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• SECRET LIVES TV Show -- Jesse L. Martin Added to the Cast

  

  I'm so glad to hear Jesse L. Martin has been added to the cast of the TV show based on my novel Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives, since I love him on SMASH.... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Martin Henderson Joins the Cast of SECRET LIVES OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES

  

  By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 4, 2012 @ 2:00pm PDT Martin Henderson (ABC’s Off The Map) has been cast as one of the leads in the Jerry... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Another Super Fabulous Actress Has Been Cast in SECRET LIVES OF HUSBANDS AND...

  

  EXCLUSIVE: Nicole Ari Parker has been cast as one of the leads in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced NBC drama pilot The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives. Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Fab News! ENTOURAGE's Perrey Reeves Has Been Cast for SECRET LIVES OF HUSBANDS...

  

  Check it out in DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD: EXCLUSIVE: In her first major series gig since the end of HBO’s Entourage, Perrey Reeves has been cast as one of the leads i... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• What Not to Get Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds as a Wedding Gift

  

  I love celebrity marriages! They give us something to aspire to: dreamboat spouses, fancy affairs of the heart, and a chance to beat Vegas odds as to whether ye... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2012 CELEB, ENTERTAINMENT

• Monday Cat-astrophies: Kitty as Muse

  

  I love a great close-up. Think Richard Avedon with Jean Shrimpton. (Really, think Avedon with anyone. Or any thing. Could you imagine how wonderful he'd have... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• An Excerpt, Not My Own: the Poetic Prose of Proust.

  

  These passage, about the power of fiction, comes from Swann's Way, the first volume of French novelist Marcel Proust's epic masterwork, In Search of Lost Time. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Join Tatjana Soli and Me, at Booksmith...

  

  A couple of years back, I had the honor of doing a literary reading with some wonderful authors, including Jane Smiley, Joshilyn Jackson, Eileen Goudge, and... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Stranger Than Fiction! Prince Harry Displays the Crown Jewels

  

  Sometimes fate just plays into one's hand. My opening scene for The Housewife Assassin's Guide to Gracious Killing, (the second in myHousewife Assassin series,... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2012 BOOKS, CELEB, MEDIA

• What It Takes to Write a Novel

  

  Yesterday I got an interesting message. It was very sweet, really: a reader asked if I could go to an online post where her sister had written a book, read it,... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2012 BOOKS

• Great Scene in THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S HANDBOOK...

  

  Some mid-week petite amusement:As I put the finishing touches on the Book 2 in my Housewife Assassin series (The Housewife Assassin's Guide to Gracious... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• There is Only One Man I'd Leave My Husband For: 007.

  

  Okay, maybe I wouldn't actually leave Martin. I'd come home at mealtimes.I'm just talkin' dessert now, the amuse bouche, when I rhapsodize about James... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Great Line in The Houswife Assassin's Guide to Gracious Killing

  He presses the zipper into my skin as he inches it up, ever so slowly. When he is done, I feel his lips grazing my neck. They linger there as he breathes in... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Pretend It's the Last Day on Earth. Now, What Would You Say?

  

  I was speaking to an old friend the other day. She was dreading a very public run-in with some guy she who she had once been attracted to, dated, fell in love... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2012 LIFE COACH

• Impossibly Tongue Tied Gets Its Village...in Europe, Australia, and Japan,...

  

  For novelists, all of our books are our children. As a parent of nine of them (and counting!), I can honestly say that I don't play favorites, even if one or... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Pssst! New Cover, and New Housewife Assassin Book: Guide to Gracious Killing!

  

  I'm pleased as punch for the cover of the second book in my Housewife Assassin series:The Housewife Assassin's Guide to Gracious Killing.Launch date: October,... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 BOOKS

• When Did the Price of a Movie Ticket Get Higher Than Minimum Wage? That Answer...

  

  Here's the math:In 1958, minimum wage was $1.00, and the average cost of a movie ticket was 68 cents.By 1967, minimum wage had increased to $1.40, wherease movi... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Blast from the Past:

  

  While Googling any information I could find regarding an Alexander Calder mobile that used to hang in Atlanta's Colony Square building on West Peachtree (Hey!... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Oh Lord, Won't You Buy Me a Joplin Memory...

  

  The trails around Marin County California's Mount Tam take you on wonderous journeys through vast groves of redwood trees, climbing higher and higher until... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mad Men at the DeYoung Museum, San Francisco

  

  Yesterday Martin Brown and I caught the tail end of the Arthur Tress photography exhibit at the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. It is entitled "San Francisco... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE