Rock(Led Zepplin, Moody Blues, Melissa Etheridge), blues(Muddy Waters,Ray Charles, The Blues Project), country(Paul Brandt, Shania Twain), folk(Steeleye Span),just about anything except jazz(the freeform kind - like the bluesy kind) and rap. And I like ones like Dr. Hook, Dr. John, Pearls Before Swine, Dead Can Dance, etc.
Movies
Fantasy, Sci-fi, costume dramas(a big thank you to Kenneth Branagh for those gorgeous Shakespeare films), action, and an assortment of movies so bad they're good.
Television
Bones, House, The Daily Show, Anderson Cooper and Lou Dobbs on CNN, Doctor Who, The Dresden Files(so sad it's gone)True Blood,Being Human,Primevil, and those true crime shows like Cold Case. And, of course, a lot of shows on the various History channels.
Books
Anything. Romance - mostly historical and paranormal, some fantasy, dictionaries(hey, I'm a writer - I'm fascinated with words and especially when we started to use them), Shakespeare, and a lot of research books.
Heroes
Have to think about that one a little more - there are so many choices. Susan B. Anthony comes to mind for one.
About me: My first book was Amber Flame(reissued a few years ago as His Bonny Bride) at Leisure books and I have written about forty books since then if you include the short stories in the novellas. Have done Highlanders(the great and very prolific Murray clan) for ten years and have just started a trilogy set in Late-Georgian England concerning the various members of a family with psychic gifts(and also prolific)- If He's Wicked was the first - out in 6/09 and the next will be If He's Sinful, out 12/09. Have hit the NY Times, USA Today and Waldenbooks bestseller lists and won multiple awards and nominations.
I was born and raised in Massachusetts (the maternal side of my family has been here since the 1630's). I have been married to my husband Stephen for 38 years, who I met in England while visiting relatives(at a pub), and decided to import him. We have two sons, Samuel and Keir, 1 daughter-in-law Beth and three beautiful grandchildren Benjamin, Jennifer and Evelyn Rose. I also have 5 cats because I think I might be insane. Only 1/2 joking there.
Who I'd like to meet: Shakespeare - to get the truth as I'm tired of so many people thinking he didn't write those beautiful plays and sonnets -and (apparantly) mostly because he wasn't one of the aristocracy. Christopher Marlowe - to find out who the heck killed him. And a whole host of gorgeous movie/Tv actors but only if I can go back about 25 years and 10 pounds. And Christine Feehan to talk about how she gets all those dark and dangerous ideas for her stories.
it's been a busy couple of weeks here....hope things are going well for you. enjoy your evening and have a fabulous weekend !!! if you get a chance stop by my page and have a look at the new images Ive put up.
You come up with the best videos, Hannah...where do you find them? I guess I wasn't the only one who loved the way Gary Oldman (sic) look @ Wynona Rider (sic) in that movie. I catch it on cable whenever I can ... and siiiiigh until I'm about to faint. ;)
The Gateway
by Alec Derwent Hope
Now the heart sings with all its thousand voices
To hear this city of cells, my body, sing.
The tree through the stiff clay at long last forces
Its thin strong roots and taps the secret spring.
And the sweet waters without intermission
Climb to the tips of its green tenement;
The breasts have borne the grace of their possession,
The lips have felt the pressure of content.
Here I come home: in this expected country
They know my name and speak it with delight.
I am the dream and you my gates of entry,
The means by which I waken into light
I love your new song! I had it as my husband's ring tone on my phone.... of course, he then called me during a meeting at work!! Thank's for the reminder. I can laugh about it now. :)
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