TV Review: SMASH
February 2, 2012 – 10:05 pm | 7 Comments

Yeah, yeah, it’s exec produced by Steven Spielberg, stars Anjelica Huston and Debra Messing, has big musical numbers…but is it any good? Well, it’s technically impressive, but after finishing the pilot episode of Smash (premiering Monday, …

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World Book Night 2012
February 1, 2012 – 8:56 am | 3 Comments
World Book Night 2012

You’ve probably heard/read a lot about the World Book Night that’s happening on April 23. It’s an event involving volunteer givers who will go out into their communities and give away 20 copies of a …

TAKEN by Robert Crais: Q&A and Giveaway
January 23, 2012 – 2:24 am | 47 Comments
TAKEN by Robert Crais: Q&A and Giveaway

Happy Lunar New Year to those who celebrate it! Today is the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, which sounds like it should be my year but it’s not. I’m actually Year of the …

Nerd Chat with SHAKEN Authors
June 13, 2011 – 2:26 am | 4 Comments
Nerd Chat with SHAKEN Authors

When I heard about Shaken: Stories for Japan, the first ever charitable e-book, I knew I wanted to help spread the word. Like everyone else, I was horrified by the disasters in Japan and, because …

Nerd Chat with Author Brett Battles
March 24, 2011 – 2:20 pm | 18 Comments
Nerd Chat with Author Brett Battles

Brett Battles’s fourth Jonathan Quinn thriller, The Silenced (Dell, 4/5/11), is about to drop so I invited him by to talk about it and the 237 other projects he has up his sleeve.
First, the description …

Nerd Chat with Hilary Davidson + Giveaway of THE DAMAGE DONE
September 27, 2010 – 12:57 am | 12 Comments
Nerd Chat with Hilary Davidson + Giveaway of THE DAMAGE DONE

Hilary Davidson‘s debut mystery novel, The Damage Done, doesn’t drop until tomorrow, September 28, but she’s already a star. Ken Bruen says in a Mulhollandbooks.com post that she’s among “a whole batch of gung ho …

Nerd Chat with Author Sophie Littlefield + Giveaway
June 8, 2010 – 12:06 am | 37 Comments
Nerd Chat with Author Sophie Littlefield + Giveaway

Last year, I had the pleasure of interviewing Sophie Littlefield when she exploded into the publishing world with her debut novel, A Bad Day for Sorry, featuring her take-no-prisoners heroine, Stella Hardesty, illicit protector of …

Nerd Chat with Thriller Writer Brett Battles + Giveaway
May 23, 2010 – 10:16 pm | 29 Comments
Nerd Chat with Thriller Writer Brett Battles + Giveaway

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these because I’m lazy selective about who I ask for a chat. Potential interviewees must go through rigorous testing to determine if they have the Cool …

Keeping Her Head in THE CRAZIES
February 26, 2010 – 12:16 am | 17 Comments
Keeping Her Head in THE CRAZIES

It’s Friday—has your week driven you mad? Well, a friend of mine, actress Christie Lynn Smith, knows all about crazy. She’s here to discuss her latest movie, The Crazies, which opens today.
In the remake of …

Inside the SAG Awards’ Voting Process
January 22, 2010 – 2:21 am | 20 Comments
Inside the SAG Awards’ Voting Process

The 16th annual SAG Awards are tomorrow, January 23, 2010 (televised on TBS and TNT), but before they’re handed out, I polled three different voters to see how they cast their ballots, not just who …

Nerd Chat with FACES OF THE GONE Author Brad Parks
January 6, 2010 – 9:30 pm | 25 Comments
Nerd Chat with FACES OF THE GONE Author Brad Parks

If you’re a regular reader here, you know I don’t do interviews with stuffy people. If I’m gonna sit down to a lunch interview, have a phone conversation and exchange a bunch of e-mails with …

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