Gadgets, travel, computers, visiting hot springs, movies, shopping, health/fitness, swimming in warm water
Music
Rush, Brian Tyler, The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Enya, The Beach Boys, Barenaked Ladies, Meat Loaf, Cat Stevens, Clannad, Elton John, Enrique Iglesias, Jackson Browne, John Williams, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Mamas & the Papas, Mozart, Ricchi e Poveri, Sting, Tom Lehrer, The Turtles
Movies
Princess Bride, Court Jester, Star Wars: A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Die Hard, Usual Suspects, Get Shorty, Clueless, The Incredibles, 10 Things I Hate about You, White Christmas, Aladdin, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, All of Me, Serenity, X-Men, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Beauty and the Beast, Crash, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, High School Musical, Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
Television
Dollhouse, Tudors, Supernatural, Eli Stone, Battlestar Galactica, Greek, Burn Notice, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Stargate SG1, Friends, Stargate Atlantis, Kyle XY, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Lost, Monk, Desperate Housewives, Scrubs, Star Trek (various), Smallville, Big Love, Babylon 5, Rome, Real Time with Bill Maher, Good Morning America, Prison Break, How I Met Your Mother, 30 Days, Dancing with the Stars, House, The Simpsons, Nip/Tuck, Sex and the City, Win Ben Stein's Money, Farscape, Coupling, Xena, Hercules, Numb3rs, Get Smart, Ugly Betty, Jericho
Books
Saga of Seven Suns series, Chronicles of Narnia, Chronicles of Prydain, Dragon Riders of Pern series, Resurrection Inc, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, A Wrinkle in Time, Harry Potter series, Star Girl, Tatsinda, Lonesome Dove, Dune, The Godfather, Captain Nemo
Heroes
Kevin J Anderson, Diane Sawyer, Bill and Melinda Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Anne McCaffrey, JK Rowling, Cokie Roberts
I write novels for Young Adults. So far I've had more than 30 fiction books and a handful of short stories published by major publishers.
I've been married to bestselling author Kevin J Anderson since 1991 (see his MySpace profile). Together, we've written all 14 volumes of the Star Wars Young Jedi Knights Series (Berkley), two Titan AE novels (Berkley), the graphic novels The Gorn Crisis (DC/Wildstorm) and Grumpy Old Monsters (IDW), a couple of Star Wars pop-up books, and several movie novelizations.
We recently completed our original trilogy, Crystal Doors (Little, Brown).
On my own, I wrote the Buffy the Vampire Slayer novel Little Things (S&S) and three Star Wars Junior Jedi Knights novels (Berkley). I'm currently starting an original science fiction YA series with Kevin.
I'm a devout gadgetologist. If a gadget is the latest, the greatest, the coolest and hottest, I must — and eventually shall — own it. (My greatest vice.)
Readers and potential readers. Teens and teens at heart.
Birds of a feather. Fellow writers. Interesting people (but keep in mind that I'm a YA author). Fellow gadgetologists.
Fellow members of the 501st. (Kevin and I were inducted as honorary members by the Alpine Garrison.)
Motivated people who work to get what they want in life.
BTW: My profile background is by Japanese digital artist Kagaya.
NOTE: If you email me here on MySpace, I may not be able to answer. I'm a fairly slow typist (after multiple arm surgeries — cubital tunnel, carpal tunnel, etc.), and I can't reply to all of my emails. I will, however, try to do kind of a mini-FAQ in my blogs, to answer questions from newer writers.
PLEA TO ASPIRING AUTHORS: Budding writers often want to send me a story or novel manuscript for advice, critique, or a "blurb" quote. In the past, I tried accepting manuscripts, but — in spite of the best intentions — didn't manage to squeeze the extra reading in. Although I want to help, I already read for a large part of my workday. I'm also a painfully slow reader with a high distractability quotient (A.D.D.) and looming writing deadlines. Between reading and editing my own scribblings, I do the same on my husband's novels (and he writes A LOT). At the end of a long day, my brain and eyeballs are fried, and the probability of tackling another manuscript is, as the chaps in Monty Python would say, "right out." So have mercy, friends, and please, please don't ask.
Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:
Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.
Though source materials are quite aged, much remains relevant today.
I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:
Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.
Though source materials are quite aged, much remains relevant today.
I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
If you would like to read a sample of one of the stories from ISLINGTON CROCODILES’ you can do that now as one of the stories is posted on the Islington Crocodiles blog page. RAIDERS is the disturbing story of Barwise and Micky.
As Graham Joyce says in his foreword to ISLINGTON CROCODILES, ‘This is the edge.’
Good to have you as a friend! So great to see the internet in action this way, shortening distances between people.
I hope all's well with you and that you enjoy checking out my web site some time.
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First 1000 entries receive free e-book version of my new book "Love Scorned". Winner of poetry competition receives free paperback version of my new book "Love Scorned".
If 1000 entries are not received by the deadline, deadline may be extended.
If you wish to receive your free ebook, please send your email address and the title of your poem that was entered into this contest to: alecia.boyer@yahoo.com
If you wish to receive your free paperback book in the instance that you win the contest, please send your email address and the title of your poem that was entered into this contest to: alecia.boyer@yahoo.com
YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WILL NOT BE SHARED WITH ANYONE AT ANYTIME. IT IS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. I WILL NOT SHARE OR SELL IT TO ANYONE EVER. AFTER THE CONTEST IS OVER AND PRIZES ARE AWARDED, YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE DELETED UNLESS YOU REQUEST THAT I KEEP IT.
Hello my friend. I would like to invite you to check out my new poem called "I Am a Storm". Just click the picture below and the storm will take you to my blog. Thank you, -byron
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