Please welcome awesome friend and critique partner, KJ Reed, author of newly released, Songbirds.

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I am obsessed with movies. It’s true. I need some sort of therapy. Movies Watchers Anonymous. But hey, there are worse things to do to pass the time.I think one of my favorite parts about movies is the great one-liners and applicable quotes you can drag from them. Everyone knows when you say something like “As God as my witness, I will never go hungry again!” you’re referencing Gone With The Wind (one of my favorites). Pretty much everyone under the sun has at least heard of the movie, if not seen it.I think that because it’s a favorite of mine in the entertainment aspect, I write that way. I like to think that my book has some good one-liners in it. So first I’d like to share a few of my all-time favorite movie quotes, then a few of my favorites from my new release, Songbirds, which is available now through Ellora’s Cave.

Well, this isn’t an American Teen Princess Pageant! This… This… This is Nazi Germany!- Drop Dead GorgeousJane: [wearing Gone With The Wind-style dress] Theme wedding.Kevin: What was the theme? Humiliation?- 27 DressesYeah, I like movies. You don’t even want to know how many quotes I had lined up that I had to choose from. But how about my own work? What kind of memorable one-liners did I manage to write? Let’s take a peek at a few of my own favorites. They looked so young, though they were probably in their late twenties. Not that Cross was over the hill at thirty-five. But he just felt so damn old.Yeah, well, building an empire will do that to ya. Get the fuck over it Strickland.Well, shit. If things were going to change, might as well go all the way.He really had to get his head out of his ass if he didn’t want these people thinking he was a bumpkin hick.She was a gallon of energy harnessed in a pintsized container.After a few moments, the committee turned toward each other, nodded, and exited the room without saying a word or glancing their way. Only Cross looked back once, his expression unreadable, before following the long line of judges. The seven dwarves of doom.Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to crush dreams we go.“No, I don’t think so. I think it’s kind of like both of us saying a celebrity is hot. We both see the same features, are drawn to them, but it doesn’t matter cause it’s not like they’re going to show up in our bed anytime soon, you know? And even if they did show up in bed, I passed pre-school with flying colors. I can share.” There are a few of my favorite one-liners from Songbirds. I absolutely love these three characters and how different they all are. How together, they are so much stronger, so much better. And how they play off of each other to create the dialoge and inner thoughts that they do.Thanks, Keri, having me today! You know I love ya, and I was super happy to have a chance to blab on here!Head on over to my website for more information on Songbirds (including “behind the scenes” information) as well as info on my other books, my blog, and contests to win cool stuff! And don’t forget to check out Songbirds, available now!