Garth Stein on The Art of Racing in the Rain

 

They want to make my book into a movie?  Heck, they might as well make it into a haiku, I thought when I first got the news.

I mean, I spent a long time writing, revising, and crafting as good of a book as I possibly could.  And now they want to compress it to two hours of screen time?

But then I got a phone call from Patrick Dempsey, who had signed on to play the lead character, Denny Swift, and I thought, well, okay; I think this is going to work. Continue reading →

A Girl’s Read of City of Bones – Part 2

Part two of this novel, was crazy long. It was a major section of plot for the story. I made this section super long, because I had to. I got really into toward the end of the section. It got pretty intense. I hope when them movie comes out, they take this part seriously and do it right. Continue reading →

What You Can Love After Twilight Ends

With the Twilight Saga coming to end next year, the world needs a new box office reign to have our affection. Without Bella and Edward in our lives, whose teams are we are going root for? And whose wedding are we going wait months to see! Well, there are a couple of new sagas that might be awesome enough to grab our heartstrings. Continue reading →

Take A Trip Through The Three Musketeers With Elena and Rachel With Pictures!

Why are you interested in this adaptation?

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I actually have a special place in my heart for the Three Musketeers in all iterations.  The book was the first piece of “literature” that I read at I think 10 or 11, when I had run through all the SFF in my school’s library and decided to start edumucating myself by reading some of the classics.  I am fairly sure it was an abridged version—this is based on my memory of finding the story really easy to read and very fast-paced, which, having suffered through an unabridged version of Count of Monte Cristo I know that Dumas’ writing really isn’t—and I loved it.  Continue reading →