I'm co-hosting Heat Up Your Valentine's Day, an online Facebook party that's happening tomorrow, February 9, 5-5:30 p.m. PST! And what is a Facebook party, you ask? I'm going to plagiarize from the Facebook page to tell you: Several authors from Passionate Ink have banded … [Read more...]
PacBell DSL Hell
By Cynthia W. Gentry, © 2000 by Cynthia W. Gentry, published on Dailygossip.com, July 2000. A new ballpark stands beside San Francisco Bay. Everything about it works: its views, its layout, its food and most importantly, its restrooms. Yes, everything about PacBell Park says … [Read more...]
Affordable Skiing: Hit the Slopes without Hitting Your Wallet
By Cynthia W. Gentry, © 2005 by Cynthia W. Gentry, published in budget savvy, Winter 2005; www.budgetsavvymag.com. It's winter, and you can hear a mountain with fresh powder calling your name. There's just one problem: your budget is smaller than a lift line in July. How … [Read more...]
“Erotica needs a good story, writer says”
By Emily Fancher, San Mateo County Times, June 7, 2004. Cynthia Gentry, 41, writes erotica, as well as mainstream fiction, and is the co-author of “Red Hot Tantra” and “The Bedside Orgasm Book: 365 Days of Sexual Ecstasy,” to be published next year. The Menlo Park resident has … [Read more...]
Cynthia’s Best and Worst of 2000
By Cynthia W. Gentry, © 2001 by Cynthia W. Gentry, published on Dailygossip.com, January 2001; www.dailygossip.com. Before I launch into my listing of the best and worst movies of 2000, I need to make a confession. I didnt see most of the flicks released in the … [Read more...]
“State and Main” is One Address to Remember
By Cynthia W. Gentry, © 2000 by Cynthia W. Gentry, published on Dailygossip.com, October 2000. For the true movie lover, film festivals present a problem. Youre confronted with a dizzying smorgasbord of independent movies, so youre tempted to stick with the … [Read more...]
Stars Galore at Cinequest San Jose Film Festival
By Cynthia W. Gentry, © 2000 by Cynthia W. Gentry, published on Dailygossip.com, February 2000. Darlings, Im simply exhausted. What a whirlwind weekend! Im awfully, awfully behind, even with the help of my long-suffering assistant Troy Everhard, C.P.A., … [Read more...]
A Refreshing “Shower”
By Cynthia W. Gentry, © 2000 by Cynthia W. Gentry, published on Dailygossip.com, August 2000. As a diehard stress kitten, I’m tired of people telling me in times of overwork and/or emotional distress that I should just “relax and take a hot bubble bath.” Who has time to take … [Read more...]
Something to “Rave” About
By Cynthia W. Gentry, © 2000 by Cynthia W. Gentry, published on Dailygossip.com, October 2000. Now, God knows that I’ve been known to shake a fairly well-toned leg at San Francisco dance parties into the wee hours of the morning, way past the time when I should be getting my … [Read more...]