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I don't think she looks fat but she does look a li...

2009-02-08T03:26:00.000-07:00

I don't think she looks fat but she does look a little plump...chubby at least. She has the armpit folds and a double chin in some of the pics. I'm just saying...

She's still beautiful though but come on we can't say she's thin anymore...more like voluptuous.

Good luck and my best to you and yours, always.

2009-02-07T19:15:00.000-07:00

Good luck and my best to you and yours, always.

LOL! What a great list! Didn't see Twilight the mo...

2009-02-07T09:41:00.000-07:00

LOL! What a great list! Didn't see Twilight the movie, but the book was HORRIBLE! Unfortunately those hours I will never get back.

Totally concur on the footnote book. The only way ...

2009-02-06T12:24:00.000-07:00

Totally concur on the footnote book. The only way a Latino can win a Pulitzer in American fiction is by being obnoxiously male and unfathomably exotic while also being Surprisingly Smart, so that the establishment can both fear you for your Indecipherable Machista Otherness, and admire you for Being Almost Like a Guy We Might Know, Except That You Don't Live in Our Neighborhood (and We're Glad

Jeeze, Carrie, I give you props for critiquing the...

2009-02-06T11:25:00.000-07:00

Jeeze, Carrie, I give you props for critiquing the cover without reading the book---takes balls!! I just want to say that a book can have a fun, sexy, feminine cover and have great intellectual depth at the same time. There are SO many bad books with boring, masculine looking covers out there written by uninspired female writers trying to behave like men..."Make Him Look Good" is about Americans,

Carrie,I appreciate your energetic comment. Noneth...

2009-02-06T10:44:00.000-07:00

Carrie,

I appreciate your energetic comment. Nonetheless, I would like to remind you of two things:

1. Latinos come in all skin tones. A person cannot "look" Latino any more than they can look "American". We are a diverse bunch. If you've read my work, you must have picked up on that theme?

2. Ever heard the cliche "Don't judge a book by its cover"?

You'd

What is going on on the cover of Make Him Look Goo...

2009-02-06T09:45:00.000-07:00

What is going on on the cover of Make Him Look Good?

While the illustration is technically well-done, it doesn't fit the book at all. Is this a book about Latin characters because the people on the cover look whiter than Archie comics!

This looks like a sunglasses ad from an alternative weekly. Or maybe the redesign of a Pepsi Cola can for a special 0 calorie summer edition

Great post... I love the conclusions you have draw...

2009-02-05T20:04:00.000-07:00

Great post... I love the conclusions you have drawn based on the flawed and warped perception of Jessica Simpson's physique.

Julie - you are gorgeous too, silly!On country mus...

2009-02-05T14:17:00.000-07:00

Julie - you are gorgeous too, silly!

On country music - I should have specified country music INDUSTRY. Anyone can listen to it; not everyone is welcome to perform it. There is a long history of great Tejano country singers being shut out of Nashville, like Rick Trevino.

You are so entitled to feel that way of course.I'v...

2009-02-05T12:39:00.000-07:00

You are so entitled to feel that way of course.

I've read many of them, not all but most. The Alex Cross series, the Women's Murder Club series, his array of murderous/mysterious stories and adored the Maximum Ride series.

Some of his works with other novelists threw me for a loop, more drama/love stuff, but were ok.

And that is why it's nice to have a choice to read

that's a good one..I'm glad to see someone stating...

2009-02-05T12:35:00.000-07:00

that's a good one..I'm glad to see someone stating the obvious!!!

ha! good one alisa! all this jessica simpson fat ...

2009-02-05T12:10:00.000-07:00

ha! good one alisa! all this jessica simpson fat stuff has really been annoying.

LOLOL, Alisa. This is hilarious, especially becau...

2009-02-05T11:44:00.000-07:00

LOLOL, Alisa. This is hilarious, especially because I'm 5'3" and I AM FAT and my goal weight is 135!!!

Jessica Simpson is gorgeous.

Amen to Jessica actually looking healthy (and stil...

2009-02-05T11:39:00.000-07:00

Amen to Jessica actually looking healthy (and still "thin") at her current weight, Amen to Santa Fe being segregated (and extremely racist & classist)...but country music, really? Is it really just for white people? I hadn't thought about it...

Dunno what it is with me and Patterson. I don't re...

2009-02-05T11:29:00.000-07:00

Dunno what it is with me and Patterson. I don't really like his writing. Maybe I've read the wrong books?

LMAO!!!!I so needed that laugh.Great list Alisa!Bu...

2009-02-05T11:26:00.000-07:00

LMAO!!!!

I so needed that laugh.

Great list Alisa!

But what's your qualm with Patterson? Just curious because I enjoy his novels. I Love Koontz more tho. ;-) And well, you're a given. July seems So far away too.

Hope all is well.

I'll muscle through. Or maybe I'll read Nora Rober...

2009-02-05T06:27:00.000-07:00

I'll muscle through. Or maybe I'll read Nora Roberts instead.

We had to read Balzac in high school... few of us ...

2009-02-04T15:06:00.000-07:00

We had to read Balzac in high school... few of us appreciated it. "Hot tea" is an optimistic way of describing him. (His books actually get interesting at the end.. IF you make it to the end).

Alisa, thank YOU so much for the truly outstanding...

2009-02-03T10:20:00.000-07:00

Alisa, thank YOU so much for the truly outstanding reading Friday night at SOMOS! I'm still getting comments here in Taos about how much people enjoyed you. We all appreciate your shlepping up here (with your family, no less). Did your son win the Pokemon championship? I'm looking forward to hearing your interview & reading from the "Two Cities" novel with Tania later this

Hey Nadine! Thank you.I ended up writing THH in th...

2009-02-02T10:24:00.000-07:00

Hey Nadine! Thank you.

I ended up writing THH in third person. We'll see how people like it.

Congrats for the pub deal! And I can't wait for th...

2009-02-02T10:21:00.000-07:00

Congrats for the pub deal!

And I can't wait for the Husband Habit!!(I hear you on falling for male chracters - in Cutting Loose Diego was just supposed to be one of those "spear bearer" characters. Ended up head over heels in love with the guy, and I think it showed : ) )

Are you allowed to tell if HH ended up in first or third person POV?

Good luck!

2009-01-29T21:28:00.000-07:00

Good luck!

Exercise can Do incredible things to the brain. go...

2009-01-29T12:49:00.000-07:00

Exercise can Do incredible things to the brain. good for you and congratulations!!

Wow, I completely agree. Whenever I'm asked, "What...

2009-01-29T11:04:00.000-07:00

Wow, I completely agree. Whenever I'm asked, "What do you do to overcome writer's block," I say, "Keep writing."

Maybe it is the journalism training. I worked for a daily for two years, so I understand your views on not having the luxury to be "blocked." Just keep writing, folks.

Thank you, very very much.

2009-01-28T16:10:00.000-07:00

Thank you, very very much.