Five Minutes Peace

Candace Bushnell's web series: The Broadroom

Missing Sex and the City? Well Candace Bushnell, the author of the original book (yes, it was a book, remember?), has written a web series for the US magazine, More. It's called The Broadroom (the less said about *that* the better, IMO) and it stars Jennie Garth, Jennifer Esposito, Talia Balsam (who was once married to George Clooney, don't you know), Mary McCann and Lauren Devereux. Running for four weeks, you can Watch new episodes here.

Would you want videos *inside* books?

After reading this yesterday, I mentioned on Twitter (I'm @Keris) that the thought of tiny, slim video screens showing adverts in magazines freaks me right out and I've just read that the technology could also be put in books, which literally never occurred to me.

I don't have any reasoned argument against it, it just seems too futuristic to me. What's next? Virtual reality helmets? (First Jeremy Clarkson and now THIS?!) But I also can't really see what value it would be. I can't think of any book I've ever read that would have been improved by having a little video embedded in it. But it's possible that my imagination has been crushed by the weight of my fear of the future.

What do you think? For? Against? Freaking right out? 

Watch the video - showing the technology - below and read more about it at GalleyCat

FMP RECOMMENDS: Momversation

I have no idea why I read so many so-called "mommybloggers" when I don't have a child myself and am not planning one anytime soon (maybe they're interesting people who write well, or something?) but I do. 

And so I have become a little bit obsessed with Momversation, the site where some of my favourite bloggers who happen to have children discuss everything from whether circumcision is cruel to finding time to read (and what their favourite books are when they do get to curl up with one). 

TwitterTitters update

Remember I rambled on about TwitterTitters, the funny writing project I was involved in to raise cash for Comic Relief?

Well, after a lot of reading, re-reading (and only a little polite dissent), the other judges and I managed to pick our favourites, including an exclusive bit of autobiography by comedian Dave Spikey and an Enid Blyton-inspired advice piece from uber-blogger Amber McNaught.

I feel like a proud mother seeing the finished product released into the world, all thanks to the brilliance of Linda Jones and Louise Bolotin (plus the artistic skills of Ashton Lamont and the layout skills of Christina McDermott).

We'd love it if you'd buy a copy. (And so would the great causes Comic Relief supports.)