it all comes back at once? Where’s the logic in that? Good thing I took a break from Dancing with the Stars this season or I think my head would explode.

Seeing how those are some of my favorite shows, it got me thinking about my characters’ favorites (also because asking certain people about their “favorite things” is a tiny component of the super secret project I mentioned earlier). So, in honor of the release of Show, Don’t Tell tomorrow, I thought it would be fun to ask Bryan, Sam, and Hope what some of their favorites are. It turns out that they like some of the same stuff I do. What an amazing coincidence.

Favorite Movie
Bryan: There are so many. Let’s see. For classic movies, it’s got to be The Philadelphia Story, Stage Door, and His Girl Friday. But for movies that came out since I was born, I’d have to say, Mean Girls, Finding Neverland, and Hairspray.
Sam: Gone with the Wind and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Hope: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Sorry. I love Johnny Depp and all, but nothing beats the original.

Favorite TV Show
Bryan: Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars, Ugly Betty, Gossip Girl … and because this list is a little short on testosterone … Battlestar Galactica (not that it doesn’t star some kick ass women, but at least it doesn’t have a girl in the title.)
Sam: Buffy, Lost, and Friday Night Lights
Hope: Television rots the mind … except for Buffy and Lost.

Favorite Singer/Band
Bryan: Sam
Sam: Aw, thanks Bryan. That’s sweet. You must want something. Okay, my favorite singers are Norah Jones and Heather Headley.
Hope: The Pierces

Favorite Musical
Bryan: Wicked
Sam: Wicked
Hope: Sweeney Todd and The Sound of Music.

Favorite Halloween Costume
Bryan: I was once a tube of toothpaste. Crest, I think.
Sam: Maleficent (the Disney character, not Blaine’s dog.)
Hope: Death.

Favorite Food
Bryan: All of them. I’m not picky. Well, except mushrooms. Not a big fan of eating fungus.
Sam: Pizza
Hope: My dad’s huevos rancheros.

Favorite Book
Bryan: Interview with the Vampire and Boy Meets Boy
Sam: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings (and The Hobbit) and the Dragonriders of Pern
Hope: Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, and The Bell Jar

The television writers’ strike is over and we’re about to get four whole weeks of new television … before everything disappears for the summer. Not that original TV totally disappears anymore. There were some really great shows airing during the drought of the past few months—like Jericho and Eli Stone—and some truly awesome ones the will be starting up for the summer soon … Oh, how I have missed you, So You Think You Can Dance?

But television isn’t the only thing coming back. Bryan and his Orion Academy friends return on Tuesday with the release of DRAMA! book 3: Show, Don’t Tell. This time, they’re taking the show on the road and visiting a traveling Renaissance Faire, which is about as fun for Bryan as you’d expect it to be. But Sam and Hope are way stoked to get their Huzzah on. In honor of the release of Show, Don’t Tell, I promise to blog every day for the next seven to make up for my long absence. (I figure with a promise like that, I can probably make it three out of the seven days. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.)

First off, why have I been so scarce around here lately? Well, the thing about being a writer is, sometimes people expect you to write. And meet deadlines. Incredibly tight deadlines in some cases. And I had two biggies in the past two months.

The first was for DRAMA! book 4: Entrances and Exits. Not only did I turn that manuscript in, but my amazing editor turned it around so fast that it’s already been through edits, copyedits, and I just looked over the first pass pages (that’s when I get to see the book laid out in its almost final form). I am incredibly happy with how these next two books in the series came out and can’t wait for everyone to read them.

The other reason I’ve been MIA is that in the past couple months I accepted a book offer, researched the book, interviewed people for it, wrote it, turned it in, got my edits, and am finalizing the second draft right now. It’s a super fun, super exciting book project for a very popular TV show unlike any other I’ve written books on before. This new book is taking me to someplace I never though I’d go and I’m getting to meet people I never dreamed I’d meet. (Don’t get too excited. I haven’t left the L.A. area). Can’t say anything more since the book hasn’t been announced yet, but considering it’ll be out this fall, I should be able to share some more soon. And maybe I’ll drop a hint or two as my week of blogging continues. Who knows?

While you wait for my seven day blog-a-thon to continue, you can check out my friend, Randi Reisfeld’s new web site.

Be back soon!

I promise!

(I hope.)