Amie Stuart ~ On the Back Porch

Lucinda Betts is on a roll over at NAS…we’re talking the worst book covers…or are they?

Over at NAS I’m blogging about books you’d stake a friendship on–blatantly stolen from Stephen Parrish. Consider it a quick meme.

Over at SFC Dennie is talking about sentence structure and you really need to read this. Really.

And tomorrow at SFC we have the uber-fabulous Mechelle Armstrong guest blogging about her latest release!

The meter has moved. I’ll see ya’ll next week.

A strange thing has happened the last few mornings. I woke up happy. I know this might seem strange but normally I just wake up. The last two mornings I’ve woken up almost GIDDY. (I Should probably save this for my Monday blog post at SFC but oh well)

Strange indeed and I can’t explain the happiness (despite the impending deadline). Spring is here, the book is coming along, I have no kids this weekend, and life is good. I feel optimistic and dare I say, poised on the edge of something, almost as if I’m holding my breath….waiting.

So what’s the point of all of this?

I watched Eli Stone this morning. And if you’re not familiar with Eli you have no idea what you’ve been missing. Eli is a lawyer at a top San Fransisco law firm who suddenly begins having halucinations. All of which are geared toward him taking cases involving underdogs, helping the common man etc. It involves George Michael and has a real spiritual bent to it–because Eli’s acupuncturist/friend believes that Eli is a prophet. The truth of the matter is Eli has an (almost) inoperable brain aneurysm that they think are causing his visions–except his visions keep coming true. So, I’m watching last week’s episode–the one about the earth quake, where Eli’s boss (Victor Garber from Alias who I LURVE) nearly gets voted out of the company while Eli is trying to get the city to close the Golden Gate bridge because he believes this HUGE earthquake is coming.

So anyway Victor makes this wonderful speech about how every company, every law firm, every-body needs an Eli to basically keep them human. I had chills and I sat there watching it (and yes I know it’s TV *eyeroll*) praying PRAYING that Eli was right and that the earthquake really was going to happen.

Meanwhile in court this fringe scientist who also has predicted this earthquake gets on the stand and he said something that really hit me, so I ran for a pen and jotted it down.
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April 15….Raine’s Birthday.

I’m also over at Naughty and Spice today doing the Meme to end all Meme’s! Feel free to join in.

I also got good pages last night, but I haven’t dumped my Alpha Smart. I’m doing a semi-moratorium on the TV until Screwed is done.

I’ll be on Candace Havens’ Write Workshop loop this week talking query letters and blurbs! Please note, there are TWO loops. The Workshop loop is just the lesson and the Chat loop will be more interactive. Tuesday we’re talking the basics and Wednesday - Friday we’re talking blurbs so get our your wip, dust off that query letter and find your favorite books.

I’ll also have a fun blurb game over at NAS tomorrow in honor of our class.

What would you do if you had a, er, penis? Drop by NAS and uh weigh in.

Hey I just realized today is Rita/GH day! Are you waiting? Biting your nails? If you get the call, gimme a hollar!

Yesterday while home with sick child, I watched Mr. Brooks. All I can say is WOW! It was a TRUE psychological thriller….something we don’t see a lot of these days. I’m not sure who I liked best, Kevin Costner or William Hurt (as the psychotic devil on his shoulders). What I really liked though was…..Gonna put it below the cut because it’s a HUGE spoiler.

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I’m blogging about characterization this week. I’m over at Southern Fried Chicas trying to justify all those hours watching television. I’ll be at NAS tomorrow blogging about my crazy writer’s brain.

Here’s today’s giggle-scope!

Something that seems big to you turns out to be even bigger when your people get wind of it. Maybe it’s time for a celebration of some kind — but friends and family will make all the calls.

I’m home. With the kids. For Spring Break. I don’t see much celebrating in my future. LOL
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