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October 26, 2011
Give Me Is At Mad Moose Mama and JeanzBookReadNReview
Today Give Me stops at two blogs, JeanzBookReadNReview for an interview and Mad Moose Mama for another installment in the short story Piccadilly Woo.
Some changes … I've been let to know in no uncertain terms that Piccadilly Woo is a bad title. Very bad title. I'm crying as I acknowledge this is so. So, there is a new title already picked, inspired by today's installment at Mad Moose Mama. To keep things from being TOO confusing, I won't announce the new title until the tour is finished.
The other change is – today's part of the story is out of order, but I do think it still makes sense. This is the prologue.
October 21, 2011
Suddenly Books! (Formerly 100 Stars Or Less)
Erika's blog has a spiffy new name – and a new url to go with it.
Go check out her post about the change and enter to win a nifty book journal!
October 19, 2011
John Dotegowski At Two Ends of the Pen
[image error]Two Ends of the Pen has an interesting article today about the work of cover artist and illustrator John Dotegowski.
Isn't his detail wonderful?
October 17, 2011
Give Me Book Tour – Day One
October 14, 2011
Give Me Reveals More … On Tour
Give Me, A Fairy Tale is going on tour starting Monday – and this Halloween tour has treats in store all along the way!
Along with reviews, interviews, and giveaways, this Bewitching Book Tour will feature an outtake from the world of Give Me - expanded into a short story.
Piccadilly Woo: Yes, another of my fabulous titles. I can't be stopped; I love them so.
Find out what happened to Cade's mother that autumn at Piccadilly Circus … and how she came to marry Lord Dumnos.
There will also be a piece of flash fiction fun – All Hallows - about one particularly interesting Halloween night in Elyse's long life.
I'll have the tour schedule up on the blog sometime over the weekend.
October 10, 2011
Jane Eyre 2011
When I type "Jane Eyre" into the Google search window, the second auto choice kindly fills in the 2011. And that is how I will always think of this latest rendition of the classic story: Jane Eyre 2011.
I wanted so much to like this new movie, to love it. Somehow I missed it when it came out in theaters, and I finally rented it last night on that Amazon Prime streaming thing. Which is fabulous, by the way, if you have fiberoptic cable. I'm sad to report that the only thing I really enjoyed about this production was Thornfeld Hall – and actually, not the house itself but the grounds.
I believed the scenery. I could smell the clean dirt and feel the mist on my face and long for the spring lilacs. Nice.
Other than that, the story was butchered, told from the inside out – starting with Jane running away from Rochester and landing at the Rivers's cottage. Her childhood is told in flashbacks; sadly, the resultant sacrifice of early detail does not result in a fuller telling of the Rivers section of the book – which is almost always misunderstood and given short shrift.
(I used "short shrift"!) 
Everything was cut off. I didn't believe Jane and Rochester loved each other or were even attracted to each other. I didn't believe Aunt Reed was cruel! St. John Rivers was completely wasted as a character, despite Jamie Bell's valiant efforts.
And while I thought it was a good choice to make Adelle's voice offkey and her delivery painfully mediocre, the same choice for Blanche Ingram? Disaster! Blanche should be the antithesis of Jane – outwardly sublime and inwardly barren. (The same applies to Rochester and Rivers; at its core, Jane Eyre is about oppositions and contradictions.)
Using my Mr. D'Arcy voice, I will tell you that Michael Fassbender made a tolerable Rochester, but not juicy enough to tempt me. I think Samantha Morton might have saved him, but not the rushed surface playacting Mia Wasikoska brought to the task. It didn't feel as if the rush was her fault – it seemed more like she and Fassbender both had had no chance to rehearse.
Sigh. I need to watch the Timothy Dalton version again, because my memory is that it was very good. I loved the chemistry of Samantha Morton and Ciaran Hinds in their attempt. If they'd had the script of the Toby Stephens/Ruth Wilson script – ah … with a script like that, they could have ruled the world!
And with that script, Toby Stephens and Ruth Wilson almost did.
Almost. I think we're all still waiting for the perfect Jane Eyre.
October 5, 2011
"Jobs takes possession, fumbles to Skully; women are wearing Herringbone …."
Rest in peace, Steve Jobs.
The quote in the title is from a song I wrote in the 1990s. Steve Jobs has been a force in the zeitgeist spanning generations. It's difficult to believe he was only 56 years old. It's insanely infuriating that we have failed to conquer cancer.
September 30, 2011
The Quest For Nobility – free at Amazon
The Quest For Nobility is a classic science fiction/fantasy adventure with a twist – it takes place on two worlds, contemporary earth and Otharia, a feudal world ruled by dukes.
I just finished reading it, and I enjoyed it very much. There are twins with telekinetic powers, assassins, and an evil duke in one world with a surprising connection to earth – plus some Arthurian lore thrown in.
And for a limited time, The Quest For Nobility is free!
