Man, I wish I was in Port Charles!!! Is there a doctor in the house...

Welcome to sneezy author on a deadline... Stand back... Things are about to get messy... Ah...Ah...Ah-choo!!!!

Poking my head out of the covers/deadline ('cause my son shared his cold with me, and I'm now writing in bed) to check in on the blog...just realized I missed our Soap Opera Friday bash, so... let's kill two birds with one stone and take a field trip to General Hospital ;O)

Ah, the scenery is lovely here, the drama is high, the story lines, though a bit repetative, are getting interesting again... Which is to say I can walk away for a week at a time, come back, plug right back into the same scene I left, and always find something interesting to watch...

But did I mention the scenery??? For your drooling pleasure, I bring you Tyler Christopher, who so has a future in primetime TV and feature films one day (soon, I'm hoping, cause he's the best actor in the bunch). For those who like their Aussies, Ingo Rademacher is lovely. Another fine actor, too. Tried a few TV series outside of daytime, but nothing has stuck yet.

For my guy visitors, did you catch Kelly Monaco on Dancing with the Stars a few seasons ago? Wow!! And she can cry on cue and everything. She has GH's Jason Morgan' s undying love (Steve Burton, who blogger is refusing to let me load a pic of...I think I've reached my limit. I'll be sure to spotlight him tomorrow)... what a lucky girl... try not to hate her because she's beautiful...

I hear she's leaving the show soon... onward to bigger and better things, I hope... GH keeps losing their best and brightest that way, but I guess it's the price you pay for having geniuses for casting and script directors.

Actually I think this is probably my pick for the daytime cast with the most depth. So many of these actors could be stars on any project, big or small screen. GH is one of the few shows I do tune in to with any regularity, because the writing and the acting is always emotionally relevant...you know me...I need my angst. And speaking of angst!!!

Maurice Benard...sigh...

The actor himself is bi-polar, and he's playing that reality out through his character on GH now. Rather convincingly, I might add. If he doesn't win another daytime Emmy for what he's accomplished in this latest storyline, there's no justice in the world.

So, there you have it...my guilty pleasure most days when I have a few minutes' break between finishing my pages and my son getting home from school...General Hospital can be as campy as the reast of the soaps, but its writers know how to turn out a great story, and the show's pacing and cliff hangers are some of the best on the air...any author can learn something from the way these lovely people mange to take a tried and true story theme and tug at your heart all over again. At least that's my rational for watching, so don't bother with the sideways glances...I like the show, so shoot me!!!

I know there are some more fans out there who'll back me up. GH was the most requested show from my informal poll week before last... Tell us why you watch and who's your favorite. And look for Steve/Jason tomorrow. We'll give him his own special day, since blogspot shunned him today!

Be sure to come back Wednesday to see who won the latest RWA goodies, and then on Friday when we pic another sudsy daytime bunch to chat about ;O) If you have't weighed in on your favorite yet, let us know who you love...