As I mentioned earlier in the week, I’m guest blogging at The Book Smugglers and airing some grievances in the post (and now the comments.)

I’m also giving away books! Swing on over and comment, and you can win either Demon Marked, Angels of Darkness, or Heart of Steel.

Step 1: On Friday night, a little after midnight, decide that you really want something to drink from the kitchen.

Step 2: Get up from your desk where you’ve been writing and walk through the living room, where your husband is on the sofa, watching the Chicago-Boston game and eating grapes.

Step 3: Make some remark so that he looks away from the TV, and sees you wearing this:

Now that I’ve seen this, I might actually cave.

The news came out today:

This has to be the highest-profile effort to bring Wonder Woman to television: One of TV’s best-known creators, The Practice’s David E. Kelley, has come on board to write and produce a new series project about the female superhero. The project, from Warner Bros. Television where Kelley is based, and Warner Bros.’ DC Entertainment, will be taken out to the networks shortly. Kelley, who has created several female-centered shows, most notably Ally McBeal, had been interested in tackling a contemporary take on the World War II-era Amazon. He recently met with the DC team who also have been looking for ways to launch a new Wonder Woman TV franchise. Details on the reboot are being kept under wraps, and it is not clear if the new Wonder Woman aka Diana Prince will keep her signature powers and weapons, including her Lasso of Truth, her indestructible bracelets, her tiara and her invisible airplane. (via Deadline | Hollywood)

I’m letting myself be mildly hopeful. Kelley has been behind some solid shows. Many of them had a legal focus, good writing, and featured strong, multi-faceted women — and they weren’t without charm.

I just pray it won’t be campy. I love me some Lynda Carter, but that is not what I’m hoping to see from a WW show right now.

…they’d be something like this*.

There are more at College Humor.

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*Actually, Portland (and the PNW) is home to a crazy number of awesome comic book creators, writers, and artists. Dorkery and/or geekery just grows on people here. It’s a good thing.

It’s Wonder Woman week at DC’s The Source blog, in celebration of her 600th issue. So far we’ve got pinups (Nicola Scott’s to the right — god, I love love her pencils) and an essay by Lynda Carter. Fun times for the fan!

So, something I learned today was: The only thing better than a possessed zombie Wonder Woman is a possessed zombie Wonder Woman making out with Batman (and drawn by Nicola Scott.)

It was totally a What The…? moment, but like Christmas at the same time.

Hee.

(Preview pages here, for those interested.)

I lurk at a few places, and one of my favorites lately has been the Wonder Woman forum at CBR. Every now and then, I’ll see someone from this romancey neck of the woods there. This happened again recently, but in a reverse kind of way — I was looking through the ads in RT magazine, and noticed a book, TOUCH OF DANGER by Carol A. Strickland, an author whose name seemed really, really familiar.

Then it struck me: CarolStrick at the WW boards, and the DC boards before that! And also a fantastic new columnist for the Wonder of Wonders column. I don’t know her — I don’t even think I’ve replied any of her comments in my years and years of lurking — but I’ll admit I had that dorky bit of glee and then went to check out the book.

When ultra-superhero Londo (Valiant) Rand breaks through her door to save Lina O’Kelly from a burning hotel, she knows that’s merely the beginning of her crisis. Londo’s foes have temporarily blasted away his powers, leaving the two of them to outrun a mercenary army across an otherwise deserted South Pacific island. If they’re lucky they can reach safety to await rescue, or Londo’s powers will return and he can fly them away.

Londo doesn’t want those powers to return, not yet. This is the first time in his life he’s been able to touch someone without the potential of accidentally tearing them to shreds. Lina is definitely someone he wants to touch — and more. He’s eager to learn what it feels like to be fully human.

But stubborn telepath/psychic Lina’s dysfunctional childhood has left her with an acute phobia for touch. She’s also sworn to help anyone who requests aid — even if it’s the world’s greatest superhero who asks for what she’s unable to give.

Will they discover that what they’ve both longed for was not a touch of skin, but that of two hearts meeting? If they should fall deeply in love, how will they cope when Londo’s powers return and he’s too strong to hold Lina in his arms? (Excerpt and buy link.)

Superheroes. Romance. Two of my favorite things.

Anyway, while lurking this morning, I saw that she’s over at the Cerridwen Press blog today, with the topic “So You Want to be a Psychic,” and a psychic reading event on Friday. So off I go to lurk again…

I’m not sure which one of us is going to win. Or even which of us is the monster and which is WW.

Also, I can’t wait for this movie.

…and, back to work.

Leah (#17), you’ve won the Erin McCarthy/Kristan Higgins pack, plus a book from my backlist! Congratulations!

Also, here are some pictures from WW Day at Excalibur Comics in Portland:

My wonder tot, Wonder Woman, and me. I’m not sure who was more excited — my daughter or me :joker: It was very cute, though — we were about a block away from the store when my daughter and Wonder Woman spotted each other. Wonder Woman waved, and my daughter started running and doing her giggly I’m-so-excited! laugh … then realized she wasn’t supposed to run to strangers, even superheroes. So she looked at me, and of course I told her to go. Unfortunately, the first picture with just my daughter and Wonder Woman didn’t come out, and I also couldn’t get her to pose with the Batman. She’ll eventually learn

Then here’s two of daughter and me at the event. Gail Simone signed two comics for my daughter, then I bought a ton more. I really, really shouldn’t be allowed into one of these places with my wallet.