One of the more exciting things about childhood and the New Year was being allowed to stay up past my normal bedtime. On New Year’s Eve, most of my family would gather at my grandparents’ house to celebrate. The night would be full of food, fun, games and, sometimes, even a little square dancing. AroundContinue reading “TBT: New Year’s Rockin’ Eve”
Category Archives: Humor
Podcast: The Christmas Episode
The one where we discuss the most important parts of Christmas while adding three movies to our holiday list. We absolutely eviscerate “Love Actually.” (spoilers, duh) Here you go! Merry Christmas, everyone! Edit: Christmas Trees, as promised!
Podcast: The Christmas Movie Episode
The one where we talk about our Top Ten Christmas movies and shows and: December HolidaysScience FictionStar TrekFriendsMy WIP & Amazon VellaFree Books! Spoilers Galore! Is our Top Ten is full of crap? Have a listen and let us know! TIA! LYL!
TBT: Die Hard
I said I’d be discussing Christmas and holiday memories throughout the month of December, but now I’m bringing up Die Hard? What’s up with that? Whether or not the 1988 Bruce Willis action-adventure can be considered a Christmas movie is a long-running debate among a lot of people. Many believe that just because the movieContinue reading “TBT: Die Hard”
Podcast: A Real Editor
The one where we welcome a retired production editor for one of the big-time publishing houses. She talks about her editorial experiences and gives advice to all writers. Really good stuff! Here you go. Let us know what you think! TIA! LYL!
Podcast: Nonsense
We should have skipped the podcast this week. Why? We were all over the place: -Nanowrimo-The Shining-Surgery-Time Change-Veterans Day-“Read” & “Write”-Indiana Jones Yeah, it was that kind of podcast. If you’re brave, have a listen and let us know what you think. TIA! LYL!
Throwback Thursday: Addams Family Values
As we transition from October into November, I’ve chosen to talk about a movie that includes both Halloween and Thanksgiving in some ways: 1993’s Addams Family Values. To be more specific, I plan to discuss the scene where the camp attendees perform an end-of-summer play about Thanksgiving. This play within the movie is set upContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Addams Family Values”
Throwback Thursday: Young Frankenstein
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (played by Gene Wilder), a young neurosurgeon who insists his name is pronounced Fronk-n-steen, inherits his grandfather’s castle and research. Frederick doesn’t believe in the experiments supposedly performed by his grandfather Victor Frankenstein until he decides to attempt the reanimation outlined in one of the books he finds in the castle’s laboratory.Continue reading “Throwback Thursday: Young Frankenstein”
Podcast: Context & Perspective
We chatted about maintaining perspective and providing context in our writing and real life. We also talked about the value of taking risks in writing, and we did some serious couples counseling. Have a listen and tell us how we did! TIA! LYL!
Throwback Thursday – The Monkees
The Beatles phenomenon of the 1960s, especially the movie A Hard Day’s Night, led to the creation of a made-for-TV musical foursome to be known as The Monkees. The initial idea was to cast an existing group, but that fell through. Since Screen Gems already had a contract with Davy Jones for a television program,Continue reading “Throwback Thursday – The Monkees”