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“This must be made” — A Trailer for “A Son’s Return Home”

“Absolutely moving, this must be made.” — NZ Film Commission Assessor

As you know from Monday 8 and Thursday 11, I’m very much supporting the Boosted fund raising campaign for A Son’s Return Home, a filmscript written by a good friend. And yes, I have already put my dime (and a little more ) down.

So I was very excited to see this trailer released by the filmmakers. It really does look as beautiful and moving as the NZ Film Commission Assessor suggested — click the link following to view:

A Son...

Speaking of Spring…

…and all that—which I was on Monday, with a little look at Spring and All by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)—the willows along the river are definitely putting out their new, spring green right now.

And that, dear readers, along with the time of year, put me in mind of a Haarth spring in the The Gathering of the Lost: It even has a reference to spring rain, like the Kobayashi Issa haiku.

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“Spring came to the River in a flurry of blustering winds and driving rain that turned the local ro...

About “Spring and All” — William Carlos Williams, 1883 – 1963

We celebrated the First of Spring ‘down here’ (as opposed to autumn ‘up there’ ) on 1 September and have enjoyed some beautiful spring days since — but still with some icy winds, sub-zero mornings, and only some plants putting on their spring green and blossom.

Spring blossom; valiant on a vacant (demolition) lot

A state of affairs that always brings to mind the William Carlos Williams’ poem Spring and All. The discussion below is to give you a ‘feel’ for the poem and why I love it, but I also ...

More on Supporting “A Son’s Return Home” Fundraiser

On Monday, I posted a shoutout for the NZ short film, A Son’s Return Home, and its September-only (crowdfunding) fundraiser.

But when I talked about supporting the project, I forgot a really important piece of information:

All donors will be credited in the film!

So if you’ve ever wanted to see your name in a film’s credits, now’s your chance!

And Please, Spread The Word!

Whether you are able to support financially, or would love to but can’t right now, please consider sharing our campaign with...

Support A NZ Short Film: “A Son’s Return Home” — Fundraiser

“Absolutely moving, this must be made.” — NZ Film Commission Assessor

I’m excited to be sharing the fundraising campaign for A Son’s Return Home, a NZ short film project, with you today.

A Son’s Return Home is one of September’s projects on the Boosted (Te Tumu Toi: The (NZ) Arts Council) fundraising platform.

The reason I’m featuring it today is because the scriptwriter, Janine Sowerby, is a friend of very longstanding. So of course I want to support her project — although as you can see from t...

New On Supernatural Underground Now — It’s #8 in the Leadership Series

And the leader is — drum roll! — Dr Mensah from the Murderbot series by Martha Wells.

Although the focus of this particular post is All Systems Red, the novella that kicked everything off.

I am a great fan of Murderbot, and Dr Mensah really is a great leader — and intrepid galactic explorer, according to Murderbot.

Dr Mensah, in the TV show

If you would like to find out all the reasons why I think so, then head on over to the SU and check out the post:

Dr Mensah: Another Great Leader in the Sp...

What’s Up On The SU?

SU being the Supernatural Underground, of course!

And the answer, even better, is quite a lot.

In addition to my August “Great Leaders” post on Signe de Barbentain in Guy Gavriel Kay’s A Song For Arbonne, that is!

Starting with two great, The Art of Adaptation posts from the one, the only, the legendary Kim Falconer:

Alternate History

and

AI: A New Chapter for Writers

Plus a great Backlist refeature from Melissa Marr of Wicked Lovely fame:

What If? Folklore As A Source

 

While Stina Leicht ...

Meet The Prince of Lightning: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall of Night” Series

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As you know, the “Meet the Minor Players” post features the minor characters in The Wall Of Night series. One of the reasons for posting this series is because the major characters always get featured and discussed, but: —

“I think it’s the presence of the smaller characters that (also) “makes” a story, creating texture around the main points of view.”

~ Helen Lowe (from my Legend Award Finalist’s Interview)

Initially, the series focused exclusively on characters from The Heir of Night, but ...

What’s Up With The HL?

The HL being moi, aka Helen Lowe, of course.

Closed for Writing Work

Not much as the short answer — other than pushing hard on the second section of the Part 2 revision, as per here and here. So in order to maintain momentum I’m going to stick with that “mini update” as m’ post-de-jour.

Carl Sagan On Books: A Quote for Your Thursday :)

“What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books brea...