Marilyn Brant's Blog, page 24

Hope everyone who celebrates has a wonderful Easter Sunday!!

Now, go color some eggs :-).

Many thanks to two lovely bloggers for giving me recent awards! Morgan Mandel gave me the "Happy 101" award, and Brande from Book Junkie bestowed upon me the "One Lovely Blog" award. Thanks so much for the honor, ladies!

For Happy 101, the primary rule for accepting the award it to post 10 things that make you happy and then to pass it along to 5 other bloggers.

And for One Lovely Blog, the rules for accepting the award include posting it on your blog together with the name of the person who ha...

GCC pal, Sheila Curran, is celebrating the re-release of her novel Everyone She Loved (Atria, June 2009) this week! I was fortunate to read this lovely book last year and to have Sheila as a guest on my blog (see post). For those who may have missed the hardcover release the first time around, it's now out in trade paperback.

Here's a little info about the novel:

Books are born in strange places. Sheila Curran's latest was conceived in the front seat of a car while her friend drove and their d...

I've just redesigned my website! Check it out if you have a chance here. PLEASE let me know if you spot any problems!!

Also, I'm trying out a new blog template, but it seems to be messing with my images. I'm hoping it'll correct itself soon, otherwise, well...I don't know. I will take action of some kind. Blogger, beware!!

HUGE congrats to the incredible Golden Heart and RITA finalists! I've sent messages to many of those talented writers, but news like that is worth celebrating again and agai...

Pictured above: The Mojo Daddies, singing and playing. L to R: Rob Twardock (bass/keyboards), Jim Campbell (drums--hard to see in this photo!--talking with the stage manager), Mike Dikelsky (rhythm guitar) and Craig James (lead guitar).

This past weekend, I had the rare opportunity to tag along as a rock-n-roll groupie at a concert by a fabulous local band, The Mojo Daddies, as they opened for Los Lobos. What a blast!! Their show was called "Centerpalooza," and it was held on Saturday at Gove...

Guess what I just got?! (Woot!)



Yep, Friday Mornings at Nine will be spreading the purple waves of love this October 1st. Can't wait!

The blurb on the back says:

Every woman remembers her firsts: Her first kiss. Her first lover. And her first time contemplating an affair...

Each Friday morning at the Indigo Moon Café, Jennifer, Bridget and Tamara meet to swap stories about marriage, kids and work. But one day, spurred by recent e-mails from her college ex, Jennifer poses questions they've never f...

Congratulations to GCC pal Jenny Gardiner on the release of her hilarious new book--out today!--called Winging It: A Memoir of Caring for a Vengeful Parrot Who's Determined to Kill Me (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster). This is from the synopsis: "Like many new bird owners, Jenny and Scott Gardiner hoped for a smart, talkative, friendly companion. Instead, as they took on the unexpected task of raising a curmudgeonly wild African gray parrot and a newborn, they learned an important lesson: parr...

Just a quick 'Ides of March' hello/warning. (Be careful out there today... :) I'll be back tomorrow with a new Girlfriends Cyber Circuit Q&A with author Jenny Gardiner, but I wanted to share this great quote from wonderful women's fiction writer Sarah Addison Allen--from her interview at Books on the House.

Q: How long did it take for you to get published? Can you give me advice on writing a book?

SAA: I graduated from college in 1994, and that's when I started writing seriously. I sold a few ...

Because in writing and in life, stuff like this always catches my attention, when I came across this Cosmo piece online, I had to share it with you all. It's about how to decipher the cryptic code of Guy Speak. Some of these examples rang true for me when I read through them, others less so, but I'm fascinated by the ever-present subtext inherent in many male-female conversations...like, say, those little dialogues I think I'm having with my husband--LOL!

Anyway, take a peek and let me know wh...

...on March 4, 2010:

ACCORDING TO JANE and FRIDAY MORNINGS AT NINE author Marilyn Brant's THE GRAND EUROPEAN, the story of a conservative young woman's journey of self-discovery as she travels abroad with her adventurous aunt's sudoku-and-mahjong club, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency.

Squeeeeee!!!

The copy edits for FRIDAYS are now en route to New York...I'm still working on finishing up my RITA judging (due Tuesday!), but I'm getting there...and the ...