| Lo Fun Fact #1 |
| "Lolita Files" is my real name. It is not a pen name, as incredible as that may seem. There are plenty of Files family members and people who have known me for years capable of validating this. As for the "Lolita" part, my mother named me after the movie based on Nabokov's book, although she saw or read neither. For as long as she lived, she had no idea there was anything sexual or seedy about being called "Lolita". |
| Lo Fun Fact #2 |
| I love fried chicken and fabulous shoes (although obviously I can't eat fried chicken nearly as much as I'd like). If you ever want to get on my good side, send Popeye's or Church's (that's right, I said Church's) and a pair of
Christian Louboutins. |
| Lo Fun Fact #3 |
| Never show up unannounced or without a Pepsi. Better yet, how about not showing up at all? |
| Lo Fun Fact #4 |
| I hate the telephone. Don't get mad if I don't call you or take a long time to return your calls. I don't call anyone. Don't call me asking why I don't call. Just don't call, okay? (Exception: I will happily take all calls related to business or to share fun/exciting/major news. I'm just not one for jawing on the phone just to be jawing.) |
| Lo Fun Fact #5 |
| I love the internet!!! I love communicating through the internet!!! You can e-mail me and odds are I'll e-mail you right back (if I'm not in the middle of a major project). Makes up for my hangup about the phone, doesn't it? See, I'm not so bad after all!!! |
| Lo Fun Fact #6 |
| I can't stand IMing. Please don't IM me. I'm always on my laptop and connected to the internet as I work and when IM's pop into my screen out of nowhere, they break my concentration and often startle the sh*t out of me in the process. So don't do it. You will get the cold shoulder. I don't like giving people the cold shoulder, so please don't put me in that position. |
| Lo Fun Fact #7 |
I have four five six wonderful, slap-happy dogs and a cat, all of whom I love to pieces. I had a bird (a Roller pigeon that I rescued in LA on New Year's Day in 2004) named B-Bird (what? that's a good name!) who passed away in February 2009, which broke my widdle heart in half. He loved me so, as I did him. If you meet me and ask me about my dogs and cat, we'll be instant friends, and if you ask about B-Bird, I'll probably hug you (unless you smell...wash first). If you meet me and ask me why the f*ck I have four five six dogs and a cat, see the above fun fact for how I will respond. |
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| I Do Shit Rocks!!!! |
| Monday, January 09, 2006 |
 The reviews for my new book Sex.Lies.Murder.Fame. are starting to come in, and I've decided that when they do, I'm going to share them with you on my blog.
Just the good ones, mind you.
What, you thought I was going to put the iffy/bad ones up? You'll have to search for those on your own. Hopefully there won't be any, but, in the words of Erykah Badu, "...keep in mind that I'm an artist, and I'm sensitive about my shit." The good stuff is all you'll be seeing from me. I mean, seriously, do you really think I'll be doing posts entitled "I Shit Shit"?
This review is from Armchair Interviews, a site on the web for mainstream book reviews. I'll let you read it for yourself below, but I can't help showing you my favorite part in advance.
Armchair Interview says:This story is so sharp that it should cut itself to shreds. If this is the benchmark of Lolita Files' work, then we'll be keenly looking out for more books by this author. Delightfully wicked. Nice, huh? They like me!!! They really like me!!!
Here's the whole review, from start to finish:Sex. Lies. Murder. Fame.
by Lolita Files
Amistad/HarperCollins
Reviewed Richard Wilkie
I'd never before read a Lolita Files' book, and was unsure what to expect. By the title I expected a dreary story about the sexual reawakening of an unimaginative married woman, whose sister is sleeping with her husband, in a town where an old friend arrives who likes to video tape frank interviews.... This story is far from that.
The novel's narrative style is attention grabbing, and the story itself has a modern "feel" to it. Three lead characters run through most of the story and all jockey for lead position at some point in this comedy of flaws, rather than errors.
It is centered on the New York publishing world, and because it manages to paint such an unflattering picture of the profession, it's amazing the story got published at all. It probably because it is funny, and delightfully cynical.
If you like modern black humor, then this book is for you. Let's just say that the title of the book is fairly accurate.
Beryl Unger is a narcoleptic who also has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and just happens to be an editor to a major publishing house. Gradually over the span of the story, you grow in sympathy towards this abrasive powerhouse, as she's her own victim.
Another character is Sharlyn Tate, a major star in the publishing world and author of many books, several of which were best sellers. Trouble is, she's bored. Her billionaire husband is never home, and she's got writer's block. Whether she realizes it or not, and despite her awareness of the seedier side of life, she's just waiting to be taken advantage of.
Enter Pennbrook A. Hamilton, Penn to the world now. A genius with a 210 IQ, but a humility rating of zero. This superficially perfect specimen of a man is the puppet-master of the story, whose calculating logic and ambition is the meat of the book.
Armchair Interviews says: This story is so sharp that it should cut itself to shreds. If this is the benchmark of Lolita Files' work, then we'll be keenly looking out for more books by this author. Delightfully wicked.
Armchair Interviews: Sex.Lies.Murder.Fame.
Sex.Lies.Murder.Fame.
Previously: The Lo Zone: You Shit Rocks |
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Name: Lolita Files
Home: Wonderland, Midwest Central, United States
About Me: I'm the author of six novels. My novella, "Three For The Road," included in the three-novella anthology, You Only Get Better, was published in March 2007.
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