Memo to self: Remember to tell everyone about that long conversation you had yesterday with that ridiculously handsome and modest actor on the shuttle about the comparisons between acting and writing, and how we’re all responsible for our own careers, and how we both know people in our own professions who seem to think [...]
Today was a very good day in my particular Sundance world, with two truly excellent films I hope you’ll all keep an eye out for. (Yes, I end sentences with prepositions. All the time. It’s what I’m made of.)
The first is Sunshine Cleaning, starring Amy Adams (yay, Enchanted!) and Emily Blunt yay, [...]
Tonight we saw the coolest caper film, and it was actually a documentary. It’s called Man on Wire, and it’s about Phillipe Petit, this guy who pulled off the most outlandish stunt imaginable, walking on a tightrope suspended between the two World Trade Center buildings back in 1974. The guy not only survived, [...]
I have this Pollyanna-ish rule that I try not to badmouth books or movies or people on the blog (although maybe I’ve violated that sometimes–and I’m sure you’ll be happy to point it out if I have). That said, I’m only going to tell you about the films I love up here at Sundance, [...]
Yeah, well, I’m up here at Sundance, and I already blew it this morning. I had tickets in hand for an 8:30 AM film, but I just had to see if I could get into this great-sounding documentary instead–American Teen, which follows a group of 17-year-olds for most of a year, and reveals the [...]
I’m like Sara this week, in that I’m going to have to count re-reading my own manuscript four separate times as my reading accomplishment for the week.
And the only thing I’m taking with me on my trip this week is three months’-worth of O Magazine that I’ve never gotten around to yet. [...]
I really strive to write strong girl characters–I love to watch my lead girls blossom over the course of the novel and become more confident, less fearful, brave enough to be who they really are, etc. It’s always what I hope for myself on a daily basis, so it’s fun to give that assignment [...]
Okay, Bear is very annoyed with me for typing this right now because I’ve been making him wait for his walk forever while I read and wrote, but I explained I still owe you guys the Friday List, and then we’ll go. He pretends he doesn’t understand.
My nice thing this week was getting over [...]
You may have noticed an unusual amount of blogging from me, considering how spotty the posts have been the last month or so. That’s because:
1. I finished my new book.
2. I now feel untethered and aimless and bored and restless and weird–weird being the prevalent condition.
3. I finally have time to [...]
Personally, I usually go for this. Or this. And certainly this (do I own the life-size stand up cutout? You decide).
But I am Persuaded.
Thank you, PBS, for giving us The Men of Austen. That ought to occupy us all quite nicely for the next several Sundays.
**Swoon**
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