Writing, reading, handball, volleyball, softball, tennis (to watch...haven't played it yet ;) Figure skating and gymnastics (same as tennis ;) swimming, bowling, walking, music, movies, tattoos (have four), the Paranormal, the Internet (admittedly I spend way too much time on it...but it's all business, I swear!), food and eating (spend way too much time obsessing over both!), spending time with my family engaging in all of the above ;) ..
I like just about anything (yes even some classical, opera, country and rap ;) just depends on my mood. I especially enjoy R&B, Modern Jazz, Alternative Rock, Neo-Soul and Hip-Hop.
Movies
Okay, I'm a junkie, I admit it. I love most any genre from comedy, drama, romance (yeah, even chick flicks) musicals, horror, scifi, paranormal, action-adventure (probably my favorite, next to scifi and paranormal, as you'll see from my list), suspense-thrillers, and some fantasy (LOTR yes...Harry Potter no)
So, in no particular order, love 'em all: 28 Weeks Later, 30 Days of Night, Alien(s) 1-4, Alien vs Predator, Anacondas: The Hunt for The Blood Orchid, Backdraft, Cellular, Constantine, Die Hard 1-4, Dreamgirls, The Pursuit of Happyness, The Matrix Trilogy, Wanted, LOTR Trilogy, Titanic, Speed, The Devil's Advocate, True Lies, Face Off, Lethal Weapon 1 and 2, Transformers, The Rock, The Sixth Sense, Misery, The Shawshank Redemption, Pretty Woman, Internal Affairs, Officer and a Gentleman, Near Dark, Innocent Blood, Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, Blade Trilogy, Queen of the Damned, Interview with the Vampire, Vampire in Brooklyn, The Lost Boys, Van Helsing, Cat People (1982), Species, The Last Samarai, Minority Report, War of the Worlds (2005) The Terminator Trilogy, Galaxy Quest, Child's Play, The Day After Tomorrow, The Butterfly Effect, American Beauty, As Good As It Gets, The Good Son, A History of Violence, Brokeback Mountain, Super Size Me, Bowling for Columbine, Farenheit 911, Happy Feet, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Shrek, Toy Story, The Lion King, The Birdcage, The Money Pit, Raising Arizona, Hollywood Shuffle, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka, X-Men Trilogy, Spider-Man 1-3, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk (2008), Strange Days, Doom, Phone Booth, What's Love Got To Do With It?, Clueless, Drumline, She's The Man, You Got Served, Dirty Dancing, Bring It On, Save The Last Dance, House Party, Step Up, Hairspray (2007), Take the Lead, Equilibrium, The Untouchables, Pulp Fiction, Scarface, New Jack City, Goodfellas, The Godfather Trilogy, The Departed, Deep Rising, Pitch Black, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, Jerry Maguire, Boyz In The Hood, I, Robot, Independence Day, Hitch, I Am Legend, Pleasantville, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Troy, Meet Joe Black, Seven, Crash, Deep Blue Sea, Gattaca, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, American History X, The Color Purple, Malcolm X, Training Day, Deep Cover, Purple Rain, Jurassic Park, Jaws, ET, Indiana Jones, Angels with Dirty Faces, Twelve Angry Men, The Magnificent Seven, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, Hang 'Em High, Fistful of Dollars, The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen, From Here to Eternity, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, West Side Story, The Planet of the Apes, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes...Speaking of apes, looks like I'm going apes with this list, so I'm going to stop now or I'll be in here all day! ..
Television
I love TV as much as I love movies, which is to say I'm pretty much an addict but I try to keep my "must see" watching to a minimum, especially when I'm in writing mode, which is most of the time. When I do watch, these are my favorites:
Nip/Tuck, American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, Last Comic Standing, Dancing With The Stars, Family Guy, ER, Grey's Anatomy, Kyle XY, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Prison Break, Desperate Housewives, Ghost Whisperer, Heroes, Dexter, Jeopardy, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, SNL, MadTV...
And honorable mentions to the must-see shows that are no longer with us, but which I was hooked on and would surely be watching faithfully if they were still on (repeats notwithstanding): Seinfeld, Queer As Folk, Sex And The City, Six Feet Under, Oz, 4400, and Red Shoe Diaries (chromium blue just does not cut it for me).
From Siren Publishing: Lara Santiago (The Wives Tales, The Tiburon Duet, The Blonde Bomb Tech, The Forgetful Spy); Tonya Ramagos (Caught Off Guard); Morgan Ashbury (Made for Each Other, Lily in Bloom).
Other authors/books: Nancy Kress (Beggars In Spain); Dennis Danvers (Circuit of Heaven); Ken Grimwood (Replay); Octavia E. Butler (Kindred, Wild Seed, Mind of My Mind, Imago, Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents, Fledgling...okay, you got me. I love everything Octavia E. Butler has written and barring a couple of titles (Clay's Ark and Survivor) I have read all of her books; Joe Haldeman (Camouflage); Dark Hunters/Dream Hunters Series by Sherrilyn Kenyon; Midnight Warriors Series by Deidre Knight; Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward, Tina Wainscott (On the Way to Heaven...); Jill Shalvis (Her Sexiest Mistake, Smart and Sexy...); Joey W. Hill (Natural Law, Holding the Cards, Mistress of Redemption, Rough Canvas, The Vampire Queen's Servant...); AllyBlue (Easy, Forgotten Song); Shelby Morgen (Plain Brown Wrapper); J.L. Langley (The Tin Star, The Broken H); D.J. Manly (Eye of the Beholder, The Pro, My Father's Lover); Laura Baumbach (Roughhousing; Details of the Hunt, Out There in the Night); Michael Barnette (Apocalypse Dance...); Bridget Midway (That's What Friends Are For, Corporate Seduction...); Lucy Monroe (Come Up and See Me Sometime, Satisfaction Guaranteed...); Erin McCarthy (Houston We Have a Problem, The Pregnancy Test, You Don't Know Jack...); Poppy Z. Brite (Lost Souls, Exquisite Corpse); Stephen King (Carrie, Pet Semetary, It, The Stand, Tommyknockers, Thinner, Misery...); Tabitha King (One on One); Charles Sailor (The Second Son); Lori Foster (The Winston Brothers, Unexpected, Too Much Temptation, Never Too Much...); Shannon McKenna (Behind Closed Doors, Standing In The Shadows, Out of Control, Return To Me, Hot Night, Edge of Midnight...okay, you got me again. I'll read anything Shannon McKenna writes, so she's an auto-buy for me); Kensington/Brava's Bad Boys Anthologies; Danielle Steel (That's right, I confess to being an early fan. Picked up A Perfect Stranger in a Woolworth store (or better known as a "Five and Dime" before the $.99 Stores hit it big, so you know how long ago that was) and was hooked ever since. For years she was an auto-buy for me until she started killing off major characters (like the hero/heroine/protagonists...hel-LO!). I stuck with her for a few years after until it just got too depressing); Judith McNaught (Paradise...); Jayne Ann Krentz (Trust Me, Absolutely, Positively...); Jackie Collins (Chances, Lucky, Hollywood Wives...Yes, I was a fan way back when, so what of it?); Sidney Sheldon (Master of the Game, Rage of Angels); Nelson DeMille (Cathedral); Andrew M. Greeley (The Cardinal Sins...are we sensing a pattern here? For a long time I would automatically buy and read anything on the NYT Bestseller list, until I realized that all the books on the list weren't to my liking); Wally Lamb (She's Come Undone); E. Lynn Harris (Invisible Life, Just As I Am, And This Too Shall Pass); Eric Jerome Dickey (Milk In My Coffee); Alice Walker (The Color Purple...Spielberg did justice to the novel in his movie. I think it was one of the rare times when a movie actually lived up to and translated well from paper to screen); Terri McMillan (Mama, Disappearing Acts, Waiting To Exhale); Sister Souljah (The Coldest Winter Ever...I LOVED this book! To me, it is the best in its genre--conflict, editing, story-telling, tension, and characters all coming together for an excellent tour de force in urban street lit. Next to several of my own books :) Winter is a perfect book to be made into a movie and I'm patiently waiting...); Dr. Frances Cress Welsing (The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors); Richard Carlson, Ph.D (Don't Sweat The Small Stuff...something that I need to re-read on a frequent basis just as a reminder of what not to do ;)
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Heroes
Jesus Christ.
My youngest brother, Jerome; my mother, Joan; my grandmother and my stepfather (may they both rest in peace); Angelina Jolie, Octavia E. Butler (she is missed too), Tina Turner and anyone else who's struggled and overcome personal and professional adversity to succeed in their craft and help others overcome; firefighters; soldiers and anyone who puts themselvs in harm's way to save others. ..
Sisters of Emsharra: Unrest is afoot in Emsharra and Quna Nahemah’s idea to quash the rebellion is to leave Sisters, Genesis and LaMia, to their own devices.
About me: My name is Gracie C. McKeever and I'm a multi-published, cross-genre author. My novels and novellas fall under several sub-genres of romance and erotic romance: m/m, paranormal, urban fantasy and YA to name a few. I also have published short stories in the same sub-genres including some horror and mainstream titles.
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