Last week, I posted on the Brava Authors blog about some of the great new paranormal programming that’s on television right now, & I thought it might be fun to have the same chat here.  Especially since I am nothing if not a dedicated boob-tuber.

So here are some of the shows with a paranormal twist that I’ve been watching lately.  They’re some of the best to come along in a good, long while, if do say so myself. :whip

GRIMM — I love this show! I love that it’s a cop drama, but also has oodles of otherworldly creatures & lore mixed in. And one of the things I enjoy most is how each time somebody turns out to be a “monster,” the monster’s character traits totally suit the human side of the person. You know what I mean… A snake creature turns out to be a slimy slip-and-fall lawyer… An ogre turns out be be a big bully (i.e. ogre) in real life… A wolf turns out to be protective & pack-like…  Can you imagine what it would be like to categorize the people you meet like that?  Bear.  Pig.  Wolf.  Bee.  Love it!

ONCE UPON A TIME — I always group Grimm & Once Upon a Time together because they both started airing at the same time, but they really aren’t anything alike. One is straight paranormal, while the other draws its paranormal elements from the fairy tales & folk lore we’re already familiar with. And I love the fairy tale aspect of Once Upon a Time. The Evil Queen…Snow White & Prince Charming…Rumplestiltskin… But I also love how it takes place in two different time periods, jumping back & forth to show us how current circumstances began in or mirror the past. I also love the heroism & determination of Henry, the little boy who figures it all out & is fighting to put things right, even against the woman who raised him.  (Go, Henry!  Die, Evil Queen, die!)

BEING HUMAN — I’m watching this one, but to be honest, I don’t really like it very much. I had such high hopes, too. A vampire, a werewolf, & a ghost…? Oh, it had so much potential. But even though I continue to watch each new episode just to kind of keep up with what’s going on, I really don’t care about the characters or storylines.  It’s too confusing, too convoluted, too soap opera-ish for my tastes.  And it probably doesn’t help that the acting isn’t all that great.

SUPERNATURAL — As you know, I was a late-comer to this one. Literally, I just started watching it the last time TNT started running the episodes in repeats from the very beginning a few months ago. I also literally kick myself at least once a day for not catching this one from the first moment it aired. :runrun   And as you also know, now that I’ve discovered it, I am completely hooked, verging on obsessed.  I am totally in love with Sam & Dean. (A little more with Dean than Sam, but that’s really none of your business. :angry ) Pretty much everything about this show is freaking amazing—including the music!—& even though I’m only up to Season 6 so far in my viewing, I hope it never gets old & never disappoints, because I want to be delighted, entertained, spellbound, enthralled, horrified…&, yes, obsessed by it forever!

Such great inspiration for a romance writer who adores her heroes a little bit dangerous.  Well, some of them, anyway.

So what do you think…  Are you watching these, too?  Which is your favorites & your least favorites?

And are there any other shows on TV right now with a paranormal twist that I might be missing?  :Huh   I need to know!  My DVR still has, like, ten whole hours left to fill. :dropmouth

“Oh Lord, that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.”
~Shakespeare

Happy Sunday, all!  I hope you’ve had a wonderful week & are enjoying what’s left of the weekend.  They go by much too quickly, don’t they? :oops

This week, I AM HAPPY that even though we finally got some snow, it really wasn’t that bad & didn’t get all that cold.  And it’s gone already!  I’m still afraid “the worst” is yet to come, but for now I’m happy I haven’t had to dealt with horrible, awful, frigid conditions.  I kinda hate that. :angry

I AM HAPPY that even though my DVD set of The Commish was damaged when it arrived (sniff-sniff), I was able to get a quick & easy replacement.  Haven’t started watching them yet, but that doesn’t matter…they’re here & I’z happy. :twirl

I AM HAPPY that I finally got all the laundry done.  It’s been piling up for a while, but eventually even I run out of clean underwear. :moon   Okay, so it was more like I started running out of clean pajamas & slipper socks, but those are my work clothes, so I needed them!  And also a bunch of cat stuff—blankies & towels that looked like they were birthing new kitty cats, they were so full of fur.  And The Kittehs love it when their stuff is fresh & warm from the dryer.  I think they actually believe I bought them something brand new. :kitty

I AM HAPPY that a mini middle-of-the-night crisis with Older Kitty earlier this week seems to have been averted.  Poor baby has so many problems sometimes…& others she does amazingly well.  I just never know what might happen or what time it might occur.  (For the record, it’s usually around 3 or 4am.  And even if I’ve stayed up that late, it is always about two minutes after I finally fall asleep.  Al-ways. :sick )

Speaking of 3 or 4am, I AM HAPPY the writing is still going really, really well.  I’m still stuck in this weird up-all-night/sleep-all-day spiral, which is really throwing me (& the cats!) off, but this close to my deadline, I am going with Whatever Works.

That’s probably why my gratitude list is a little anemic these days, too.  Because I’m basically tucked in, writing like a madwoman & just trying to survive the rest.  Doesn’t leave a lot of room for non-TV experiences.

But you guys can handle it, right?  You’re used to my mild bouts of schizophrenia. :rolf

Oh!  I AM HAPPY, too, that all of the 6 Packs/9 Lives Calendars I gave away here at WIPs and Chains last week are in the mail & on their way to the winners!  I’m so sorry that January is coming to an end already & you’ll miss using that portion of the calendar.  In my defense, I didn’t even know these things existed before mid-January, & I can only hope you’ll still fully enjoy them. :cuffs   Heck, if you’re anything like I am, it’ll take you halfway through January of next year to find a good 2013 calendar (an update of one of these, perhaps?!?!?!? :thumbsup ), so you can just flip back & enjoy Hot Biker Dude all over again then.

And don’t forget…obligatory “for a good cause” notation here…you can still order these calendar from FoundAnimals.org for only $7.99 (+ free S&H).  100% of the proceeds go to help homeless animals.  You could even buy a few as gifts for friends—hint, hint. :winkwink

Okay—your turn!  Tell us what’s going on in your life this week & what has you happy, grateful, or simply not teetering on a ledge somewhere. :muahaha

Now to announce the winner of our latest Free Book Friday giveaway, The First Love Cookie Club by Lori Wilde…

:twirl Bobbi!!! :twirl

Congratulations, Bobbi! :thumbsup   Please contact me with your full name & mailing information, & I’ll get your book out to you as soon as I can!

P.S. I’m still waiting for mailing information from the winner of Chill of Fear by Kay Hooper. If I don’t hear from you soon, I’ll return this book to the pile & give it away again at a future date.