update in backlist status, contest change, and tv neepery

[lagilman]

EtA: entire thread so far is about Castle, not the return of the reprint. I am hereby put in my place. *grin*


Am very very very pleased to say that STAYING DEAD is once again available in mass market (and the author stops pulling her hair out and muttering dire things about the warehouse software glitch)

http://www.eharlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=11931&cid=

(hopefully soon B&N and Amazon will get the memo, too. and yeah, Powells, I'm looking at you.....)

Go, buy a copy! Buy a copy for yourself, for your friend, for the parent who wonders why you read "that crap' (hi dad. nope, statute of limitations still hasn't run out on that comment).

And, to celebrate this return to availability, there's a slight change to the on-going contest: the winner will be able to choose as their prize a copy of either Staying Dead, Curse the Dark or Bring it On in mass market!
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Meanwhile, who here fell off the sofa when the cop on "Castle" last night mentioned sleestacks? *raises hand* And then showing us the evidence board (which I had just been writing about in Pack of Lies), and repeating the motif again in Castle's storyboard, and having the two leads consciously stop and acknowledge the connection in their professional lives...and then moving on, without missing a beat -- and oh, the moment when the two of them are trying to figure out what's next in the why-he-dunnit theory, and both hitting the "oh f**k I'm screwed' moment where they couldn't figure out the next plot twist...

I really do fangirl this show, hard. Acting and writing and directing, all. Thank god it's not on Fox, or they would have canceled it already.

Any other Castle fans out there? And if you're not watching, why not?

Comments

[wedschilde.livejournal.com]

:::sticks fingers in ears::: i've not seen last night's episode yet. la la la la....

i think i got a HDTV just to watch castle and the supernatural boys in all their widescreen 40 inch prismatic glory.

[lagilman]

don't worry, no plot spoilers, just general squee you already know if you're watching. :-)

[wedschilde.livejournal.com]

god i love that show. i love his mother and his relationship with his daughter. it killed me when he was squirting the whipped cream into his mouth and he said: baby bird? to offer it to her.

i'd say i want him as my dad but well, that would conflict with other things i could think of doing with him. :::nods:::

see? not even 7 am and i've wandered into pervieville. i swear! i'm not like this!

[barbara-ferrenz.livejournal.com]

I never watched Castle (even though Fillion played the kick-*ss Caleb on Buffy) because the storyline of a novelist having that much access to the police was so far from believable. Granted, I don't know the set-up. Maybe they were able to make real. Hey, I believed him when he did an evil preacher with super powers.

[lagilman]

Oh, you should at least give it a try. Realistic? Within certain "this is tv" parameters, yeah. They're basically taking the legitimate "ride-along" and adding a best-seller with political influence, and winging it from there.

In the first or second episode there was a very funny scene where the city is making him sign all sorts of disclaimer forms and they say "shouldn't your lawyer look at them?" and he says "my lawyer would never let me do this."

[booraven22.livejournal.com]

::raises hand::
I adore it. Hubby likes it a lot too.
And yes, I cackled at the Sleestack mention and drooled over the "Plot Board" and the Batman analogy, and am still loving the chemistry and that they're not pushing the UST thing.
::hugs show to her bosom::

[music-lover3.livejournal.com]

What? It was on last night? And I missed it? Gah!!

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

What is a sleestack? *feeling ignorant over in the corner*

[lagilman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_the_Lost_(1974_television_series)_characters_and_species

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

thanks! *feeling less ignorant now* ;-)

[tryslora]

Kev and I are both hooked and it's moving rapidly up the preference scale in our TV viewing. We just like all the characters, and the chemistry, and the dialogue's just fun, and Nathan Fillion is wonderful (and works SO well with the kid playing his daughter), and... and... right, I could go on for a long time.

We really weren't all that sure about it after the first episode, but after a few (we haven't seen last night's yet) we are most definitely hooked.

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

I'm enjoying Castle too. Now if only they'd make his teenage daughter act like an actual teenager!

[lagilman]

actually, she reminds me a great deal of a number of kids that age in that situation, although I still think she could have had a much more interesting sin than the one she admitted to, while still defusing Castle's worry. I'd really like to see her get into some 'normal' trouble (as opposed to Trauma of the Week), but really, she's pretty normal, considering her established upbringing.

I do like the fact that while she's a wiseass, it clearly comes with the genetics, and at no point does Castle ever relinquish the 'parent-and-decider' role -- he respects her as a smart kid, but knows that she's still a kid. Likewise, she knows he's a goof -- but she still looks to him as an adult (as opposed to her grandmother, who is hopeless).

I really, really would love to write a Castle tie-in. In my copious spare time, right. *flatcats*

[badgermirlacca.livejournal.com]

Ooooo. Tie-in.


Hmmmm.

[djonn]

Castle deserves to survive and prosper because there is not nearly enough network TV nowadays that's so darned much sheer fun to watch. In a sea of angst and grit and doom and complication-for-its-own-sake, Castle is light and airy and witty and -- nasty murders notwithstanding -- populated by people who are clearly enjoying themselves.

It's also a reasonably fresh spin on the kind of relationship vibe that was done so well, back in the day, on the likes of Remington Steele and Scarecrow & Mrs. King. The trend toward big ensemble casts in recent years has meant that we've seen too few good tries at "partner" shows, and this is easily the best of its kind in quite awhile (save possibly for Pushing Daisies, except that Daisies was so many other things at once that it really belongs in its own category).

Castle tie-ins would be fun to contemplate, though they'd have to be handled carefully. I don't think you'd want to give readers either the books Castle's written in the Castleverse (no Derek Storm or Nikki Heat), and you also couldn't take the path the Jessica Fletcher franchise has.

[lagilman]

Castle tie-ins would be fun to contemplate, though they'd have to be handled carefully. I don't think you'd want to give readers either the books Castle's written in the Castleverse (no Derek Storm or Nikki Heat), and you also couldn't take the path the Jessica Fletcher franchise has.

Nah, they'd be done as "what we don't have the budget or time for" tv episodes, ideally. Although if the show turns into a significant hit, I can see a publisher looking to do a Nikki Heat series, which could also be fun, especially if the were broken up by Castle/Becket asides between chapters..... *imagines, chortles*

[lucysnowe25.livejournal.com]

My mom and I are Castle addicts! It's now the must see show for us! The interaction between all the characters is perfect. It's a lot of fun, which is a lovely break from all the other dark mystery/cop shows.

I loved the laser tag and entering the Batcave reference!

[badgermirlacca.livejournal.com]

Definitely a fan--I think it's improving steadily. It annoys me a little bit when Castle takes over interrogations, but at least they have the sense to have him STFU when it gets down to the nitty-gritty.

And I do adore his relationship with his daughter and, yes, his mother too. (Kinda wish they'd have another poker night scene. Hey, LAG, think you could come up with a buy-in? Wouldn't that be PR to end all PR...)

[lagilman]

*flails* Oh, that would be so much fun. Alas...

(and we will NOT discuss the fanfic potential for strip poker games with various players. No. We shall not.)

[badgermirlacca.livejournal.com]

Plot bunny!

[sleary.livejournal.com]

So much love for this show. I'm pushing it on every writer-type I know (which is a lot, given where I work).

[baka-kit.livejournal.com]

*pouts* I had to work last night, so I missed it.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

I love Castle. Nathan Fillion, Castle and Beckett, Nathan Fillion, Castle the Daddy, Nathan Fillion, the snappy dialog, Nathan Fillion...

It does rather remind me of Remington Steele, another show I wouldn't miss for anything when it aired, which may be another reason I love it.

So here's hoping it lasts a good long time.

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[sinor-sb13.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah the Sleestack reference did not get past either one of us. Sue and I both like Castle, a lot. It's the interaction of the characters that makes it first rate. In fact Sue likes it so much she has given up watching Medium for Castle (Yes, she could tape Medium but says she it in reruns).

I also agree that if it were on Fox it would have been canceled after one maybe two episodes.

later,

Brad (who also would love to write a Castle tie-in novel.)

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[cathiecaffey.livejournal.com]

I didn't know of this show! I'm so bad with watching current shows! I often keep the TV on a game show or TV Land with the oldies shows! I remember that I did get into watching MOONLIGHTING and then it was canceled. I do hate when they only give it a short chance and even announced too early that it was being canceled. So I hate to get into a show and then its gone. Now there's so many shows that have been going a long time that I'd probably be lost jumping into! I just like to keep the TV on the old shows and know I can see something around me (cuz I can't hear) and read!

[burger-eater.livejournal.com]

I started watching it with the pilot, but I've fallen out of the habit. Any show at 10 pm is tough, considering the hours I keep, but I would have stayed up for this one if the murders were a little more interesting.

And I was feeling a little sad fantasizing myself as super-rich and successful Castle.