Zetta Brown's Blog, page 5
July 27, 2008
Body is in the Eye of the Author
Do authors write their main protagonists with figures similar to their own?
Many authors write stories for the same reason readers read them and that is as a means to escape. So, if you’re large, do you create your hero/heroine with a smaller physique? Do authors automatically—naturally—create their main characters to be everything they (may) wish themselves to be? Or do they mix it up a bit?
Or do they simply go by what the story--or market--demands?
As someone who has been large all her life, I d
Many authors write stories for the same reason readers read them and that is as a means to escape. So, if you’re large, do you create your hero/heroine with a smaller physique? Do authors automatically—naturally—create their main characters to be everything they (may) wish themselves to be? Or do they mix it up a bit?
Or do they simply go by what the story--or market--demands?
As someone who has been large all her life, I d
July 26, 2008
New stuff coming soon
Howdy!
For those of y'all interested, I've been reading a book that I plan to comment on sometime next week and I have 2 or 3 other books lined up. You may have heard of them before, if not, they may be books for you to check out.
But I'm still interested in hearing what YOU have to say about the things I post here or any thing YOU would like to get off your bountious chest with regard to the portrayal of fuller, bigger, fat figures in the media.
Contact me at zwb70(at)yahoo.com if you would like t
For those of y'all interested, I've been reading a book that I plan to comment on sometime next week and I have 2 or 3 other books lined up. You may have heard of them before, if not, they may be books for you to check out.
But I'm still interested in hearing what YOU have to say about the things I post here or any thing YOU would like to get off your bountious chest with regard to the portrayal of fuller, bigger, fat figures in the media.
Contact me at zwb70(at)yahoo.com if you would like t
July 11, 2008
Mode Magazine and Ugly Betty
The following is a rant, so if you’re not in the mood, check back later.
OK, am I the only one who sees the irony that the magazine on Ugly Betty is called “Mode?”
How many of you ladies out there remember MODE Magazine that introduced the world to the beauty of the plus-sized woman as a cover girl and strutting her stuff in between glossy pages? I still have pictures I cut out of the magazine and put in a book because it was the first time I’d seen fashionable clothing in my size on beautiful wom
OK, am I the only one who sees the irony that the magazine on Ugly Betty is called “Mode?”
How many of you ladies out there remember MODE Magazine that introduced the world to the beauty of the plus-sized woman as a cover girl and strutting her stuff in between glossy pages? I still have pictures I cut out of the magazine and put in a book because it was the first time I’d seen fashionable clothing in my size on beautiful wom
July 9, 2008
Info about "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" TV series
For those of us interested, here's an old article (March '08) from the BBC News website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7289129.stm
(or you can click on the title of this blog entry)
Like I said in my previous post, the TV movie aired here earlier this year on the BBC but it's being produced in conjunction with HBO. I strongly encourage any of ya'll out there who have yet to introduce yourself to The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books to do so.
Filming begins this summer so let's hope th
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7289129.stm
(or you can click on the title of this blog entry)
Like I said in my previous post, the TV movie aired here earlier this year on the BBC but it's being produced in conjunction with HBO. I strongly encourage any of ya'll out there who have yet to introduce yourself to The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books to do so.
Filming begins this summer so let's hope th
