Monthly Archives: November 2009

Eastwick will be cancelled?

According to CBC News, ABC’s Eastwick is going to be cancelled! I’m actually enjoying this show! I wasn’t so sure at first, but I’ve gotten used to the characters! (unlike Accidentally on Purpose which I thought was okay, but ended … Continue reading

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The world’s largest book!

Via The New Yorker’s Book Bench: Apparently the world’s largest book is Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Himalayan Kingdom by MIT’s Michael Hawley available from Amazon.com by Friendly Planet for $30,000. Wow. I am definitely putting this one on my … Continue reading

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Writing Tips from TV: 3 Reasons Why ABC’s V Doesn’t Work

Have you seen V on ABC (see above preview)? Basically it’s about what happens when an alien race makes first contact with earth. I think the show is meant to appeal to Battlestar Galactica (aka BSG) fans as well as … Continue reading

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Hannah by Kathryn Lasky

Hannah by Kathryn Lasky A fantasy/historical fiction novel about a poor orphan girl in late 19th century New England who discovers within herself a strange longing and need for the ocean. The novel was inspired by a painting at the … Continue reading

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Who's your Project Runway pick?

My favorite for this season is Carol Hannah. I’m not sure she’s actually going to win–I think it might be Irina who won so many challenges–but the winner has almost always been a surprise to me, so who knows? Carol … Continue reading

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Running out of space!

Hmm… now that all the channels are HD, I am quickly running out of space on my DVR. You know what that means…more shows will be deleted! Shows in danger of deletion since I haven’t felt compelled to watch them: … Continue reading

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Scrivener day #4: Oops.

Hooray! I successfully figured out how to completely screw up my manuscript! I hit command-k thinking it would bring up keywords on Scrivener and accidentally split two of my cards. Not a big deal, (and I should probably change the … Continue reading

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Scivener Trial Day #3

(yes, it’s been a while since i sat down to work on this project) I implemented some of the suggestions posted by someone at Scrivener to the blogger version of my blog. So far so good. I basically renamed “Labels” … Continue reading

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3 Shows I Wish Hadn't Been Cancelled

1) Arrested Development — This show was hilarious! There were rumors going around about an Arrested Development movie, but I haven’t heard anything about it in a while. There is an Arrested Development Documentary (see trailer below) but I think if … Continue reading

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V — Episode One

    I’m not really sure what to say about V.  I wanted to like it, I really did, but it was just kind of okay. Episode one starts with what appears to be an earthquake but ends up being … Continue reading

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