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"the remedy for dirt is soap & water.
the remedy for dying is living."

12 may 2008

may is NF (Neurofibromatosis) Awareness month, and as part of NF Awareness month, there is an auction of celebrity doodles on eBay taking place from May 8th - 18th.

i have contributed a doodle, as has the cast of Army Wives, Gillian Anderson (NF, Inc.'s Honorary Spokesperson), Neil Gaiman, and many many others!

this from the Celebrity Doodle home page

"These doodles have a very important aim: the funds they raise will benefit NF, Inc., an organization dedicated to providing support to individuals and families affected by neurofibromatosis (NF).

Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder that affects one in every 2,500 births. NF is more common than Cystic Fibrosis, Muscular Dystrophy and Huntington’s Disease combined. Funds raised from the Doodle Day auction will go to support education, advocacy, coalitions, and research for treatments and a cure."

please check it out and support this worthy cause! thank you!

 

1 may 2008

i am in the May/June issue of Creative Screenwriting magazine.

creative screenwiting magazine

 

25 april 2008

Katherine was interviewed on SpouseBUZZ Talk Radio by Army wives about "Army Wives."  Click here to listen.

13 march 2008

Writer/ Executive Producer Katherine Fugate stopped in to talk features and television. Xena fans know her from "When Fates Collide". Army Wives is her new series and it is the number one show in the history of the Lifetime network. In addition she has also penned the new Gary Marshall Feature Valentine's Day.

Filmnut - Katherine Fugate

Watch This Episode on http://www.thestream.tv/

 

12 march 2008

Interview Tonight!

i woke up very early this morning, at dawn's early light. very excited to start the day! my interview at Filmnut is tonight!

lit my red candle and meditated a bit. my publicists sent me a document to prepare myself for tonight's live show. it said: know what your message is.

my message? hmmm.

i love talking, sharing, conversing. especially when one can look into the eyes and see the soul of the other. really getting into the deep of it.

i read this morning: "the greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become."

is that my message?

how about: "the greatest crime in the world is not developing your potential. when you do what you do best, you are helping not only yourself, but the world."

is that my message?

or is my message simply this: stay in your light, in your gratitude.

love who you are. be who you are. everyone else is taken.

that works for me. or is it: ...

i have no idea what i will say tonight - i'm a jumble of bubble on camera. but i know i'm so very excited to see you all there and answer your questions. goodness.

now, back to meditating in search of my "message."

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6 march 2008

 

i will be appearing live on FilmNut at theStream.tv, Wednesday March 12th at 8pm pacific time and 11pm eastern. the interactive Q&A interview show - whose recent guests include Renee O'Connor of Xena, Christine Rose of Heroes and writer Mark Gunn - streams live on your computer.

give it a watch as i answer questions you send in about the start of Season 2 of ARMY WIVES as well as what it takes to be a chick writer in the film business.

go to the official show thread and post a question and maybe they'll ask it during the show!

looking forward to seeing some familiar names and faces!

 

 

Army Wives banner
Click here for the official Army Wives website

 

 

9 february 2008

as many of you know, the WGA has struck a deal with the AMPTP. a deal both the Board of Directors and the Negotiating Committee were told would never be given - and we got. but only after 3 long months of solidarity, striking and support from our sister unions, fans and the world on the whole.

to remind us all how far we've come during this strike, remember where we started. the AMPTP said we could never mount a successful strike. "Writers won't picket. they'll stay home and write their specs. they won't be unified. they'll call their agents and go fi-core."

they were wrong.

this strike is one of the most successful labor struggles in American history. it is already being taught as a case study. the deal we were originally offered started with $170 million in rollbacks, with the AMPTP determined to eliminate all residuals. there was NOTHING on the Internet - no content payment, no jurisdiction and no coverage for writers.

now we have residuals for the Internet, we have jurisdiction for our labor and we have secured our future in New Media. we have ZERO rollbacks.

i support ratifying this deal. i believe and trust in our leadership who have told me this is a fair and reasonable deal.

it's not perfect. but nothing and no one ever is. but it's a victory.

thank you all for your enduring support, your kind words, your valor, your faith in each other, but mostly, your belief in who we are as writers and all artists in this world.

never belittle our worth or what we bring to the table.

we will not look back - as others have done before us - at our time and place in Writers Guild history and be filled with regret at the deal we made after this historic strike.

we will, instead, be filled with pride to have been a part of it.

i am honored and humbled to have gone through this journey with all of you.

we now know who we are individually in crisis, who we are together as a union and the might we can become when we stand together and fight for a fair deal.

we had no idea how this journey would end, yet we kept walking it.

we are all heroes of this guild. and to future writers, whose works we may never even live to see.

we did it. and we did it together.

bravo!

 

8 february 2008

the wonderful lili haydn interviewed at Busby's during the WGA BandAid benefit:

 

 

5 february 2008

Busby's!

bands aid

we all experience a sense of magic when we witness something we write come to life. last night was like watching another kind of sleeping dream come to life. there was a boldness to it, that's for sure, both in the Goethe sense, but also in the Field of Dreams sense. but it was also very different. phil alden robinsonthank you!

i don't know what the hell made me think i could pull off a concert with 4 highly talented bands. it was quite a logistical feat. but last night was filled with such joy, such excitement and positivity. just pure, it's all good. we're here. let's get it on. let's groove, baby.

there was a moment when i just stopped and looked at the crowd and saw so many familiar faces, so many writers i've come to know over the 3 months of the strike, with a drink in their hands, smiling, listening, laughing. free. it really was amazing.

if you'll forgive me as i reach for the microphone:

i just want to thank all of those who said yes. starting with phil alden robinson, who's everything you would hope the man who wrote such inspiring words would be.

wga president patric verrone sag president alan rosenbergto the screenwriters committee. to my two unexpected benefactors - Craig Mazin and Ted Elliott - who stepped up when i needed emergency help.

to Patric Verrone and Alan Rosenberg, two sexy-smart and fearless fighting men who are giving their all for us and keep showing up whenever needed or asked.

to my 5 volunteers - Joseph Muscat, Kevin Maynard, Mike Hitchcock, Eddie Alfano, and Holly Sorensen - who crewed the show like we do one every night, yet found moments to rock the dance floor hard.

to my extended Xena family - Tim Omundson, Adrienne Wilkinson, and Steven Sears, as well as the Xena fans who showed up, giving the night a family feeling of comfort, consistency, and warmth.

to Christa and MaryD - who continue to find ways to amaze me. doug spearman

to our host - the sexiest gay guy on TV - Doug Spearman and his velvet jacket.

to our crazy-mad-bloody gorgeous and talented musicians themselves - Shelly Goldstein, Lili Haydn, The Possibilities, and Incendio - who gave so generously of their art and pointed out so many times they completely understand our struggle. they've already had it, keep on having it. with free Internet downloads, bootlegging a CD, then burning it for 50 friends. they are all so pro-writer, pro-artists deserving our fair share.

lastly, thanks to the many people who put on their clothes, stepped out of their front door, got into their cars, and drove to Busby's East for a night out.

YOU made the dream complete. it was a smashing success. we raised close to 5,000 dollars for the Industry Support Fund to benefit all crew and BTL folks affected by the WGA strike.

i was on an intravenous drip of love and gratitude all night.

i have never been more proud to be a member of the Writers Guild of America.

i think that's sappy enough. i'll quit now. cheers.

shelly goldsteinlili haydnthe possibilitiesincendio

all photos graciously provided by Steven Sears. find more of Steven's wonderful photos of the event here!

 

1 february 2008

here is a clip of the senate speech i did for army wives about ptsd at the 11th Annual PRISM Showcase event on Capitol Hill in the fall of 2007 (PRISM Awards Capitol Hill Showcase recognizes the accurate depictions of alcohol, drug and tobacco use, addiction and treatment in feature film, television and music).

 

31 january 2008

check out the UnitedHollywood.com interview with me from Xena Day here on YouTube! there are also a lot of other vids with Renee, Victoria, Rob, Tim O etc...

thank you all for your support!!

 

28 january 2008

winners of the Army Wives pencils2media mogels campaign are: Nora Manzanares (Kim Delaney) and Kim Lambert (Drew Fuller)!

see all the winners of the pencils campaign here.

 

24 january 2008

Xena Picket Day

rj stewart and me

( rj stewart and me)

it rained. then it hailed today.

but the xena fans, the stars, the writers, the producers, the watchers. they came in the hundreds. carrying homemade signs, professionally made signs, bottled water with Xena labels, in costume, wearing brand new strike t-shirts with quotes from a series that has been off the air for years.

they changed their flight plans. they took an extra day off from work. they paid for an extra night at a hotel.

they came from england, germany, russia, australia, brazil, new york and more.

they were coming to burbank for the annual xena convention, Friday through Sunday. but instead, they came a day earlier.

they were moved by what we wrote. what we acted, directed, produced, edited.

they came, marched in the rain. all because they loved a TV show.

if you ever wonder, ever question this business we've all chosen to be in.

if you ever doubt you make a difference.

your answer was there today, from 11 - 2pm on a drenched sidewalk with no shelter.

it was a moving, moving display.

of laughter, smiles, love, arms stretched up high.

of not feeling the cold, the rain.

what a mindblowing crazyass motherloving awesome display.

it's the fans that we do this for.

and they were there for us today.

(click here for more photos from laist)

 

4 january 2008

the following link takes you to a wonderful page of essays on "Why We Write," written by prominent and not so prominent writers. an essay a day will be posted. mine was printed yesterday. here it is:

Why We Write

Number 9

Today’s piece is written by Katherine Fugate, Creator and Executive Producer of “Army Wives.” Her feature film credits include “The Prince & Me” and “Carolina.”


i am a damaged soul. i think all artists are.

somewhere in our youth or childhood, something wicked this way came. and we’ve been hurt. we’ve been let down. our hearts were stained. frayed and soiled. we weren’t saved. and we didn’t like it.

so we became artists. writers, actors, painters, singers. and, i find, we recognize each other when we walk into a room full of strangers. we wear a certain ethereal glow of ennui and energy. of languid optimism. because we’ve learned, that despite whatever childhood wounds we drag around in our battered suitcases, we can rewrite them. we can change the outcome. we can give the world hope. think about it.

now, he runs through the snow on new year’s eve because he realizes he loves her. now, she sobers up instead of dying on the highway. now, the parents find the cure and save their ill son after all the doctors gave up hope. now, he stands up in the courtroom and tells the truth, even if it means he will go to prison. now, the angel gets his wings.

when i was 10, i read A Wrinkle In Time, by Madeleine L’Engle. you could fold the very fabric of time or space if you wanted to. i wanted to. and i could, for the first time, envision a place where alternate universes lived. where damage could be undone. where, to rescue your brother, love is an emotion that the evil IT could not understand.

the novel was rejected 26 times for being “too different.”

i named my only child after a writer i never met because she gave me hope. Madeleine just turned 1.

which means this time last year, a child was yanked out of my belly and a TV series was yanked out of my heart. both have been incredibly rewarding and incredibly challenging.

just as my daughter’s first steps will be written in my memory, this strike and all the steps we take will be written into history books. we are folding time and space now, recognizing a technology that will redefine how we give hope. how we change the outcome.

this strike is just one of many steps on our journey. there will be damage. there will be stains. there will be false hope. but it will end. we will go back to work. but it is our resolve, our willingness to keep taking those steps that will determine the outcome.

so everyday, i’m out there, walking the line.

i do it because i believe in fighting for a fair deal. and because i believe in my daughter, Madeleine, and what it means to be a mommy she would be proud of.


WHY WE WRITE is a series of essays by prominent - and not so prominent - TV and Film writers. Conceived by Charlie Craig and Thania St. John, the campaign hopes to inspire and inform all writers during the strike, and perhaps beyond. If you’d like to comment, or tell us why you write, visit the Why We Write WordPress site or contact us at whywewrite@gmail.com.

 

20 december 2007

Army Wives has been named one of the top ten shows of 2007 by People Magazine (December 31, 2007 issue)!

3 december 2007

just a reminder --- i will be a guest speaker at the Xena Convention in Burbank, California, January 25-27, 2008 . click here for more information. hope to see you there!

 

28 november 2007

so much has happened and so quickly, it is hard to remember all the moments to share them with you. but there are many. from another devoured delivery of sustenance on Monday from the bottomless hearts of Xena fans, to being pelted with water balloons from a rental truck while walking the line today.

we will remember it all, knowing with each step, we are writing history. with each step, we are fighting for not only our futures and our children's futures, but the futures of any laborer, in any union.

the Pencils2Moguls campaign has been up and running for a week now and so far the response has been unbelievable. over 325,000 pencils sold in just over a week!

on Thursday, November 8th, the creators of Smallville offered a challenge to all of the other TV series who have devoted fan bases to see whose fans can really deliver the goods (in this case, pencils).

"Don't get me wrong," Al Gough told his fans, "We are stoked by the response so far, but we felt there must be something we can do to really light a fire under it going into the holidays."

so Al and Miles decided to give the gift of Lex. Lex Luthor, that is.

for every box of environmentally friendly pencils Smallville fans buy at Pencils2MediaMoguls in the name of Smallville, their name will be entered into an e-raffle. A winner will be picked at random and they will receive both a phone call from actor Michael Rosenbaum and an autographed photo thanking them for their support of the cause and the show.

well now. that was a gauntlet thrown, wasn't it?

so indeed, the cast and creator of Army Wives have decided to accept Smallville's challenge!

for each box of pencils our fans buy in support of Army Wives they will receive an entry into an e-raffle where one supportive fan will receive a phone call and an autographed photo from Kim Delaney (Claudia Joy Holden) personally thanking them for their support of the cause and the show.

Kim Delaney Drew Fuller w/sexy Kim Delaney pic!

(if it ups the stakes any, we'll see if we can get one of those sexy lacy shots that Drew Fuller snatched and hid in his cave for winter.)

that is right, Kim will call you directly! so click on the Pencils2MediaMoguls banner below and make sure you list Army Wives as the show you are supporting. remember, it's only a buck a box!

and as always, thank you all for your support. we all feel it each and every day!

send pencils!

also, Kim Delaney and Nikki Finke (of Deadline Hollywood Daily) will be the guests on United Hollywood's live radio broadcast about the strike this Friday. Kim will be on at 12:30pm discussing growing up in a union household.

 

21 november 2007

to ring in Thanksgiving and the spirit of love, sharing, and cranberry sauce, the WGA marched in solidarity down Hollywood Boulevard with our brother and sister unions.

as i waited for Kim Delaney, my ride to the rally, i wasted no picketing time and stood in front of the Variety Building near my home. waving not one but two signs, i picketed Variety. nothing personal. i was there. i received a total of SIX honks from passersby. one local construction worker walked up and asked me to explain to him why I was out there. i told him about the presented rollbacks in our health care and pension plans by the big corporations. it was something he immediately understood. they're trying to bust up your union! it seems so. but it won't happen. not with the continued solidarity we are getting. my ride arrived and she cracked up at the image of the Lone Picketer In Front Of Variety.

as we were led down the star-famed boulevard by Teamster big rigs and a marching drum corp, i realized we weren't getting weaker. we were getting stronger every day. thank you all again for your support!

march down Hollywood blvd - click to view gallery

20 november 2007

a very special thank you to the Xenaverse for the delivery of much-loved goods to Disney yesterday. i was touring all three picketed gates (read: looking for the best snacks) with Steven Sears, when a writer walked up and thanked me for the treats delivered that morning. i was completely perplexed and said i didn't send anything -- when he said the Xena fans did in my and Steven's name. i was both humbled and proud as all get out.

i went on to explain to the gaggle of writers how enduring and bright the Xenaverse is. told the tales of charity drives and camaraderie and how i've taken that spirit of getting each others' backs to Army Wives.
in that enduring model of friendship, Renee O'Connor, who wanted so desperately to walk the line with me but is presently out of town -- tipped the surprise at a recent Power Up awards show that she will be in at least a 3 arc storyline of Army Wives this season. so just as you have my back - i have our gal's!

thank you again!

ask me about my residual anger!

19 november 2007

United Hollywood has a new campaign to support the writers: Pencils2MediaMoguls Send Pencils to Support the Writers! A Buck a Box! any extra money goes to non writing staff who got laid off. there is a long list of questions/answers on their site. seems like a great thing to do all around. click on the link for more info.

spread the word, add the banner to your site!

send pencils!

i've also added a link to Mary D's excellent Army Wives fan site to the Army Wives page.

mary d's army wives page

 

14 november 2007

sunday night, ARMY WIVES won Outstanding Drama Series at the WIN (Women's Image Network) Awards. a humbling and grand accomplishment for our entire team.

tuesday morning, as the creator of ARMY WIVES, i walked side-by-side with Dee Johnson, the showrunner, and 6 members of the cast at "Picket With The Stars" Day. it wasn't just empowering. it was a supernova rocketing past the sun.

everywhere you turned, you got a smile. a cheer. a wave. didn't matter if you were a TV star, a movie star, a writer or a tourist walking down the long hill from Universal Studios. we were all one. we were united.

as i said before, this is an historic event. we are creating history. we are standing up for all of our rights. this fight may very well be the little guy versus the giant corporations - but nothing can take away the love and camaraderie we all felt. there is no little in great big hearts.

click on the pics for larger photos. what a day to remember. Drew Fuller carrying a sexy picture of Kim Delaney while chanting "Give this woman a job!" Sterling K. Brown losing it at the idea of me serving up the Big Boy Combo. but i know i will always have a home with the Big Boy. (i waitressed 5 years at Bob's) Kathy Griffin and Sarah Silverman whose signs ... well, whose signs just speak for themselves!

Picket with the Stars Day -click to view gallery

12 november 2007

i have hesitated writing about the Writers Guild of America strike for fear of letting my emotions cloud a very complex issue. then I realized that in not speaking up, I am missing an opportunity to share what is gutting the hearts of so many writers I know.

we write because we feel. because a story has moved us. because we need to connect. it is that very passion, that drive to give life meaning, that is tearing us up inside now. we love our shows. the cast and crews are our family. we will do anything to protect and nurture them. yet we have gone on strike. we strike because we have to. we strike for a fair deal.

this strike is an historic event that promises to be looked back upon in pride by generations to come. we are walking with our heads held high, knowing this isn't just about our Future. it is about our Now.

because the Internet is not new. there is no "new media."

that we all speak, move, reach out to each other through emails, YouTube, iTunes, eBay, Amazon, MySpace, Facebook, blogs, websites and Internet downloads is not new.

what is new is this strike. and the overwhelming support the writers are all receiving from the public. because it is through the Internet that we hear instantly what and how you feel.

this is both remarkable and humbling. and it is proof of how powerful this medium is and how many people it reaches. and i want to thank you.

i want to thank all of the friends and fans of TV and film who are getting our backs in this time of trouble.

i want to thank you for every pizza delivered to a picket line, every name on a petition, every sign downloaded and hung in a window in support. you get us through another day of fear and uncertainty.

you are who we write for.

thank you. thank you. thank you.

WGA strike - click to view gallery

click on the pics for larger photos. i've added some banners to the top of the page you can use to show your support on your websites. the fans4writers site has numerous icons representing TV shows and their creators (i'm in there!) so you can grab an icon and proudly display it on your blogs and live journals. united hollywood will keep you abreast of all the latest news, and the wga site has a large poster you can download and display in a window to show your support.

here are a few more links, i encourage you to read these two terrific articles:

beautiful Op-Ed piece by Damon Lindelof of LOST in yesterday's NY Times

a must read article about the strike by Mark Harris at Entertainment Weekly.

video at YouTube that shows the song/speakers at the Fox Rally.

fantastic new video The Heartbreaking Voices of Uncertainty. "Screens will be fed. Writers, not so much." take a look!

this is a great thing to watch - so calm and so inspiring. Phil Alden Robinson talks from his home office about the strike and the history of how the WGA was formed. i have had the pleasure of meeting Phil several times and he is a very heartfelt, charismatic guy.

 

8 november 2007

Tim Kazurinsky riffs on Writers Strike on WGN. Must see!

Heroes of the Writer's Strike

another good link for information. united hollywood. for wga members, the curious and anyone who watches TV or film.

 

28 october 2007

i am very pleased to announce i will be a guest speaker at the Xena Convention in Burbank, California, January 25-27, 2008 . click here for more information. hope to see you there!

 

27 september 2007

moving forward

a friend died this week, my father had surgery to remove "a growth" from his testicle, and it was our first week back to work on season two of Army Wives. so it's been a whirlwind. most of it though, very good. i am so very proud of this show and what we have achieved in one week in giving you all a fantastic second season of stories to honor the "wives" and their sacrifices to our country as they serve alongside our soldiers.

i am going to Washington DC for 3 days and have been prepping for that event, in which i will stand before over 200 senate staffers, reminding them of the importance in speaking up about PTSD, and mental health and domestic violence issues after showing clips from our show. it reminds me again that we are doing more than just entertaining. we are enlightening. emboldening some souls. starting some conversations, and making a difference.

but also, i wanted to share with you this -- an excerpt from a letter that Larry Brody, a friend of Bob Sabaroff's (the man who died, a fellow writer) wrote to Bob after his death and posted on WriterAction, a private board solely for WGA writers.

this will give you an idea of who Bob was - but also an idea of who we all are to each other and to the world...

You know how I feel about death. Having died and returned and found myself not at all delighted but rather angry at having to continue the body's suffering (although since then I've learned to turn most of that into joy), I know that there is in fact no such thing as death. Only translation. An eternal moving forward.

And now you've gone and done it. Moved forward. Before so many of us who loved you were ready to see you go.

You were ready though. Ripe. Hanging from the world tree by the thinnest possible twig.
Whatever happens now, in your Existenz and/or mine, I want you to know how important you've been to my life. Do you remember what your last words to me were? The words you used to sign off that last phone call? In case your new form makes you forget, I'll tell you:

"I love you, man." That's what you said.

So I say to you, as I have said at the end of every e-mail and phone call (and real-life in-person meeting for that matter) that we've ever had:

"I love you, My Brother."

Have a wild, woolly, and wondrous journey. See the truths others don't. Face the fears others can't. Find the patterns, man.

And break 'em. Break 'em good.


***


thank you all for your support. i couldn't do it without you!
katherine

 

20 september 2007

my good friend Renee O'Connor has finished her film DIAMONDS AND GUNS and the signed, limited edition DVD is now available here.

 

16 may 2007

perfection

i promised myself that today i would update the website. of course, now i feel dry and parched of thought. but i have my coffee in front of me. so here i go. keeping my promise.

these past few months of my life have been extraordinary. i have discovered parts of myself that have both amazed and disappointed me. i have strived to be perfect in two duties - as the creator of Army Wives and as a new mother - and i have failed at both. but human life is not about perfection. it's about flaws. and picking yourself up again. there is a quote out there somewhere. it is not about how many times you fall. it's about how many times you pick yourself up again.

and i keep learning, keep growing, keep loving. and my daughter is strong, healthy, vibrant, curious, and beautiful because of it. and the show is, too. so i must be doing something right. we all are.

madeleine is 5 months old now. she sees what she wants in front of her and is paralyzed to reach it. her dark blue eyes focus and her full lips set in determination as she tries to move her body forward to reach the prize. she does not have the motor skills yet to crawl. but she has the will. and the desire.

she is weeks away from her goal - but only i know that by reading baby books that tell me what comes next. she does not. she can only live in the moment, as we all do. so sometimes she cries. sometimes she looks at me, helpless, hoping i will read her mind and give her the toy. and sometimes, she just gives up. frustrated and confused about the way things are. but the next morning, she starts anew, somehow instinctively knowing if she keeps trying and doesn't give up, that toy will be hers. and it will be. we all know that -- it's madeleine who does not.

Army Wives debuts Sunday, June 3rd at 10pm on Lifetime. billboards are sprouting up all over town. i went to NY for the upfronts. i cried, of course. i can barely contain my love and pride for every cast member and every crew member of this show. the amount of time and energy they have spent bringing this first season alive is phenomenal. i would give shout outs to each and every name, but i would forget someone and it would break my heart.

but i do want to mention one person - Daniel Bentley - who is our props guru. i had mailed a magnet to him that said "to the world, you may be one person. but to one person, you may be the world." to be used in a scene with Kate Kneeland, who plays Marilyn, one of our recurring actors. we had a glitch getting clearance on the magnet, so daniel quickly had a silver ID bracelet made with the quote etched into it, just in case. clearances came through and we used the magnet in the scene. then, days later, i received a beautifully wrapped box in our daily overnight package to and from LA and SC. it had the bracelet in it. and i keep it on my desk as a simple reminder of all that our cast and crew do to startle me with their dedication, artistry, and belief in our show.

i was in the middle of a phone interview and the journalist asked me what i love about this show. i stopped and said -- i love, i love. it all. okay. let me be specific. i love this chance to bring these women and men - the wives and spouses of soldiers - to life. to tell their stories, to show their sacrifice. because they serve, too. they live under the specter that any day, the man or woman they love may not come back. they become single mothers or single dads and sacrifice their home to keep our country safe. sure, we have the gossip and cattiness and sex and drama that any community has in the show -- but we also have the sacrifice, the struggle, and the bravery, too.

because these army wives - completely different in personality, upbringing, race, and gender - all have a common bond: they fell in love with a soldier.

and we - completely different in personality, upbringing, race, and gender - all have a common bond: we fall in love.

that is what makes this show both unique and universal.

so when i fail at being the perfect mother or the perfect show creator - i remember that above all, i fall in love. i fall in love with my daughter. i fall in love with my cast and my crew. i fall in love with this show. so i pick myself up again and i bring my A game. i bring it every time i look at madeleine and i bring it every time i walk into my office, turn on my computer, and start writing the next episode.

because i am proud to be a mother. and i am proud to be a part of Army Wives. and i am proud of this life.

great big love everyone,

katherine

here is a link to the lifetime website with the trailer for our show:

http://www.lifetimetv.com/shows/armywives/index.php

from this week's TV Guide:
Army Wives billboard from atop Hollywood and Highland Center (across from the Kodak Theater)