Anyone else remember Baywatch Nights?
It was a spin-off from the legendary Baywatch series, except Baywatch Nights apparently took place in an Alternate Universe. For example, Mitch Buchannon (David Hasselhoff) who was a perfectly normal lifeguard by day — and engaged or married or something to another wholesome lifeguard — was a PI by night with […]

I haven’t kept a journal for years — other than one of those informal health-related things where you jot down everything you eat in an attempt to figure out why your migraines are worse — and of course who can bother with that for more than a few weeks before losing interest? But in my […]

In an attempt to amuse the increasingly restless natives — AKA my visiting niece and nephew — I pulled out my old Charlie Chan videos a few nights ago and treated them to several films including my favorite Chan flicks: Castle in the Desert and Charlie Chan on Treasure Island.
Charlie Chan might seem like […]

And what do you know? Today actually is the first day of the rest of my life.
Because today is the first day that I begin writing full-time.
Yep, I did it. I quit the day job. Said good-bye to the corner office, the parking spot by the back door, the Bat Phone — said good-bye […]

Sorry for the delay in posting! We were having internet and email problems last night. Nothing is guaranteed to drive a strong woman to tears faster than having internet connection problems. Even Mr. Thrilling’s composure has been known to crack when I’m having internet connection problems.
Anyway, Ireland was AMAZING, lads.
(In Ireland the term “lads,” is […]

Sure, and I’m still on my wee travels, don’t you know?
This is a pre-recorded message, as you’ve perhaps guessed. Right about now I should be winging my way homeward. I do hope I had a lovely time and have lots to blog about when I return to Good Girls HQ.
I hope I didn’t forget […]

And that WE never knew about YOU.
Yep, I’m still in Ireland — and hopefully I’m having a magically delicious time. Which reminds me, I better start dosing myself with Airborne.
So…I thought I’d make this a just-for-fun post. Answer or not, it’s up to you, but we’re all friends here and probably none too sober at […]

But what could happen? I mean, aside from the airline losing my luggage like usual and me falling off Croagh Patrick? They don’t have snakes, and I’ve already wiped out half the world’s honey bee population, so…what could happen?
Yep, I’m off on holiday. Two weeks of fun and…Ireland. Two weeks.
TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
Me and the sibs are […]

So from everything I hear, the new Nancy Drew movie is not doing too well at the box office. I feared it was going to crash and burn the minute I read that they had saddled the Nanster with A KID BROTHER.
Huh?
What part of this sublime youthful feminine fantasy did these idiots not get? […]

I think one of the most confusing pieces of advice aspiring writers get is “write what you know.”
On the surface, this is good advice. If you’re writing a novel about a white, middle-aged, divorced college professor, and you happen to be a white, middle-aged, divorced college professor, naturally your job will — in theory […]