Reading, writing, hanging out with my 3 dogs (I love animals), working with kids, learning (always), love meeting new and interesting people
Music
Maroon 5, John Mayer, U2, Coldplay, The Cure, Billy Joel, Sting, Beyonce, Journey... and so on and so on
Movies
Shawshank Redemption, Sixteen Candles,Uncle Buck, Back to the Future, ConAir and FaceOff, Remember the Titans, Superman 1 and 2, Con Air, Air Force One, Meatballs, Beaches (yes, I still cry). Rocky (All of them, even number 5 when he goes broke and has a street fight--and I LOVE the music.... ohhh the music), Dreamgirls, The Muppet Movie, Vacation, A Time to Kill, Annie, Mean Girls, Keeping up with the Steins
Television
Grey's Anatomy, The Office, Ellen (both her talk show, and reruns of her sitcom), Three's Company (the ones with Mr. Furley). The Wonder Years, Sex in the City,The Jeffersons, All in the Family, Family Guy, Frasier (Cherries Jubilee everywhere!)
Books
I LOVE TO READ!! I believe many of the books I read as a child have helped shape me as a writer. Here's a list of some of my favorites books: All the Jane Austen books, To Kill a Mockingbird, Brave New World,The Red Tent,all the Shopaholic books,Catcher in the Rye, Running with Scissors,1984,The Kite Runner, All the Judy Blume books. There's a Rainbow in my Closet, The Giving Tree, Jemima J, The Kite Runner, 1984, Black Water, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Animal Husbandry, Free To Be You and Me, Everything I Need to Know I learned in Kindergarten, Bridget Jones' Diary, Lovely Bones, and of course........STARSITTER
Heroes
My grandmother, my (late) GREAT Auntie Sally, Superman and Wonder Woman
Be sure to check out StarSitter before the sequel comes out in late spring! NOTE: ***If you are purchasing it online in Canada, buy it at www.amazon.ca and not online at Indigo as the pricing is wrong***
SYNOPSIS OF "STARSITTER":
Temper tantrums over yester-year logos? A last minute curling-iron crisis? Dinner with vegetarian gangsta-rappers? All in a day's work for 27 year old Grace Daniels, the unwitting guardian to Maddy Malone, Hollywood's next teenage it-girl.
Plucked from her Chicago day job as an interior decorator, Grace is thrust into 'starsitting' at a local movie shoot when her Aunt Lana begs off sick one day. On the set, Grace meets Maddy, the temperamental if talented young starlet.
Somehow navigating the outbursts and mood-swings, Grace manages to endear herself to Maddy and Maddy's only-too-happy-to-be-absent mother. So Grace can hardly refuse when they ask her to go with Maddy to Los Angeles as her adult accompaniment.
Once in LA, a bewildered Grace tries to keep her Prada-toting charge happy as she shepherds her through photo-shoots, radio interviews, and morning hangovers. When Grace isn't shielding Maddy from her 'fans' or helping her dodge calls from her publicist, Grace finds herself catering to the every whim of her almost A-lister.
Inspired by a true story, StarSitter depicts how handling a young celebrity may be more hazardous than glamorous to one's mental health.
StarSitter in the News:
01/09- The National
22/02/08-Star Magazine "Hot Sheet"
15/09/07- The National Post: Top 30 Most Eligible Bachelorettes in Toronto
06/09/07-Canada AM morning show
29/08/07- 2HD Radio Breakfast, Newcastle,Australia
29/08/07-92.1 MORE FM, Canterbury, New Zealand
28/08/07- WBIG Wake-Up Call AM-1280 Chicago
16/07/07- New York Post Page 6
30/06/07- Portrait Magazine- book review (New Zealand)
30/06/07- The National Post article by Shinan Govani (Canada)
26/03/07- Maclean’s Magazine article by Rebecca Eckler
FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES OR TO INTERVIEW ANDREA DANA PLEASE CONTACT HER THROUGH myspace or at starsitter@gmail.com
ABOUT AUTHOR ANDREA DANA
Described as a "favorite" teacher to many students, Andrea Dana Eisen, left the Toronto Public School Board five years ago to pursue a professional career as a teacher to the stars. Since then she has worked on films such as "Mean Girls," "Ice Princess," "The Love Guru," "Flash of Genius," "The Perfect Man," "The Pacifier," "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," and "The Grudge 2." Andrea's longtime dream of being a writer was finally put into motion after being inspired by her real life encounters with "diva" children both in and out of the entertainment industry. She currently resides in Toronto where she is teaching piano and at work on her second novel of the StarSitter trilogy. She is also writing her first screenplay. Look for her new blog at one of Canada's hottest sites. It's comparable to NY's Daily Candy. www.sweetspot.ca Blog goes up every Tuesday and will also be linked from here.
I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
Who I'd like to meet: You may not believe me, but I'd like to meet YOU!
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Thank you for being a friend. I look forward to getting to know you.
During this month, I've started a Summertime recipe exchange on my blog. I will be posting recipes sent to me from various authors, so stop on by and check them out. Plus, I have monthly contest for free books!
Hey Girl!
Thanks for the add, I wanted to drop you a line to let you know my EP is now available on iTunes! *woo-hoo!*
http://www.itunes.com/delaneywalsh
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hey andrea. i enjoyed reading about u on your page. so u are working on another book and your first movie script?? that's awesome. i'm an author, too, and i'm working on my first movie script. actually i'm doing a movie treatment first but even that seems 2 take a long time 2 do. would love 2 learn from u. i'll check out your blog. have a good weekend :)
Peace. Life. Truth. Soterios. Many blessings for your continued success in all your aspirations.
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Andrea ... thanks for adding Steel Beach to your group of friends. We hope you are enjoying our style of Rock n Blues and you pass the word about us to all your friends!
Hey andrea! Now that we're officially the best of friends on the interweb, we're going to come over to your house to have a dance party in your front yard, 'cause that's how we roll...and also check out our facebook page if you have nothing better to do! BFF.....Phil and OneStarCity (ps...e-mail us if you want our cd for free!)
Hi Andrea, thank you so much for the friendship. You seem a very interesting person. Keep in touch. The internet shortens the miles between friends...Love and respect...James.
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