There is nothing worse than writing a bio. And writing one for your blog sidebar? Blech. Maybe you landed here via Google, followed me from Twitter (does that make you a stalker?) or maybe we met at a conference or you clicked a link from a comment I made at a blog you visited. Hopefully whatever I said didn't make you so mad you came looking for a picture to throw darts at (yep, that's me up above, in my favorite cowboy hat) but instead drove you to find out more about the amazingly witty and intelligent person behind the amazingly witty and intelligent comment.
However you found me, who you found is Angela James, executive editor of Carina Press, Harlequin's new digital-first press. I'm passionate about digital publishing, my mission is to drag people to the digital dark side, one reader (and author) at a time. I'm also Brianna's mommy. At my blog you'll get an odd mix of personal and professional posts about parenting, publishing, books, cooking, sewing and life in general. Come back often, comment frequently and go green—buy ebooks!
Please note that this is my personal blog and my opinions are neither that of Harlequin, nor representative of their opinions.
Today and tomorrow Samhain Publishing, myself and ten authors are being featured on RomanceNovelTV.com
I was fortunate to do a video interview with the fabulous Marisa last October while at NJRW, and part of that is up now, so wander over, check out my interview, my blog post and those of the authors in the next two days. Post in the comments over there and win ebooks!
http://www.romancenovel.tv/wordpress/rntv/marias-blog/
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Remember that great Amazon deal on the Buffy set I shared a few weeks ago? Well guess what! They have the Angel set on special today only for $50! 64% off the list price. Sweeeet.
(btw, that Buffy set is now selling on Amazon for $186 so I hope you got in on the uber-cheap price!)
Angel – Seasons 1-5 30-Disc DVD Set
Did anyone watch the first season of Sons of Anarchy? The season finale was last night and I’d love to hear your thoughts. This show broke my heart with last week’s episode and I’m not even a faithful watcher (it’s “Josh’s” show and I just end up being sucked in if I’m in the room). So…anyone else out there want to gossip about the show?
Waaaah! I never thought I’d like him as Doctor Who, but I really love him now and I’m going to miss him. It will be interesting to see who they get next.
We’ll see five more specials with him in them and then see a new Doctor in 2010.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7698200.stm
You’re not leaving immediately – you’ve got another year for the specials. Can you tell us about that?
We’ve already shot the Christmas special for this year called The Next Doctor, which in the circumstances is perhaps a more intriguing title than it was before. We see the 10th Doctor meeting another Doctor.
And then in January we’ll film four more specials, which will be screened throughout next year, and they’ll be the four last stories that I do.
I don’t quite know when they’ll go out, but they’ll go out sometime throughout 2009.
Time porn, you know you want some more. Here’s another daily way to waste time. Only a few minutes each day, though. If you like the SciFi channel, X-Files, or unique science fiction, this webshow is for you.
Thanks to a mention in Entertainment Weekly (love that magazine) I went in search of Gemini Division last night. Per Wikipedia: Gemini Division is an American science fiction series of five-to-seven minute long webisodes created by Electric Farm Entertainment which went into production in March 2008. Based on an original story by Brent Friedman the online series was developed by Joshua Stern. The show will air on NBC as part of their online content lineup in August 2008 beginning Monday, August 18, 2008.[1] The series stars Rosario Dawson
Since it only started on August 18, and they’re only releasing two “real” episodes a week as far as I can tell, with the 6th episode releasing today, now’s a good time to “catch up”. It will take you only about a half hour. And then just three to five minutes every day. Look at it as a smoke break. Here’s the story:
An NYPD undercover vice cop, Anna Diaz is used to walking the thin blue line between truth and fiction. One slip, her cover blown, and she could end up dead. That’s why she always keeps the world at arm’s length. That is, until she meets Nick Korda…
Nick is everything Anna ever wanted. For the first time in her life, she finally feels safe enough to lower her guard, be herself. So safe, in fact, Anna’s beginning to wonder if this guy’s too good to be true. Especially after he whisks her to Paris for a romantic getaway and pops the question. Though Anna can’t deny her feelings for Nick, she also can’t ignore those warning signs about his business, his health and his past – causing her to doubt whether or not this man is truly the person he claims to be. But before she can get the answers she needs to commit, Anna witnesses Nick’s gruesome murder…
Determined to bring the people responsible to justice, Anna discovers Nick was not the man she thought – in fact, he wasn’t a man at all. Nick Korda was a “Simulant” – a bio-engineered life form – connected to a global conspiracy involving covert military operations, bizarre genetic experiments… and a mysterious organization known as GEMINI DIVISION.
The creation of writer/producer Brent V. Friedman, GEMINI DIVISION stars Rosario Dawson (Sin City, Eagle Eye) and is produced by Jeff Sagansky and Stan Rogow of Electric Farm Entertainment in conjunction with NBC Universal and Sony International.
Week 1 Bundle (episodes 1 and 2)
Week 2 Bundle (episodes 3 and 4 with some extra “notes to self”)
Episode 5 is the most current episode, so it plays on the home page, but Episode 6 is supposed to release at some point today.
Acts I, II, and III (the complete set) of Dr. Horrible are now available for viewing. If you want to see them for free, you must watch them before Monday, because after July 20th, they’ll be taken down from free viewing. They’re also available for $4 for the set from iTunes, if you want to support the brilliance (I did).
www.drhorrible.com
Go watch and find out what the hammer really is!
“A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do…”
Sci Fi Channel buys Season Four and Sarah Jane
from Outpost Gallifrey: Doctor Who News
The Sci Fi Channel has announced they have acquired both series four of Doctor Who and Series one of The Sarah Jane Adventures. Both series are due to screen on the channel in April. The Futon Critic reports that the two programmes will join Battlestar Galactica on Friday nights, with The Sarah Jane Adventures premiering on 11th April and the new series of Doctor Who launching on 18th April with Voyage of the Damned. Thanks to Tim Collins
Yay!
I’ve been in a serious reading slump. Not that I’m not reading, but all my reading for almost 6 weeks has been almost exclusively work–edits and submissions (though I did read and finish Right Here, Right Now by HelenKay Dimon
But then I saw this on Meljean Brook’s blog and…tada! Who’d have thought that fanfic would be what brought me out of my reading slump? I don’t normally read fanfic, don’t seek it out on the internet and don’t actually think I’ve ever read more than a paragraph or two of any fanfiction before. But for Firefly, for a novel length story, I made an exception. And I’m so glad I did. Reading this book is transporting–it’s like watching the show, being there with the characters. I’m not a huge TV fan, I watch Doctor Who and Torchwood, loved Buffy, La Femme Nikkita and Sex and the City. And Firefly. And I mourn Firefly. I want it to come back. Even now, years later. Of all the shows I’ve loved and lost *smirk* this is the one that I feel ended way before its time. Bring Firefly back. *sob*
If you love Firefly like I do, check out the Firefly fanfic by Stephen Brust. You won’t be sorry you did.
