A Blissful Morning!
And that's something to be really grateful for; I haven't had too many of these around here lately.
When I got out of bed at 4:45 AM, I glanced out the front window and the sidewalk and the street did not have that shiny, slick sheen to them. This meant -- DRY pavement!! No rain!! Yay!
I made my breakfast, answered some email, then shut off the computer to listen to a philosophy seminar on the CD player, and then -- thunder, lightening, pouring rain. For, like, the 10th day in a row! But you know what? I turned off the CD player, lit a votive candle and turned out the light. Got my cup of green tea and got back in bed with Fluffy and we snuggled together and listened to the thunderstorm. It really was blissville, gang.
And the storm didn't last long. Suddenly the birds were singing like mad. Fluffy and I stayed snuggled there for about half an hour. It was a really great way to start the morning.
This afternoon, my screenwriting partner in L.A. (Jerry) and I will begin our next screenplay project via conference call. This one is an adaptation of my novella, Neptune & Surf (from my 1999 book of the same name: Neptune & Surf).
As you can guess, I'm really excited about tackling this. It won't be easy since I know the story inside & out, but it will be a rewarding learning process, I'm sure. The working title for the screen adaptation is: Surf Avenue. (For those of you who don't know, Neptune and Surf are the names of two main avenues on Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York. The story deals with love & racism in the mid-1950s.)
And, btw -- the French language re-issue of N&S by La Musardine this fall will have a new title. In France, the book will now be known as: Sex in America. (And the title will be written just like that, in English.)
Other career stuff
Remember how I had those 4 ebooks come out last fall? It turns out they're kind of selling reasonably well. I had no idea. Hollywood Nights seems to be holding its own on Kindle (and it's for sale on a lot of other outlets besides Kindle), so that's pretty cool! I love that crazy book. (Just FYI, it's not that well-written but it is stupefyingly romantic, even if I say so myself!) (I wrote it 9 years ago. Christ! Where did the time fly to???) (Yes, don't end your sentences/questions with prepositions!!)
Also, yesterday, on ManicReaders.com, Claudia Rhyes reviewed my newest collection of erotic short stories, Dirty Filthy Lovely: Dark Erotica, and gave it 4 out of 5 stars. So that's pretty cool, too. I'd reprint the review here but it's long. You can read it at this link here, though. She reviews each story in the collection separately, which is why it's so long.
All righty, on that note, gang, I'm gonna go put my Wellies on and go out back and feed the birds! Thanks for visiting. Have a terrific Wednesday wherever you are!! See ya.
When I got out of bed at 4:45 AM, I glanced out the front window and the sidewalk and the street did not have that shiny, slick sheen to them. This meant -- DRY pavement!! No rain!! Yay!
I made my breakfast, answered some email, then shut off the computer to listen to a philosophy seminar on the CD player, and then -- thunder, lightening, pouring rain. For, like, the 10th day in a row! But you know what? I turned off the CD player, lit a votive candle and turned out the light. Got my cup of green tea and got back in bed with Fluffy and we snuggled together and listened to the thunderstorm. It really was blissville, gang.
And the storm didn't last long. Suddenly the birds were singing like mad. Fluffy and I stayed snuggled there for about half an hour. It was a really great way to start the morning.
This afternoon, my screenwriting partner in L.A. (Jerry) and I will begin our next screenplay project via conference call. This one is an adaptation of my novella, Neptune & Surf (from my 1999 book of the same name: Neptune & Surf).
As you can guess, I'm really excited about tackling this. It won't be easy since I know the story inside & out, but it will be a rewarding learning process, I'm sure. The working title for the screen adaptation is: Surf Avenue. (For those of you who don't know, Neptune and Surf are the names of two main avenues on Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York. The story deals with love & racism in the mid-1950s.)
And, btw -- the French language re-issue of N&S by La Musardine this fall will have a new title. In France, the book will now be known as: Sex in America. (And the title will be written just like that, in English.)
Other career stuff
Remember how I had those 4 ebooks come out last fall? It turns out they're kind of selling reasonably well. I had no idea. Hollywood Nights seems to be holding its own on Kindle (and it's for sale on a lot of other outlets besides Kindle), so that's pretty cool! I love that crazy book. (Just FYI, it's not that well-written but it is stupefyingly romantic, even if I say so myself!) (I wrote it 9 years ago. Christ! Where did the time fly to???) (Yes, don't end your sentences/questions with prepositions!!)
Also, yesterday, on ManicReaders.com, Claudia Rhyes reviewed my newest collection of erotic short stories, Dirty Filthy Lovely: Dark Erotica, and gave it 4 out of 5 stars. So that's pretty cool, too. I'd reprint the review here but it's long. You can read it at this link here, though. She reviews each story in the collection separately, which is why it's so long.
All righty, on that note, gang, I'm gonna go put my Wellies on and go out back and feed the birds! Thanks for visiting. Have a terrific Wednesday wherever you are!! See ya.
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