TV Again, Sicky Von Sickerstein, and Giveaway Winners

So upon the suggestion of zombie-lover Mark Henry at FFF, I watched Pushing Daisies last night.

Love. Love love love love love. It’s like Big Fish but with a necromancer. Narrated by Jim Dale. Yes, that Jim Dale. The Harry Potter one. And it has Sylar’s mom in it as an ex-synchronized swimmer with a personality disorder. And Swoozie Kurtz as her one-eyed twin. And Kristin Chenowith, who is always hilarious. And it’s so vivid and imaginative and quirky and fabulous that I just know people aren’t going to get it. I actually avoided it because the whole “bringing people back to life for a minute at the morgue” premise sounded a lot like that disappointing Eliza Dushku show where her name was some sort of positive quality that was cleverly incorporated into the title, such as “Touching Destiny” and her name was Destiny but that wasn’t it.

Please, please ABC, don’t cancel this show. Please? Please don’t let it drop into oblivion after only a few episodes like the creator’s other efforts, Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls, neither of which I liked half as well as this one.

Also, the main guy is really cute. Mark Henry described him as a young Kevin Spacey, and I guess I can see that, especially in qualities of voice resonance and the way he exudes calmness, but I think he’s adorable, and I don’t know if I thought young Kevin Spacey was adorable. Certainly not in Working Girl, at least.

So yeah, everyone go watch Pushing Daisies. Just go to abc.com and you can watch the pilot (or “Pie-lette” — get it, he’s a pie chef!) online.

So yesterday I had a nice chat with my editor about my revision and then I talked to our wedding cake baker and then I got a terrible migraine and basically slept for the rest of the day. That sucked. When I woke up, my head felt like wet cement and I could still feel the headache, lingering right there, smothered, perhaps, by painkillers but still all lumpy and waiting for me in 6-8 hours.

Last chance to enter the CL Wilson Lord of the Fading Lands Giveaway (see below). I’ll be back at noon to pick a winner.

AND THE WINNER IS: RUTH.
Ruth, please email me with your mailing address to receive a copy of this fabulous new novel!