Angela Wilson's Blog – July 2007 Archive (4)

Great book

Am reading Open Me, the debut novel from Sunshine O'Donnell. Oh man, is it great. O'Donnell tackles the cult of wailers - professional weeping women hired to "mourn" at the funerals of the rich and famous. She successfully pairs fact with fiction in a really great read.

Not everyone can do that.

This book is great for book groups. It's got incredible emotional abuse of children, legislative documents and quotes from wailing training manuals that will curl your…

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Added by Angela Wilson on July 8, 2007 at 2:15pm — No Comments

Want to review?

Searching for book critics. If you are interested, shoot me a PM, along with a sample of a previous review (could be something from Amazon.com).

Added by Angela Wilson on July 8, 2007 at 2:10pm — No Comments

CSI Miami: The Death of Reality

Allow me to preface this post: I do not like Miami. It just happens to be on right now. Again. For the forth time. Or fifth. I've lost count. And how do I know since I hate this cheesy segment of the CSI series? I don't know. That's scary.

On the oft rerun episode of CSI MIAMI tonight (Boavista's sista is kidnapped), the lab had a DNA comparison in less than 60 seconds.

All I have to say about this is ....…

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Added by Angela Wilson on July 3, 2007 at 1:23pm — No Comments

Critique Me Update

Critique groups are funny business. I've been in two, one successfully (well, at least at first), and the other, well, let's just say it didn't go so great.

I want to have a group of writers I can trust, but where to find them, I'm not certain anymore.

What makes a good group for writers? Well, maybe I should touch on the things that are not so cool.

  • People you can't trust. I'm not just talking copycats. I'm talking about those people you meet that the pit of your…
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Added by Angela Wilson on July 3, 2007 at 1:14pm — 1 Comment

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