Barbara Vey

This, that and the other thing Monday
March 24, 2008

Well, are you all coming down from your sugar highs?  I know I am.  It's those darn Peeps that do me in.  You know, the little, yellow marshmallow chicks.  Of course, I like them after they've been sitting out a week or so, then they're nice and hard.  Unfortunately, my sister only had fresh ones and when I saw my brother scarfing them all down I had to make a quick grab for one or have to wait another year.  Alas, 1 led to 2 and then I knew I was out of control when I was trying to talk my 2 year old nephew into trading his Peep to me for 3 chocolate eggs and 2 malted milk eggs while my lips and fingers were still sticky with sugar from my last Peep.  I know...pathetic.

Now on to Monday's This, that and the other thing, with news, notes, kudos and other things of interest sent to me by you.  If you have anything you'd like noted in the blog, please email me with your stuff by clicking here.


First off, my news of the week.  I'll be heading to New York on Thursday to attend the Novelists Inc. Conference.  I'll be blogging through Sunday about the conference, so check in every day.  By the way, I'm still looking for anyone with connections to Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert since they are on my must see list of attractions in New York.

From author  Edie Ramer:  Karin Tabke, Tawny Weber, and I started a Yahoo group called Writers Promo Tips, a place where writers can share promotion tips.  We set it up eight days ago, and already have more than 160 members and a ton of great information.  (Edie, with such a fast growth, it's obvious that your site was much needed and will be very successful)


From author Jeri Smith-Ready:  The urban fantasy group I belong to, Fangs Fur & Fey, will be hosting a mini-con (or a ’con within a con’, if you will) at Conestoga, so I’ll get to meet a lot of cool people I’ve had the privilege to interact with over the last several months.  (Those cons are so much fun.  Hmmm...maybe next year.)


From author Jennifer Leeland:   Born to author Dayna Hart on Easter Sunday....Baby Boy 9 lbs, 5 oz at 5:47 this morning!!  (Congrats to Dayna, hubby and baby!!)



Last week I wrote about author Beth Watson auditioning for Johnny Depp's new movie, Public Enemies and her on location adventure.  Beth posted on the blog later in the week, so in case you missed it, here's the update:

Hi All!  Well, back home to reality after 3 days of watching the filming of Public Enemies in Columbus WI.  Best mini vacation I've had in a long time. (Although this was partially work related of course.) 


Being a huge movie buff, a fan of the 1930s, and JD (that's what his assistant calls him) I found the whole experience simply incredible! Besides feeding my muse, getting it psyched up to start the rewrites on my puppeteer book, I was inspired with a plot for another book. Yay! I took some great pics I plan to plaster on my desk to help my hero get into character. That's one of the things I admire about JD is his ability to play an eclectic array of characters. He's extremely diverse, which is one reason he has such a large fan base. Was thinking I should pick up a "how to" book for actors, on how to get into character. Would probably be quite insightful. My "research" ended last night at 8:30pm with JD walking by us fans, giving us a photo op (unfortunately it was dark out but I got an okay shot with him literally 5 feet away!) and doing his signature bow, thanking us for being a great crowd. He really seems to be a humble and gracious person. 

They actually removed all the real snow and blew Hollywood snow right before each shoot. Now if they'd waited until today they'd have had 15 inches of the stuff.  I hope one day a Hollywood producer catches wind of my then published book and thinks, "Hey what a great role for Johnny." :-) Then of course they'll hire me to help adapt the book to a screenplay.  

I am still holding out hope for an extra's part. I was told people will be called over the duration of the filming which is set to take place for a few months yet. I haven't given up hope. Thanks so much Barbara for inviting me to blog about my experience! This has been a great time! Hopefully I'll be blogging about my extras role in the near future!  (Beth, we're all pulling for you to get a part so we can live vicariously through you)

Finally,  the winners of the 100 books giveaway were announced here and I'm still waiting to hear from some of you with your addresses.  Last chance to check the list and email me with your snail mail address.  Wednesday I'll start picking new names.

Bottom Line:   I just found out they have a Peeps Fan Club. Yikes!!  I wonder if there is a "Peeps Anonymous" group I can join.
           

Posted by Barbara Vey on March 24, 2008 | Comments (18)