Two and a half hours away from New York City, in what’s touted as the “foothills” of the Catskill Mountains, is Callicoon, N.Y., and the 40-year-old Villa Roma resort. It’s all countryside—which amounts to farmland and familiarity for me, an Ohio girl through and through. But the Villa Roma resort itself stands out from its… Read More Curiosity, the Catskills and soaps!
So, I was thinking about hotness. It’s kind of an occupational hazard, when you work with people as effortlessly beautiful as soap stars. (Okay, there may be some effort involved, but I’m pretty sure the original canvas is still way better than that of the Average Jane like me.) Constantly bombarded by images of dazzling smiles… Read More Hotness is in the eye of the beholder…or is it?
Anyone who lives in New York City knows that traveling from one borough another can be a Thing. Sure, we haul ourselves into Manhattan for work, for social events, etc., but going from Queens to Brooklyn or vice versa is a bit of an undertaking. I’m starting to really get out more, which is really… Read More New anthology, Indivisible, stands apart
Apparently it’s time for another edition of Authors Behaving Badly, this time starring romance author (only, don’t call her that, because she does not want to be shelved in the romance section) Diana Gabaldon. Gabaldon, writer of the epic Outlander series, publicly clutched her pearls about fan fiction. And even before I clicked the link that was circulating all… Read More Outlander, we have your woman!
A few weeks ago, my Soap Opera Weekly colleague Joe Diliberto and I began an Internet radio show, The WEEKLY in Review, at BlogTalkRadio.Com. And I’ve got to tell you, it’s not easy. Sure, anybody and their brother can sign up for an account (and probably has), but being comfortable and successful at it is… Read More Podcasting is hard, Barbie!
I capped off my April 17 As the World Turns fan weekend experience by attending Martinis With Henry at Latitude on Eighth Avenue, between 47th and 48th Street. What a fantastic gathering! This year, to accommodate a bigger head count, the fabulous ladies who run Trent Dawson‘s fan club went with two rooms instead of… Read More Regarding (Martinis With) Henry…
You know, there’s nothing quite like finishing a completely satisfying story arc. I closed The Reckoning this morning with a sense of fullness, as though author Kelley Armstrong cooked up a really good meal and served it to her readers. The third book in her Darkest Powers universe — though not the last — The Reckoning… Read More The Reckoning, by Kelley Armstrong
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