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Daniel: Toni:Consider doing a novel with another author just like James Patterson does.
Juliean: Toni..you found me on twitter and so glad you did. Your advice page is a goddess-send. Thanks fo this. I did NaNoWrite last year fo rthe first time so neophyte here, but seriously serious about writing a good story, published or not.Slainte'jools
Paul Collins: Hello, Toni,I just found in my twitter account. Here is my booktrailerhttp://www.bookcandystudios.com/pcollins-mystery.html . Looks like you have a nice website. All the best!Paul Collinsauthor orMystery of Everyman's Waywww.myspace.com/authorpaulcollins
Honor: I love your blog, it has such wonderful information in it. Thank you!
secret shopper, Dori: Can't say I'm the greatest writer, but I do enjoy it, and Nora Roberts is right about the "blank page."
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Kerri: I was just exploring and thought I'd say Hi and congrats on winning JotW. I read several of your past posts - the one on oatmeal was very interesting. I am going to have to find some of this to try now.
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tami: i LOVED 'beg for mercy" i just started and finished it today, i totally enjoyed it!
Acacia Koa: Oned of my clients set me up with a neighbor last Saturday. I'd call him the day before to set up the meeting and he talked non-stop without taking a breath. I thought, "Okay, he's nervous. I'll give him a chance." We met the next day at a local restaurant. He saw me and judged me not up to his expectations in 1/2 second. We went in for tea and dessert. He never asked one question about me, but continued to talk non-stop about himself. It stung to be rejected so sumarily, but in the end
Acacia Koa: Hi. Was in the middle of your "Snow Blind" from "A Red Hot New Year" when I came to the second paragraph on page 220. "The line of fur (FIR) trees -- Aspen..." Somebody wasn't paying attention during editing. Fir are evergreen and Aspen are deciduous. Sorry to be so picky, but it stopped me in my cross-country ski tracks. Other than that, lovin' the story.
Vivianight: Hello Toni, I like your style. Would you like to exchange links? Cheers
Toni Andrews: Just wanted to say hi, and well, it's kinda wierd talking to someone who has the same name as me :) and just for the record: Toni's rule! LOL
ames: Hi Toni, just wanted to say hello and thanks for stopping by my blog. I got back from my trip-the place I went to was called Falcon Trails Resort, in Manitoba.
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Lisa Manuel: Have a very Merry Christmas in your new home!!
Nienke: Well??? I guess you don't have your computer set up yet. I'm wondering how it's going in the new place.
Lisa Manuel: Hey Toni, two thumbs up for WITCH'S KNIGHT!! Thanks for a lusty, lovable, rip-roaring Medieval tale!!
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Monday, January 12th 2009

3:22 PM

Jack Bauer -- the Ultimate Bad Boy

I’m ridiculously happy that the new season of 24 is here. So far, I’m thinking it will be better than last year, when even my prodigious ability to suspend disbelief was challenged.

The real-time format of the show and, of course, Jack Bauer, is like crack. I don’t have a DVR or a Tivo (Is that redundant? Is Tivo actually a DVR?) so, if Matthew McConaughey calls and asks for a date tonight, I’ll have to decline.  Even if he shows up wearing those wet surfer shorts, he’ll have to settle for snuggling on the sofa until at least 10:00pm, when the episode is over.

Sorry, Matthew. I'm with Jack now.

The weird thing is that if Jack Bauer was a real person, I’d want him to be in prison. I am so seriously anti-torture that I don’t think you even get to torture torturers. I don’t believe the end justifies the means. I don’t think desperate times necessarily call for desperate measures.  I don’t believe that it’s okay to violate someone’s civil rights for the greater good.  Mainly because I don’t trust the violators to define “greater good.”

But in TV fantasy world, Jack is the man.  Yes, this short, balding man with no discernable lips and funny ears is hotter than Phoenix in August. (Have you BEEN to Phoenix in August? I have. Dude.) I root for him.  I want him to put a bullet in the bad guy’s knee to make him talk. I’m glad he executed that bitch who offed his wife.

Yes, I’m a fantasy hypocrite.

So, on to the important stuff.  I’m making a prediction: Tony Almeida turns out to be a good guy, albeit emotionally tortured and deeply damaged.  He has infiltrated the evil-doers (Thanks, Dubya, for a new word.) in order to bring them down.

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