Neale Sourna's Blog, page 26
December 3, 2012
On Authors Being Undercut by Others_Stephenie Meyer's "Midnight Sun"_Edward's Version of Twilight
Midnight Sun: Edward's Version of TwilightAugust 28, 2008 [still undone Dec 2012]
As some of you may have heard, my partial draft of Midnight Sun was illegally posted on the Internet and has since been virally distributed without my knowledge or permission or the knowledge or permission of my publisher.
I have a good idea of how the leak happened as there were very few copies of Midnight Sun that left my possession and each was unique. Due to little changes I made to the manuscript at different times, I can tell when each left my possession and to whom it was given. The manuscript that was illegally distributed on the Internet was given to trusted individuals for a good purpose. I have no comment beyond that as I believe that there was no malicious intent with the initial distribution.
I did not want my readers to experience Midnight Sun before it was completed, edited and published. I think it is important for everybody to understand that what happened was a huge violation of my rights as an author, not to mention me as a human being. As the author of the Twilight Saga, I control the copyright and it is up to the owner of the copyright to decide when the books should be made public; this is the same for musicians and filmmakers.
Just because someone buys a book or movie or song, or gets a download off the Internet, doesn't mean that they own the right to reproduce and distribute it. Unfortunately, with the Internet, it is easy for people to obtain and share items that do not legally belong to them. No matter how this is done, it is still dishonest. This has been a very upsetting experience for me, but I hope it will at least leave my fans with a better understanding of copyright and the importance of artistic control.
So where does this leave Midnight Sun? My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn't like math; in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything. If I tried to write Midnight Sun now, in my current frame of mind, James would probably win and all the Cullens would die, which wouldn't dovetail too well with the original story. In any case, I feel too sad about what has happened to continue working on Midnight Sun, and so it is on hold indefinitely.
I'd rather my fans not read this version of Midnight Sun. It was only an incomplete draft; the writing is messy and flawed and full of mistakes. But how do I comment on this violation without driving more people to look for the illegal posting? It has taken me a while to decide how and if I could respond.
But to end the confusion, I've decided to make the draft available here (at the end of this post). This way, my readers don't have to feel they have to make a sacrifice to stay honest. I hope this fragment gives you further insight into Edward's head and adds a new dimension to the Twilight story. That's what inspired me to write it in the first place.
I do want to take a moment and thank the wonderful fans who have been so supportive of me over the past three years. I cannot begin to tell you how much each of you means to me. I only hope this note will stop all the confusion and online speculation so that the Twilight universe can once again become the happy escape it used to be. After this incredibly busy year, I am now focusing on spending more time with my family and working on some other writing projects.
--Stephenie
Midnight Sun Partial Draft (if you are having problems viewing it, please click here.) This material is copyrighted by Stephenie Meyer. Any retranscription or reproduction is illegal.
____________________________________________________
June 2008 Update: In response to the outrageous number of emails that I have received with questions concerning Midnight Sun, I talked to Stephenie this weekend and she asked me to let everyone know that Midnight Sun is her next project. She has not yet finished writing it (and there is no timeline set up, so we all need to put a lot of effort into being patient for a while longer), but she is definitely still planning on having it published. And, after Breaking Dawn comes out, Stephenie will have much more time to focus on writing Midnight Sun.
____________________________________________________
Midnight Sun is an exercise in character development that got wildly out of hand (as do many of my projects).
While I was procrastinating some real editing work (I'm always at my most creative when procrastinating), I started to wonder how the first chapter of Twilight would read if it were written from Edward's perspective. There is so much more to his side of the story than there is to Bella's in that first chapter. After all, Bella only knows that an incredibly gorgeous boy is looking at her funny.
Meanwhile, Edward is suffering through one of the most momentous days of his very long life! First there's the shock and frustration of not being able to hear Bella's thoughts, then the wild, monstrous reaction to her scent, followed by the incredible expenditure of self-control that it takes to not kill her... His side of Bella's first day at Forks High School is a hundred times more exciting than her own.
Though I didn't have time to work on it right away, the idea of letting Edward have his chance to speak stuck with me. I couldn't shake it. I found myself thinking his words in the middle of the night and jotting down phrases he would use while I was waiting in line at the post office. As soon as I finished my real work, I sat down and let Edward get his say.
Writing chapter one, "First Sight," from Edward's point of view was an exciting experience; I actually had my pulse racing as I typed. When I finished, I was truly pleased with my creation. Here was the other side of the story that no one knew. Here was the truth of what Edward had been through. I felt like I knew my Edward even better, and I was sure his dialogue would be more insightful in future novels. The end. Exercise over.
Ha ha. It wasn't long before I was thinking about Edward in Alaska, Edward upon his return to Forks, Edward's side of that fateful conversation in Biology... Chapter two started to write itself in my head, while I kept telling myself that I didn't have time to write a book for fun when I had real books to write. (My mother seconded that opinion—she thinks I work too hard).
But when a story demands to be written, there's no way to resist. And the more I wrote, the more I became convinced that Edward deserved to have his story told. At first I was planning to post it all here on my website, but I changed my mind for two reasons, the most important being that Edward's version is much longer than Bella's—Edward over-thinks everything. I'm not even half way done, and the page count is near three hundred.
The second reason that I changed my mind is a little bit silly—I just would really love to have a pretty, matching, bound version of Midnight Sun to put beside Twilight on top of my desk. So I'm going to try to have it published as a complementary novel to Twilight.
It will take a while, because I can only work on it between editing stints, but I hope that someday I'll be able to see Midnight Sun on the bookstore shelves next to Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and etc... (Fueling my belief that Midnight Sun is worthy of publishing is my mother's about face—after reading the first eleven chapters, she thinks it's magic and says I should go for it.)
And here I was going to write just a short paragraph of introduction. You see what I mean about things getting out of hand?
Because I just can't wait out the years it will take to reach publication for people to begin to understand Edward, here is my original character development exercise, Edward's version of Bella's first day at Forks High School, the first chapter of Midnight Sun*:
Midnight Sun Chapter 1 (if you are having problems viewing it, please click here.) This material is copyrighted by Stephenie Meyer. Any retranscription or reproduction is illegal.
*Please remember this is an unedited rough draft. It is full of typos and all the other flaws that unedited manuscripts have. Enjoy it for what it is, but know that the final copy will be infinitely superior.
As some of you may have heard, my partial draft of Midnight Sun was illegally posted on the Internet and has since been virally distributed without my knowledge or permission or the knowledge or permission of my publisher.
I have a good idea of how the leak happened as there were very few copies of Midnight Sun that left my possession and each was unique. Due to little changes I made to the manuscript at different times, I can tell when each left my possession and to whom it was given. The manuscript that was illegally distributed on the Internet was given to trusted individuals for a good purpose. I have no comment beyond that as I believe that there was no malicious intent with the initial distribution.
I did not want my readers to experience Midnight Sun before it was completed, edited and published. I think it is important for everybody to understand that what happened was a huge violation of my rights as an author, not to mention me as a human being. As the author of the Twilight Saga, I control the copyright and it is up to the owner of the copyright to decide when the books should be made public; this is the same for musicians and filmmakers.
Just because someone buys a book or movie or song, or gets a download off the Internet, doesn't mean that they own the right to reproduce and distribute it. Unfortunately, with the Internet, it is easy for people to obtain and share items that do not legally belong to them. No matter how this is done, it is still dishonest. This has been a very upsetting experience for me, but I hope it will at least leave my fans with a better understanding of copyright and the importance of artistic control.
So where does this leave Midnight Sun? My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn't like math; in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything. If I tried to write Midnight Sun now, in my current frame of mind, James would probably win and all the Cullens would die, which wouldn't dovetail too well with the original story. In any case, I feel too sad about what has happened to continue working on Midnight Sun, and so it is on hold indefinitely.
I'd rather my fans not read this version of Midnight Sun. It was only an incomplete draft; the writing is messy and flawed and full of mistakes. But how do I comment on this violation without driving more people to look for the illegal posting? It has taken me a while to decide how and if I could respond.
But to end the confusion, I've decided to make the draft available here (at the end of this post). This way, my readers don't have to feel they have to make a sacrifice to stay honest. I hope this fragment gives you further insight into Edward's head and adds a new dimension to the Twilight story. That's what inspired me to write it in the first place.
I do want to take a moment and thank the wonderful fans who have been so supportive of me over the past three years. I cannot begin to tell you how much each of you means to me. I only hope this note will stop all the confusion and online speculation so that the Twilight universe can once again become the happy escape it used to be. After this incredibly busy year, I am now focusing on spending more time with my family and working on some other writing projects.
--Stephenie
Midnight Sun Partial Draft (if you are having problems viewing it, please click here.) This material is copyrighted by Stephenie Meyer. Any retranscription or reproduction is illegal.
____________________________________________________
June 2008 Update: In response to the outrageous number of emails that I have received with questions concerning Midnight Sun, I talked to Stephenie this weekend and she asked me to let everyone know that Midnight Sun is her next project. She has not yet finished writing it (and there is no timeline set up, so we all need to put a lot of effort into being patient for a while longer), but she is definitely still planning on having it published. And, after Breaking Dawn comes out, Stephenie will have much more time to focus on writing Midnight Sun.
____________________________________________________
Midnight Sun is an exercise in character development that got wildly out of hand (as do many of my projects).
While I was procrastinating some real editing work (I'm always at my most creative when procrastinating), I started to wonder how the first chapter of Twilight would read if it were written from Edward's perspective. There is so much more to his side of the story than there is to Bella's in that first chapter. After all, Bella only knows that an incredibly gorgeous boy is looking at her funny.
Meanwhile, Edward is suffering through one of the most momentous days of his very long life! First there's the shock and frustration of not being able to hear Bella's thoughts, then the wild, monstrous reaction to her scent, followed by the incredible expenditure of self-control that it takes to not kill her... His side of Bella's first day at Forks High School is a hundred times more exciting than her own.
Though I didn't have time to work on it right away, the idea of letting Edward have his chance to speak stuck with me. I couldn't shake it. I found myself thinking his words in the middle of the night and jotting down phrases he would use while I was waiting in line at the post office. As soon as I finished my real work, I sat down and let Edward get his say.
Writing chapter one, "First Sight," from Edward's point of view was an exciting experience; I actually had my pulse racing as I typed. When I finished, I was truly pleased with my creation. Here was the other side of the story that no one knew. Here was the truth of what Edward had been through. I felt like I knew my Edward even better, and I was sure his dialogue would be more insightful in future novels. The end. Exercise over.
Ha ha. It wasn't long before I was thinking about Edward in Alaska, Edward upon his return to Forks, Edward's side of that fateful conversation in Biology... Chapter two started to write itself in my head, while I kept telling myself that I didn't have time to write a book for fun when I had real books to write. (My mother seconded that opinion—she thinks I work too hard).
But when a story demands to be written, there's no way to resist. And the more I wrote, the more I became convinced that Edward deserved to have his story told. At first I was planning to post it all here on my website, but I changed my mind for two reasons, the most important being that Edward's version is much longer than Bella's—Edward over-thinks everything. I'm not even half way done, and the page count is near three hundred.
The second reason that I changed my mind is a little bit silly—I just would really love to have a pretty, matching, bound version of Midnight Sun to put beside Twilight on top of my desk. So I'm going to try to have it published as a complementary novel to Twilight.
It will take a while, because I can only work on it between editing stints, but I hope that someday I'll be able to see Midnight Sun on the bookstore shelves next to Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and etc... (Fueling my belief that Midnight Sun is worthy of publishing is my mother's about face—after reading the first eleven chapters, she thinks it's magic and says I should go for it.)
And here I was going to write just a short paragraph of introduction. You see what I mean about things getting out of hand?
Because I just can't wait out the years it will take to reach publication for people to begin to understand Edward, here is my original character development exercise, Edward's version of Bella's first day at Forks High School, the first chapter of Midnight Sun*:
Midnight Sun Chapter 1 (if you are having problems viewing it, please click here.) This material is copyrighted by Stephenie Meyer. Any retranscription or reproduction is illegal.
*Please remember this is an unedited rough draft. It is full of typos and all the other flaws that unedited manuscripts have. Enjoy it for what it is, but know that the final copy will be infinitely superior.
November 26, 2012
One of the BEST takes on a man's life I've ever heard penned in song: Passion Pit's "Take a Walk"
One of the BEST takes on a man's life I've ever heard penned in song: Passion Pit's "Take a Walk" without being overwrought and melodramatic. This isn't "Patches." Don't watch it; just listen to the lyrics and how they're sung; it's like listening to human history that's still fresh today_and as it turns out, we are and it is.
All these kinds of places
Make it seem like it's been ages
And tomorrow's sun and buildings scrape the sky.
I love this country dearly
I can feel the latter clearly
But I never thought I'd be alone to try.
Once I was outside Penn station
Selling red and white carnations
We were still alone, my wife and I.
Before we married, saved my money
Brought my dear wife over.
Now I work to bring my family stateside.
Got off the boat, they stayed a while
then scattered 'cross the coast.
Once a year I'll see them for a week or so at most.
I took a walk
Ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh
Practice isn't perfect
but the market cuts a loss.
I remind myself that times could be much worse.
My wife won't ask me questions-
there's not so much to ask.
And she'll never flaunt around an empty purse.
What's my mother lacking
Just to stay a couple nights
And decided she would stay the rest of her life.
And watch my little children
Play some boardgame in the kitchen
And I sit and pray they never feel my strife.
But then my partner called to say the pension funds were gone
He made some bad investments, now the accounts are overdrawn
I took a walk.
Ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh
Honey, it's your son, I think I borrowed just too much.
We had taxes, we had bills, we had a lifestyle to front.
And tonight I swear I'll come home and we'll make love like we're young.
But tomorrow , you'll cook dinner for the neighbors and their kids.
We can rip apart the socialists and all their damn taxes.
You'll see I am no criminal, I'm down on both bad knees.
I'm just too much a coward to admit when I'm in need.
I took a walk.
(take a walk, take a walk, take a walk)
(take a walk, take a walk, take a walk)
Ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh
I took a walk
(take a walk, take a walk, take a walk)
(take a walk, take a walk, take a walk)
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_a_Walk_%28Passion_Pit_song%29
All these kinds of places
Make it seem like it's been ages
And tomorrow's sun and buildings scrape the sky.
I love this country dearly
I can feel the latter clearly
But I never thought I'd be alone to try.
Once I was outside Penn station
Selling red and white carnations
We were still alone, my wife and I.
Before we married, saved my money
Brought my dear wife over.
Now I work to bring my family stateside.
Got off the boat, they stayed a while
then scattered 'cross the coast.
Once a year I'll see them for a week or so at most.
I took a walk
Ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh
Practice isn't perfect
but the market cuts a loss.
I remind myself that times could be much worse.
My wife won't ask me questions-
there's not so much to ask.
And she'll never flaunt around an empty purse.
What's my mother lacking
Just to stay a couple nights
And decided she would stay the rest of her life.
And watch my little children
Play some boardgame in the kitchen
And I sit and pray they never feel my strife.
But then my partner called to say the pension funds were gone
He made some bad investments, now the accounts are overdrawn
I took a walk.
Ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh
Honey, it's your son, I think I borrowed just too much.
We had taxes, we had bills, we had a lifestyle to front.
And tonight I swear I'll come home and we'll make love like we're young.
But tomorrow , you'll cook dinner for the neighbors and their kids.
We can rip apart the socialists and all their damn taxes.
You'll see I am no criminal, I'm down on both bad knees.
I'm just too much a coward to admit when I'm in need.
I took a walk.
(take a walk, take a walk, take a walk)
(take a walk, take a walk, take a walk)
Ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh
I took a walk
(take a walk, take a walk, take a walk)
(take a walk, take a walk, take a walk)
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_a_Walk_%28Passion_Pit_song%29
November 23, 2012
'Lincoln' Women: How Sally Field, Gloria Reuben, and S. Epatha Merkerson Stole Daniel Day-Lewis' Show By Brent Lang
'Lincoln' Women: How Sally Field, Gloria Reuben, and S. Epatha Merkerson Stole Daniel Day-Lewis' Show By Brent Lang
Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" is, on the face of it, a standard "great man" biopic. Basked in a honeydew light, overflowing with sage advice, Daniel Day-Lewis' Great Emancipator is depicted as constantly and self-consciously speaking to the ages well before he belongs to them.
But let us now praise the film's not-as-famous women. For what rescues "Lincoln" from bombast are the slier and subtler performances by a trio of fantastic and often under-utilized actresses --
Each one uses her limited screen time to etch a devastating portrait of the limitations that faced women in a male-dominated society. After all, if the legislators debating the merits of the 13th Amendment in the movie fret openly that abolishing slavery will begin a slippery slope to black enfranchisement, they seem even more horrified at the prospect that it one day might lead to granting women the right to vote.
Though some critics have griped about Spielberg's penchant for speechifying in "Lincoln," there has been near universal praise for Day-Lewis and for Tommy Lee Jones' work as the wily Thaddeus Stevens. Field's take on First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln -- a woman Louis C.K. quipped on "Saturday Night Live" recently was "historically insane" -- has been more divisive.
In TheWrap, for instance, Steve Pond wrote, "Sally Field may well be nominated for Supporting Actress for her Mary Todd Lincoln, but to me her hysteria was one of the least-successful parts of the film."
Yet Field's work is in many ways more revelatory than that of Day-Lewis. True, the Irish-Anglo acting god daringly gives the 16th president a historically accurate high voice and indelibly paints a picture of a great orator with an outhouse sense of humor, but his modifications are slight tweaks to the Lincoln myth. Field's interpretation is a whole-scale reinvention.
Field's Mary is privately unhinged, true. But she is also a smooth Washington operator, comfortable sparring with Stevens over her White House redecorating and forcibly pressuring her husband to carry the 13th Amendment to the finish line while wielding little more than a fan.
Even her mania is rooted in the death of her young son Willy; an empathetic anchor that keeps Mary from becoming simply the backwoods, social-climbing hysteric she's been portrayed as in the past.
In screenwriter Tony Kushner, Field finds an eager co-conspirator. As Kushner confessed on NPR, the Lincolns had a turbulent relationship in part because of Abraham Lincoln's emotional coldness.
"People always think about Mary as being difficult and she absolutely was, but Lincoln wasn't easy either," Kushner said. "He was remote and complicated and rather interestingly fond of telling her things that would upset her horribly, like these dreams that he kept having and he would leave her kind of in a state night after night, telling her that he was having these kind of scary dreams.
It's an enormously complicated relationship and the family is a tragic family."
The only false note in an otherwise galvanizing portrayal, is having Mary deliver a line that is a too historically self-aware.
"All anyone will remember about me was that I was crazy and ruined your happiness," Mary says at one point -- to which my companion let forth a large guffaw.
Field who packed 25 pounds onto her slender frame and allowed the camera to scan her creased face is a revelation -- it's a reminder that the plucky star of "Norma Rae" is good for more than Boniva ads.
But Mary Todd Lincoln isn't the only female who elbows her way into this big screen men's club. Gloria Reuben's Elizabeth Keckley is also a marvel.
Dramaturgically it's a thankless role with Reuben's freed slave seamstress frequently used as a stand-in for all-antebellum African American suffering. Yet Reuben grounds the performance in a simmering fury and heartbreak, using her eyes to register the pangs of hurt that greets the racist slights Keckley is exposed to on a daily basis.
Her conversation in the White House portico with Daniel Day-Lewis about the meaning of emancipation is a bravura moment -- a reminder of just how long a walk to freedom 19th century blacks faced.
Likewise, S. Epatha Merkerson's Lydia Smith is perhaps the greatest master class in doing a lot with a little since Judi Dench captured a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1998 for her eight-minute cameo in "Shakespeare in Love."
Smith, the housekeeper and (spoiler alert) common-law wife of Thaddeus Stevens, has two fleeting scenes. In one, she gently removes Jones' coat as he enters their Washington, D.C., home after the amendment passes, in the other she reads the constitutional addition aloud in bed to her secret-paramour. It is, in the words of another Kushner play [Angels in America _ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_i... & http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318997/], a reminder that "the world only spins forward."
Indeed, the entire film represents a major step forward for Spielberg whose earlier boy's adventures were largely all-male affairs. Aside from Embeth Davidtz's frightened maid in "Schindler's List," Whoopi Goldberg's martyr-like Celie in "The Color Purple" and Karen Allen's fiery adventurer in "Raiders of the Lost Ark," the Spielberg women are a weightless bunch. Even great actresses like Julianne Moore in "The Lost World" are given gossamer thin screen time.
Here, transported by Kushner's words, he allows these women to step forward out of the shadows and into history. Next time maybe he'll let them take center stage.
http://www.thewrap.com/awards/article...
Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" is, on the face of it, a standard "great man" biopic. Basked in a honeydew light, overflowing with sage advice, Daniel Day-Lewis' Great Emancipator is depicted as constantly and self-consciously speaking to the ages well before he belongs to them.
But let us now praise the film's not-as-famous women. For what rescues "Lincoln" from bombast are the slier and subtler performances by a trio of fantastic and often under-utilized actresses --
Each one uses her limited screen time to etch a devastating portrait of the limitations that faced women in a male-dominated society. After all, if the legislators debating the merits of the 13th Amendment in the movie fret openly that abolishing slavery will begin a slippery slope to black enfranchisement, they seem even more horrified at the prospect that it one day might lead to granting women the right to vote.
Though some critics have griped about Spielberg's penchant for speechifying in "Lincoln," there has been near universal praise for Day-Lewis and for Tommy Lee Jones' work as the wily Thaddeus Stevens. Field's take on First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln -- a woman Louis C.K. quipped on "Saturday Night Live" recently was "historically insane" -- has been more divisive.
In TheWrap, for instance, Steve Pond wrote, "Sally Field may well be nominated for Supporting Actress for her Mary Todd Lincoln, but to me her hysteria was one of the least-successful parts of the film."
Yet Field's work is in many ways more revelatory than that of Day-Lewis. True, the Irish-Anglo acting god daringly gives the 16th president a historically accurate high voice and indelibly paints a picture of a great orator with an outhouse sense of humor, but his modifications are slight tweaks to the Lincoln myth. Field's interpretation is a whole-scale reinvention.
Field's Mary is privately unhinged, true. But she is also a smooth Washington operator, comfortable sparring with Stevens over her White House redecorating and forcibly pressuring her husband to carry the 13th Amendment to the finish line while wielding little more than a fan.
Even her mania is rooted in the death of her young son Willy; an empathetic anchor that keeps Mary from becoming simply the backwoods, social-climbing hysteric she's been portrayed as in the past.
In screenwriter Tony Kushner, Field finds an eager co-conspirator. As Kushner confessed on NPR, the Lincolns had a turbulent relationship in part because of Abraham Lincoln's emotional coldness.
"People always think about Mary as being difficult and she absolutely was, but Lincoln wasn't easy either," Kushner said. "He was remote and complicated and rather interestingly fond of telling her things that would upset her horribly, like these dreams that he kept having and he would leave her kind of in a state night after night, telling her that he was having these kind of scary dreams.
It's an enormously complicated relationship and the family is a tragic family."
The only false note in an otherwise galvanizing portrayal, is having Mary deliver a line that is a too historically self-aware.
"All anyone will remember about me was that I was crazy and ruined your happiness," Mary says at one point -- to which my companion let forth a large guffaw.
Field who packed 25 pounds onto her slender frame and allowed the camera to scan her creased face is a revelation -- it's a reminder that the plucky star of "Norma Rae" is good for more than Boniva ads.
But Mary Todd Lincoln isn't the only female who elbows her way into this big screen men's club. Gloria Reuben's Elizabeth Keckley is also a marvel.
Dramaturgically it's a thankless role with Reuben's freed slave seamstress frequently used as a stand-in for all-antebellum African American suffering. Yet Reuben grounds the performance in a simmering fury and heartbreak, using her eyes to register the pangs of hurt that greets the racist slights Keckley is exposed to on a daily basis.
Her conversation in the White House portico with Daniel Day-Lewis about the meaning of emancipation is a bravura moment -- a reminder of just how long a walk to freedom 19th century blacks faced.
Likewise, S. Epatha Merkerson's Lydia Smith is perhaps the greatest master class in doing a lot with a little since Judi Dench captured a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1998 for her eight-minute cameo in "Shakespeare in Love."
Smith, the housekeeper and (spoiler alert) common-law wife of Thaddeus Stevens, has two fleeting scenes. In one, she gently removes Jones' coat as he enters their Washington, D.C., home after the amendment passes, in the other she reads the constitutional addition aloud in bed to her secret-paramour. It is, in the words of another Kushner play [Angels in America _ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_i... & http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318997/], a reminder that "the world only spins forward."
Indeed, the entire film represents a major step forward for Spielberg whose earlier boy's adventures were largely all-male affairs. Aside from Embeth Davidtz's frightened maid in "Schindler's List," Whoopi Goldberg's martyr-like Celie in "The Color Purple" and Karen Allen's fiery adventurer in "Raiders of the Lost Ark," the Spielberg women are a weightless bunch. Even great actresses like Julianne Moore in "The Lost World" are given gossamer thin screen time.
Here, transported by Kushner's words, he allows these women to step forward out of the shadows and into history. Next time maybe he'll let them take center stage.
http://www.thewrap.com/awards/article...
November 11, 2012
New Extended Version_Dia's TeamBang (3)_GOING ON SALE SOON!!
New Extended Version_Dia's TeamBang (3)_GOING ON SALE SOON!!
Dia's Team Bang (3) SHORTER OLD FREE VERSION (1084 words)
[hardcore sex, hardcore teen sex]
Cheerleader Dia's the only girl on a busload of horny boys, she can't stand, because their teacher / coach, Mr. Dean, is the man she'd open her firm thighs wide for anytime and anywhere, and already has, so he'd allow her to be "alone" with him, in back of the dark team bus, on the long, after game ride home.But, Mr. Dean has a banging surprise planned for tender Dia, and for his winning, all-male team. There will be fun for all: sexy, young cheerleader Dia, his fit and well-deserving sports champions, their beloved coach, and even a big, surprise guest.
November 8, 2012
answer to establishing copyright for a character or creative work
In answer to establishing copyright for a character or creative work:
For legal backup reference to establish official US/world copyright, LOC is the way, especially if anyone is suing _
http://www.copyright.gov/eco/ online Library of Congress registry;
http://www.copyright.gov/forms/formpa.pdf for performing arts copyright (film, TV, music, choreography, screenplays, etc.);
http://www.copyright.gov/forms/formtx.pdf copyrighting literary (fiction, nonfiction, catalog, textbooks, etc.);
also, for establishing ownership within US entertainment there is WGA http://www.wgawregistry.org/webrss/
LOC has the greater weight and world reach.
For legal backup reference to establish official US/world copyright, LOC is the way, especially if anyone is suing _
http://www.copyright.gov/eco/ online Library of Congress registry;
http://www.copyright.gov/forms/formpa.pdf for performing arts copyright (film, TV, music, choreography, screenplays, etc.);
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November 7, 2012
Books › Kindle Edition › "neale sourna"
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Neale Sourna's SexSinger: Cunnilingus_How to Give Head (Oral Sex and Eating Pussy), for Giving Women Orgasms of Cuntlicious Joy! Info and Games! by Neale Sourna (Oct 17, 2011) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $9.97 2.
Neale Sourna's CuntSinger: Cunnilingus: How to Give Head (Oral Sex and Eating Pussy), for Giving Women Orgasms of Cuntlicious Joy! by Neale Sourna (May 24, 2009) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $9.97 3.
Hobble by Neale Sourna (Aug 14, 2007) (3 customer reviews) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $9.59 Paperback Order in the next 12 hours to get it by Thursday, Nov 8.
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NCAD-v3n1.1--Neale Sourna's North Coast Academies' Diary--Sascha: Public Parking, Sex Squared by Neale Sourna (Dec 18, 2008) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $6.25 5.
Neale Sourna's North Coast Academies' Diary, Volume 2, Number 1--Ross: Daddy's Little Whore, uh, Seductress by Neale Sourna (Aug 14, 2007) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $6.25 6.
NCADv3n1--Neale Sourna's North Coast Academies' Diary--3SexViews: Ross, Laila, Sascha by Neale Sourna (Dec 17, 2008) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $6.25 7.
NCAD--v3n1.3--Neale Sourna's North Coast Academies' Diary--Ross: My Daughter's Anal [Asshole] Cherry by Neale Sourna (Dec 25, 2008) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $5.99 8.
NCAD--v3n1.2--Neale Sourna's North Coast Academies' Diary--Laila: Daddy's Willing Little Slut by Neale Sourna (Dec 23, 2008) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $5.99 9.
Dia's Coach (1) by Neale Sourna (Dec 5, 2011) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $4.97 10.
Three - By Invitation Only by Neale Sourna (Sep 8, 2012) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $3.97 11.
Neale Sourna's North Coast Academies' Diary, Volume 1, #1--Laila: Cozy With Daddy by Neale Sourna (Apr 9, 2007) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $3.50 Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $3.39 12.
Neale Sourna's North Coast Academies' Diary, Volume 1, #2--Yune: Suck My - - - - by Neale Sourna (Apr 9, 2007) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $2.99
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Hesitation by Neale Sourna (Sep 16, 2012) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $1.97 14.
All Along the Watchtower: Submerged (A Novel Excerpt) by Neale Sourna (Aug 27, 2009) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $1.97 15.
Steve's Monkey's Paw & MORE by Neale Sourna (Aug 14, 2007) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $1.95 Paperback Order in the next 9 hours to get it by Thursday, Nov 8.
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Rough-Me Dot Com by Neale Sourna (Sep 25, 2011) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $1.50 17.
Temple and Silent Tommy: Bedrooms [A Post Second World War (WWII) Love Story/Novel Excerpt] by Neale Sourna (Oct 24, 2011) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $1.00 18.
The Freelancer by Neale Sourna (Sep 9, 2011) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $1.00 19.
No Wedding Night by Neale Sourna (Feb 26, 2012) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $0.99 20.
Seduce Her Like Keanu Reeves (3 Articles: Seduce, 10 Seduction Secrets, List of Bad Lovers) by Neale Sourna (Aug 17, 2009) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $0.67
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Neale Sourna's SexSinger: Cunnilingus_How to Give Head (Oral Sex and Eating Pussy), for Giving Women Orgasms of Cuntlicious Joy! Info and Games! by Neale Sourna (Oct 17, 2011) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $9.97 2. Neale Sourna's CuntSinger: Cunnilingus: How to Give Head (Oral Sex and Eating Pussy), for Giving Women Orgasms of Cuntlicious Joy! by Neale Sourna (May 24, 2009) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $9.97 3. Hobble by Neale Sourna (Aug 14, 2007) (3 customer reviews) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $9.59 Paperback Order in the next 12 hours to get it by Thursday, Nov 8.Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping. $16.95 $74.73 4.
NCAD-v3n1.1--Neale Sourna's North Coast Academies' Diary--Sascha: Public Parking, Sex Squared by Neale Sourna (Dec 18, 2008) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $6.25 5. Neale Sourna's North Coast Academies' Diary, Volume 2, Number 1--Ross: Daddy's Little Whore, uh, Seductress by Neale Sourna (Aug 14, 2007) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $6.25 6. NCADv3n1--Neale Sourna's North Coast Academies' Diary--3SexViews: Ross, Laila, Sascha by Neale Sourna (Dec 17, 2008) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $6.25 7. NCAD--v3n1.3--Neale Sourna's North Coast Academies' Diary--Ross: My Daughter's Anal [Asshole] Cherry by Neale Sourna (Dec 25, 2008) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $5.99 8. NCAD--v3n1.2--Neale Sourna's North Coast Academies' Diary--Laila: Daddy's Willing Little Slut by Neale Sourna (Dec 23, 2008) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $5.99 9. Dia's Coach (1) by Neale Sourna (Dec 5, 2011) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $4.97 10. Three - By Invitation Only by Neale Sourna (Sep 8, 2012) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $3.97 11. Neale Sourna's North Coast Academies' Diary, Volume 1, #1--Laila: Cozy With Daddy by Neale Sourna (Apr 9, 2007) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $3.50 Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $3.39 12. Neale Sourna's North Coast Academies' Diary, Volume 1, #2--Yune: Suck My - - - - by Neale Sourna (Apr 9, 2007) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $2.99 13.
Hesitation by Neale Sourna (Sep 16, 2012) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $1.97 14. All Along the Watchtower: Submerged (A Novel Excerpt) by Neale Sourna (Aug 27, 2009) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $1.97 15. Steve's Monkey's Paw & MORE by Neale Sourna (Aug 14, 2007) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $1.95 Paperback Order in the next 9 hours to get it by Thursday, Nov 8.Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping. $3.95 $3.72 $3.72 16.
Rough-Me Dot Com by Neale Sourna (Sep 25, 2011) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $1.50 17. Temple and Silent Tommy: Bedrooms [A Post Second World War (WWII) Love Story/Novel Excerpt] by Neale Sourna (Oct 24, 2011) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $1.00 18. The Freelancer by Neale Sourna (Sep 9, 2011) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $1.00 19. No Wedding Night by Neale Sourna (Feb 26, 2012) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $0.99 20. Seduce Her Like Keanu Reeves (3 Articles: Seduce, 10 Seduction Secrets, List of Bad Lovers) by Neale Sourna (Aug 17, 2009) Formats Price New Used Kindle Edition Auto-delivered wirelessly $0.67 « Previous | Page: 1 2 | Next »
