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An Ode to Kieran Culkin
August 14th, 2010 by
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I just saw Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe, and it blew my mind even more than I thought it would, and I’ve been waiting in anticipation for this film for like 2 years. Which in my time is a very, very, very long time. It might as well be forever.

What you may not know about me is that I am a massive fan of the Culkin family. Inappropriately obsessed, perhaps. But Kieran is my favorite. Why, you ask? Because he is awesome. The most awesome. 

Exhibit A: Igby Goes Down. The best movie ever that’s “not” based on Catcher in the Rye.

Exhibit B: Lymelife. Two Culkins in that one. And that movie isn’t that great. But the part where Kieran fights with Alec Baldwin feels is pretty awesome, in a dysfunctional way.
Exhibit C: Scott Pilgrim. Nobody delivered as many awesome one-liners as Keiran Culkin, and the family had a lot of awesome one-liners. Not mention about ten million of my favorite actors. And also Michael Cera.

(Side note: Michael Cera is turning into a cotton swab. He’s like a were-Q-tip.)

The moral of the story? I don’t have one. Keiran Culkin is awesome, and I’m happy to see him being in films again, after an unfair 7 year lapse. Which, as you know, is unbelievably in long in my time.  
So: Go see Scott Pilgrim. Also recommended: Entering the giveaway to win four books. 

P.S. I’m aware this isn’t really an “ode.” But it sounds better labeling it has such.


I hate you, Charlotte’s Web
August 13th, 2010 by
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I read that stupid book Charlotte’s Web for the first time when I was eight, and I had both pigs and spiders on the farm. I always wanted to save every pigs’ life, and I felt it was my duty to pay it to Charlotte for saving Wilbur.

So, thanks to Charlotte and her stupid web, I always think, “I will save you and not kill you, you hideously monstrous 8-legged freak. I especially won’t destroy your disgusting alien pod of eggs, because that was all Charlotte had left to carry on her legacy.”

This made the incident tonight involving a faulty cable modem very, very disturbing.

Today, my internet went out, and Charter Digital Cable’s solution for fixing first involves unplugging the modem. Since the problem wasn’t solved easily tonight, it involved me unplugging the modem several times, and yelling into the phone to the automated speaker who could not hear me shouting the word “Continue!” frantically.

Because this is what is sitting in front of and all around my cable modem:

That’s right. My basement is like the barn in Arachanophobia, except way more dungeony. I don’t know why my modem is in the basement, even the my office with the computer is in the second floor. My step-dad put it there, and that’s where it’s always lived.

I would take a picture of my actual basement to show you how horrific the egg sacks and spiderwebs are down there, but I’d have to go back down there. I never want to go down there again.

Anyway, on a fun positive note, this is something I discovered on the internet that I enjoyed (and is not at all about stupid creepy spiders):

http://ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100812114015AAwLU5R

P. S. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway!

a week and a half
August 11th, 2010 by
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Soo… Mary at Sparkling Review asked if she get an early copy of Wisdom to review for her blog. Today she posted her review, and she gave it 20/10, so I’d say she liked it.

You can check out the full review over at her site: here.

It’s only a week and a half until the release, and I’m getting pretty excited myself. I’m also tremendously nervous. I can’t wait to hear what everyone thinks of it, while simultaneously being a little afraid of what everyone thinks of it.

Putting out a new book in a series is a bit different than putting out just a regular new book. People have enjoyed the first three books in the series, at least enough to read the fourth one, and I don’t want to let them down with Wisdom.

So far, the responses have been pretty good. Here’s hoping you guys dig it.

Teaser Tuesday… Again…
August 10th, 2010 by
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Teaser Tuesday is a meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading, but I’m doing things a little differently. Teasers are usually taken from the book you’re reading, but I’m taking them from my upcoming book, Wisdom.

Here’s how it works:
-Grab your current read
-Open to a random page
-Share two or three “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

Something in his smile looked sad. “For once, I want to love you the way you were meant to be loved. Without all the… vampire stuff.”

On a related note, I created a Wordle with the most commonly used from Wisdom, and this is what it looks like:


And if you haven’t entered the giveaway yet, enter: here.

Casting Couch
August 9th, 2010 by
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I’m starting off with a reminder to enter the give away for all FOUR paperbacks in the My Blood Approves series. If you haven’t yet, enter: here.

Now I’m moving onto important matters. Who would I cast in a movie adaptation of My Blood Approves series? Most of these people aren’t the people I necessarily envisioned why writing this, but they are the actors I think embody the characters quite well.

Natalie Dreyfuss as Alice Bonham

Natalie used to be on the Lifetime series Rita Rocks, and it was still one when I started writing the first book. She was actually who I always envisioned as Alice. 
Ezra Miller as Milo Bonham
 
The eye color is wrong, but Ezra Miller works for me. Plus, I think he could handle the transformation from geek to chic pretty well. 
 
Emma Watson as Jane Kress 

I’ll be honest with you and say I never would’ve picked Emma Watson for this. Her real life personality seems completely contrary to Jane’s. But when I saw her pic the other day with her new short hair, I said “That’s Jane!” That’s exactly how I pictured her.

Charlie Hunnam as Ezra Townsend
If you’re only familiar with Charlie from Sons of Anarchy, he seems like a weird choice. But watch Abandon or Nicholas Nickelby. That’s how I picture Ezra. 
Kate Winslet as Mae Townsend
She’s British and warm and pretty perfect. 

Emile Hirsch as Peter Townsend
I got the film Speed Racer for Christmas a few years ago, and I watched when I was drafting My Blood Approves. I’d already developed the character of Peter and had a vision in mind, but Emile’s eyes (digitally enhanced, I’m sure) in Speed Racer, those were Peter’s eyes. Totally. Plus, Emile is ridiculously foxy. Check out Into the Wild for proof. 
? as Jack Townsend

I honestly can’t cast him. If you have any ideas, throw them out.


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