The Cheating Gene
So it looks like "Ashlyn," the fidelity inspector in my novel, may have just been made obsolete by a scenitific breakthrough. Apparently, there's a study showing that monogamy can actually be linked to a man's genes, and not jeans as we all once thought. According to an article I just read at on ABC.com, men who have more copies of a section of a gene called RS3 334, are more likely to cheat and have committment issues. Men who have no copies of the gene section are far more likely to be in long, faithful, committed relationships than men who have one, two or more copies. I knew it! I've always said some men are just proned to cheat, like it's in their DNA or something. Turns out...it just might be! Do you realize what this means? Pretty soon a standardized gene test will be mandatory on all first dates. "I'm sorry, Bob, you seem like a very nice guy, but frankly I'm concerned by your three copies of RS3-334. I just think I deserve better." Maybe they'll come out with nifty purse-size testing devices that you can carry around with you and use to scan a piece of his hair or fingernail. Or better yet, maybe it'll be a required field in all MySpace profiles. Name: Bob Smith Age: 32 Occupation: Sales man Relationship Status: Single and looking RS3-334 Copies: 4 But then, of course you realize what the next step is after this is? Rebellious teen girls are going to start bringing home guys with multiple copies of RS3-334 just to piss off their parents. Labels: infidelity studies
Win a Free Signed Copy of THE FIDELITY FILES!
Well, I just turned in my manuscript for the sequel to THE FIDELITY FILES, which will be out in Summer of 2009 and I'm so excited to be done with it, I decided to celebrate by giving away free copies of my first book! For the week of September 15th, I'll be giving out one book a day to a lucky winner! Click here to sign up to be one of them!Labels: free giveaway
The Fidelity Files Book Tour Photo Album
Christie Brinkley Should Have Hired a Fidelity Inspector
Okay, now that the book tour is officially over, it's time to get back to talking about serious stuff. Infidelity. And we all know there's PLENTY to talk about in this arena. I mean, the celebrities alone give me enough ammo to blog about the subject for a lifetime! Take Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook, the biggest celebrity cheating scandal in the news right now. And although I was just as fascinated as the rest of the world to be immersed in the trials and tribulations of someone else's divorce proceedings, I couldn't help but wonder, as I watched it all unfold, if the whole thing could have been avoided. If only Christie Brinkley had thought to hire a Fidelity Inspector, she would have known ages ago if Peter was the cheating type and this whole public scandal would cease to exist. If only my book had come out years ago when all of this went down, maybe should would have picked it up in the store, felt inspired and found a real-life fidelity inspector (they do exist!) to test her husband for cheating tendencies. But then of course, we would have lost such great entertainment value... Labels: cheating scandals
I'm Thankful for Coloradians and Canadians
The scream that erupted from my office this morning at the break of dawn when I awoke to check to see if my book had made the Denver Post bestseller list after a hugely successful signing event at the Tattered Cover last week most likely woke up the whole neighborhood. Because not only had the book made it into one of the top five coveted spots that the newspaper reserves for Colorado's bestselling paperback fiction books, it was number 2!!! http://www.denverpost.com/books/ci_9711639Needless to say, I have been floating the entire day. And just as I was about to go to sleep and say goodnight to the most exciting day thus far in my debut book campaign, I discovered that the Canadians also seem to be taking a liking to the book! Amazon.ca has ranked it in the top 100 U.S. fiction books. You know, I always liked those Canadians. Not only for their universal health care and the adorable way they pronounce the words "about" and "out," but now, it has been brought to my attention that they also have impeccable taste in books! Thanks Colorado and Canada for making what would have been an ordinary Sunday, absolutely extra-ordinary!
L.A. Release Party is a success!
So I know I'm supposed to be blogging about infidelity and cheating and all that, but I couldn't resist taking a short break from such heavy topics and sharing a few fun photos from The Fidelity Files release party last night. It was a huge success! Thanks to everyone who came out!  Me before my very first book signing for my very first book! Do I look calm and relaxed? It's an illusion. I was totally freaking out!  Talking about the book to a room full of people. Very scary! See that beautiful head of brown hair in front of the camera? That's the famous author Alyson Noel, who came to my reading! Unfortunately I was too busy trying to talk to everyone that I failed to get any pictures of her face. Oh well. Next time.  Signing my very first book! What a thrill!
 The beautiful book display at the after party.  Hanging at the after party with some of my favorite people. From left to right: Charlie, my wonderful boyfriend, Katherine Carlson, my brilliant writer friend, and writer/director Brad T Gottfred whose movie I helped produce last year. Labels: Book Release
Window Displays are My New Favorite Thing
Well, the book has finally hit the stores...a few days early, but after a year and a half of waiting, what's a few days right? And how pleased I was to find this lovely display in the window at my local Barnes and Noble where I'll be doing my book signing on June 10th. Okay, "pleased" is probably not the most accurate term. More like jumping up and down ecstatically and making all kinds of strange, animal-like whooping sounds that I had no idea I even had the ability to make. Right there on the streets of the Third Street Promenade. Not surprisingly, I was quickly mistaken for a street performer and tossed a quarter by a passerby.
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