How to Make a Tentpole Summer Movie Work When Expectations are Stratospheric

Posted on May 29, 2012 by NJDamschroder

1. Set it up with well done introductory movies. Some (Number One. Loudly.) can argue that Iron Man 2 sucked. But Iron Man did not. Thor had some weaknesses, but held up on all the important points: Shirtless God, emotional family conflict, epic battles. Captain America also received some criticism for feeling like an introductory [...]

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Weird Windows

Posted on May 15, 2012 by NJDamschroder

A few weeks ago, I paid my kids to clean my car for me, including the inside windows. The next day, I noticed an odd pattern to the rear window. It was a grid, like clean lines up and down, crisscrossing the defroster wires, with a bit of shimmer or fog inside the squares. Then [...]

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My One Musical Passion

Posted on May 1, 2012 by NJDamschroder

I just discovered Spotify! Actually, Cyndi sent us a link about how to embed music in our posts, and it immediately made me think, “I should talk about Jason! And embed his music!” So that’s what I’m doing. I like listening to music. I have well over 1400 songs on my iPod. But it’s not [...]

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I Swear, I Planned This Post on Saturday

Posted on April 17, 2012 by NJDamschroder

It’s so funny that Melissa posted about her yard and gardening yesterday. We did yardwork on Saturday, and I took pictures and composed a blog post in my head as I worked. But then I didn’t get a chance to actually post it on Saturday to my regular blog, which was my intention, and most [...]

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Masters of Multitasking

Posted on April 3, 2012 by NJDamschroder

I recently read some “expert” saying that people can’t really multitask, that when we try, we do nothing well. I beg to differ, but it might really just be a basic misunderstanding (or disagreement) about what multitasking is. To me, true multitasking is not always doing more than one thing at the exact same time. [...]

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Keeping an Open Mind Can Make You Laugh

Posted on March 20, 2012 by NJDamschroder

**I was so busy making sure I got all the details of the blog hop included, I forgot to mention what *I* was giving away! So you can still comment on this post through Friday, March 23, to be entered to win your choice of a digital copy of Fight or Flight, Behind the Scenes, [...]

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When Your Kid’s Term Paper Validates Your Perspectives

Posted on March 6, 2012 by NJDamschroder

Number One is writing a paper for her AP English Language and Composition class using the book Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter by Steven Johnson. It can be boiled down into “TV doesn’t rot your brain,” though it’s more complex than that. She has to find [...]

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The Age of the Bromance

Posted on February 21, 2012 by NJDamschroder

I have a confession. I love bromances. I don’t love the word, I think it’s stupid, but I do love deep relationships between two men, whether they’re brothers or partners or old friends. I don’t know why, really. I dig intensity, and I’m sure that’s part of it. You know the movie Blast from the [...]

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Teaser: Upcoming cover reveal for Acceptable Risks

Posted on January 28, 2012 by NJDamschroder

Hey, everybody! My next romantic adventure release, Acceptable Risks, is just a few months away on April 16, 2012. I just got the cover, and it might be my favorite Carina cover yet. You know how so often the characters on the cover don’t match the description? They nailed my heroine, Lark Madrassa! And they [...]

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Some Change Can’t Be Imagined

Posted on January 24, 2012 by NJDamschroder

One of the “cool” things about Twitter is that someone can tweet a link to something like this and launch a whole blog topic or even, if you guys are on board, a discussion. The gist of the article is that a couple of guys have created a new calendar for the whole world. It [...]

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