| 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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| Happy St. Patty's Day, Beeeeetches!!! |
| Friday, March 17, 2006 |
Now before you laugh at that pic of me as a leprechaun, understand that my Irish connection is legitimate. One of my maternal great-grandmothers (my mom's father's mother) was not black. Yeah, yeah, I know black folks are always talking about "I'm half-this, I'm part-that, whatever" in order to be perceived as being of 'upgraded' stock. That's not my point here. The bottom line is, the woman was white and she was stone-cold Irish. I'm talking a red-haired, green-eyed, shillelagh-swinging, Shamrock-plucking lass. Last name Hogan. Which might explain why a potato doesn't stand a chance in my presence.
So, from deep inside my Irish-derivative blood, I wish you a Happy St. Patrick's!!!
Today's a short one for me. I've got some intense writing to do, so I'm going deep cover. In the meantime, check out this excellent photo from last night's very cool signing at the Barnes & Noble in Glendale. We had the bestest time.
Kevin and his lovely wife (she's not in the pic), the multi-talented Michael DeLorenzo, playwright/producer/director extraordinaire David E. Talbert, Diondre, my cousin Sonya, book club member Olivia, theater exec/Quickdraw McCard Thea, film producer (go 'head, now!) Ray K. Morris, new author Lisa Beth Kovetz...aw heck, everyone who came and showed me love. We had wonderful conversation and laughter and good times, good times.
Mucho thanks to Kirsten, the community relations rep at the store, for taking such excellent care of me.
Have a great weekend, guys!!
(And oh yeah...I know I haven't put up those D.C. and Atlanta pics yet. There's quite a few and there were all the uploading problems this week with Blogger.com that kept me from doing so, but you'll get them next week, for real.)
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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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