Ellen Byerrum

The Oscars are days away and I suppose I will turn on the broadcast and occasionally even watch, but I do this for one reason only. Yes, that’s right. The clothes!  I’m also curious about a few of the performances that will be rewarded with an Oscar.I’d like...

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An epic snowstorm has started and is expected to once again pound the mid-Atlantic region into submission. The weathercasters are tying themselves into knots trying to capture each and every snowflake and predict the exact amount  of white stuff. Will it be 20 inches or 30 inches? Will we be...

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I'm in The New York Times. Well, sort of. A Sunday New York Times article in the Arts & Leisure Section (Jan. 31, 2010)  mentioned the Hostile Makeover computer game, but we almost missed it. The article, "Damsels in Distress, Bozos in Heat," compared and contrasted cable television stations for...

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J.D. Salinger died today after keeping his legend alive for nearly fifty years. How did he do it? By hiding away and never again speaking publicly. Never giving interviews or doing book tours. Never again publishing. Did he keep writing, locking novels away in a safe? No one knows. He...

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It happened again. A complete stranger asked me if I was someone else, someone she knew, someone named Rosemary. “No? Are you sure? You look exactly like Rosemary!” The woman based her identification on the resemblance of the back of my head in the movie theater to that...

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Congratulations to Helen Kiker, the winner of my book giveaway, which I held this past weekend in conjunction with the Stiletto Gang’s Hallopalooza Scavenger Hunt. Helen won signed copies of Killer Hair and Hostile Makeover, the first and third books in my Crime of Fashion mystery series, which were filmed...

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Ellen Byerrum   - Post #9   http://ellenbyerrum.livejournal.com/   The mayor and his wife were dressed as a Hispanic version of George and Martha Washington. Juan Reyes still had the chiseled good looks of the television star he'd been fifteen years earlier. He smelled of...

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This Halloween I'm joining the great authors at The Stiletto Gang for Hallopalooza, an online mystery scavenger involving 23 blogs. The gang has written a short murder mystery for the event. All you have to do is follow the clues, one of which I'll be posting on this blog by...

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Believe it or not, the third Crime of Fashion book in my mystery series, Hostile Makeover, is now available as a hidden-object computer game. A what? Quite frankly I’m not quite sure what that means, but I’m sure it’s lots of fun. If you like, um, hidden objects. I have...

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Autumn is the perfect time for long walks in the leaves, sipping cider, and settling down in front of a fire with a good book. And it’s the time to win books by the Book Belles, four authors penning everything from tales of murder and mayhem to young adult and...

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The final book signing at one of my favorite independent bookstores, Creatures ’n Crooks in Richmond, Va., scheduled this Saturday, Sept. 13, is a sad sign of the times. Creatures 'n Crooks will close at the end of September. I will be participating in the signing with a...

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Autumn has always been my favorite season, with the leaves, the peppery scent in the air, the crystal clear days, mugs of hot apple cider sipped near the fire, and cozy sweaters. I love it, all of it. But this year, I’m mourning the fact that the outdoor...

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This weekend I will be attending an in-service class to maintain my private investigator's registration in Virginia. Encouraged by a friend, I first took a certified PI course several years ago, for writing research purposes. It turned out to be both enlightening and a lot of fun, even for a...

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First of all, I want to thank all of you who have written to ask me if and when there will be another book in the Lacey Smithsonian Crime of Fashion series! I am so grateful that you love the characters and want more. So do I. While I’m not...

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 Here's the trailer for the movie adaptation of my Crime of Fashion mystery Hostile Makeover, which premiered on Lifetime Movie Network this past Sunday, June 28. Preview courtesy of Lifetime. Lifetime will be rerunning the show, and you can also watch it on the LMN Web site. What did you...

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The ladies of Killer Hair (the Lifetime movie adaptation of my Crime of Fashion mystery) dish Lacey's love interest, Vic Donovan. What do you think of Vic? Love him, hate him, can't stand him, can't get enough of him? (Or do you like Tony better?) Let me know, ladies (and...

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The stars of the Lifetime adaptations of my Killer Hair and Hostile Makeover discuss their characters' styles--and their own. Courtesy of Lifetime Movie Network. And I know some of you saw the premiere of Killer Hair Sunday night--tell me what you thought about it, what you liked/loved/didn't love, and I'll...

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 Another great preview clip from Lifetime Movie Network. Cast members of the film adaptations of my Killer Hair and Hostile Makeover reveal startling true-life Crimes of Fashion from out of their own pasts! (And closets.) Killer Hair will premiere on LMN this Sunday, June 21, at 8 pm Eastern time....

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 Who meets what? I did read a few Nancy Drew mysteries when I was little (my friends' copies), but I never actually saw a single episode of Sex and the City until after I'd written six Crime of Fashion mysteries! This is another entertaining behind-the-scenes clip from Lifetime Movie Network...

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Lifetime Movie Network has made available more behind-the-scenes teasers for my Killer Hair and Hostile Makeover. This clip is about the costume design and character styling. Check out Lacey's snazzy Forties vintage suit! Killer Hair will premiere on LMN on June 21....

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OMG! This is the trailer for the world premieres of the Lifetime movies of my Crime of Fashion mysteries, Killer Hair and Hostile Makeover. They will air on June 21 and June 28. Am I excited? Does Maggie Lawson look pretty great as Lacey? OMG!...

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Today I'm guest blogging over at the Stiletto Gang. The subject has to do with kissing and the recent movie shoot. Check it out at http://thestilettogang.blogspot.com/And for those who are celebrating Easter and Passover, please accept my good wishes for the holidays....

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All the world's a stage, all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts,---William Shakespeare   In spite of bitter cold weather that looked deceptively lovely, intrepid film crew and cast members...

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Hollywood on the Potomac? In my last post, I listed some of the key actors in the Lifetime Television cable movies based on my Killer Hair and Hostile Makeover. Now I can reveal two other lead actors: Mark Consuelos is playing Lacey's handsome rival reporter on The Eye...

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My thanks to the many friends and fans who have offered me suggestions for actors to play the parts of Lacey Smithsonian and the rest of her crew in the Crime of Fashion Mysteries that are being filmed by Lifetime Television. It’s been fascinating and fun to contemplate...

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