You’ve probably met a few writer types who say they don’t own a TV. Well, I’m here to tell you I’m not one of them. In addition to being a bona fide The Office addict (I even have a Dwight Shrute bobblehead), my TIVO never misses an episode of Top Chef. Our friends Dianne and [...]
Music and Lyrics won’t be getting anywhere near the Oscars, but it’s totally worth seeing just to see this video on the big screen. In it, Hugh Grant plays an eighties heart-throb, one of two front-men for the wildly popular band POP, singing their hit single Pop Goes My Heart. The parody of early eighties [...]
I’ve come to one of my favorite little neighborhood spots this morning to work–Bazaar Cafe on California–and was plugging away pretty well until someone turned on Tom Waits. One of the pleasures of this place is the excellent musical selection. But pleasure and work don’t mix. How am I to concentrate with Waits belting out [...]
Martha O’Connor raised some serious eyebrows with her debut novel, The Bitch Posse, which Washington Post Book World called “Compulsively readable…delicious and slightly macabre.” I happen to agree with the reviewer, as I found myself staying up after late-night breast-feedings about a year ago to read just one more chapter. A kind of Heathers for [...]
Lauren Barnholdt, author of Reality Chick, stops by with her literary soundtrack.
1) the soundtrack to your latest book (what did you listen to while you were writing it?)
Oooh, I listened to all kinds of stuff while writing REALITY CHICK. A lot of Gavin Degraw, Lifehouse, and Matchbox Twenty. Also a lot of pop [...]
Kyra Davis, author of Release for Passion, stops by with her literary soundtrack:
1) The soundtrack to your latest book (what did you listen to while you were writing it?) : I didn’t listen to any particular artist or CD when writing Passion Betrayal And Killer Highlights. I usually listen to the radio when [...]
Next stop on the Girlfriends’ Cyber Circuit: Sara Roset, author of Moving is Murder, which involves air force life and domestic rerouting.
The soundtrack to your latest book (what did you listen to while you were writing it?):
Silence. I’m one of those people who have to have it quiet when I write, so no music [...]
Our delightful Mongolian babysitter came over last night, and Kevin & I went to dinner at The Elite Cafe, an old cajun-style restuarant on Fillmore. It’s worth a trip for the Meetinghouse Biscuits and b-b-q shrimp alone, and they make this great cocktail with Pimm’s and a slice of cucumber that, to me, tasted like [...]
Girlfriends’ Cyber Circuit member Shanna Swendson stopped by to reveal her literary soundtrack for Once Upon Stilettos, just out from Ballantine. Read more about the book at Shanna’s website or on her blog.
I don’t usually listen to music when I’m actually writing because I find it too distracting, but I do often make a “soundtrack” [...]
Okay, so Alison Pace is my kinda girl. Not only does she have a literary soundtrack for her new novel, Pug Hill; she’s actually created a Pug Hill imix on itunes (and she’s not afraid to include Rod Stewart and The Cure on the same playlist). If you like the tunes you see below, just [...]
