Rose Lerner's Blog, page 37

The characters are real in their world so the world needs to be real for those characters.

Yesterday, I went to Emerald City ComiCon with some friends. I brought with me a friend's copy of Elektra & Wolverine: The Redeemer to get it signed by the author, Greg Rucka. I had borrowed it after reading my friend's awesome review at favoritethingEVER.com, but never got around to reading it because my TBR pile [...]

Exciting news!

I won Best Debut Author in the AAR Annual Readers Poll! They asked me for a reaction, and I don't think I can say it better than I did there:
I'm so thrilled and proud to be chosen by AAR readers, especially in a year with so many fantastic debuts! [No, but really. I'm trying [...]

It's open for discussion

To me, the reader's freedom to react is part of the romance of writing, its mystique and its beauty. I put a part of myself on paper and then I give it away. You can trample on it or you can love it, that's your choice, but either way I want you to have it.

A couple oflinks

1. My The Persuaders! post is up at favoritethingEVER.com! How can you resist a show with this promo shot:

How? I ask you.
2. Cecilia Grant just made a fantastic post about the importance of the reader's input in genre fiction:
They played this one number – a quieter love song that had been a [...]

No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die! (Also, some news.)

This one tiny thing turns Bond from a guy who laughs in the face of danger into a guy who laughs at his own dumb jokes in the face of danger. Which to me is exactly what's so great about Moore's Bond and (of course this is purely a personal preference) ratchets him up from "moderately sexy" to "someone please fetch my fainting couch."

Now I want a hat with a veil

Happy new year, everyone!
On New Year's Day, Gwen Mitchell and I went to see "The King's Speech." I'm a sucker for:
1) Helena Bonham-Carter
2) historical costume
3) World War II
4) cross-class friendships
5) heroes who are underappreciated by their families
6) stories about disabilities.
Therefore, this movie was perfect for me. I loved it. Also, I was concerned [...]

It's the most wonderful time of the year

EEEEEE it is December 24th! This means two important things:
1. My "Best Books of 2010, Most Anticipated of 2011" post is up at the Book Smugglers!

I won't be around till later this evening to answer comments, but I am excited to discuss some of my new favorite books and TV shows [...]

SOMEONE needs to write this!

Okay, so my friend and I are looking through Those Glorious Glamour Years, an awesome old book I have about female movie stars' costumes in the 30s and 40s. And we just stumbled across this:
Although many Hollywood stars made fortunes during their careers and actually wore glorious outfits like these off screen, acceptance by [...]

Together again, and it feels so good

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! My very favorite band in the whole world, the Headstones, is reuniting for a concert in Toronto in February, and as of yesterday I have tickets! I know it's nuts to fly hundreds of miles to go to a concert, but I NEVER in a million years thought there was any chance of [...]

The MASS MEDIA OF COOKIES

Food seems to be one of the things I do the most googling about while writing–maybe because so many things about the way we eat seem so "natural" but have actually changed a great deal in the last two hundred years. Or maybe because I'm a cook and food seems to work its way [...]