My friend Sara Zarr has been such a great encouragement to me with Auralia’s Colors. She’s like my sister in writing endeavors… a Glen Workshopper, got her first book deal the same year I did, learning about the world of publishing right along with me (if a few steps ahead of me). We compare notes and assure each other (usually via IM) during the bumps along the way. Well, today I am buzzing with the thrill of seeing Sara’s work... Read more
As you can see, people are finding any which way they can to join me at Seattle’s Santa Fe Cafe tonight for a beverage and some dessert to celebrate the fact that I’ve survived another year of blogging, reviewing, writing, and marketing. And some are on their way to try and persuade me that they just wish I’d shut up and go away for awhile. (And I probably have more in common with them!) Whatever the case, feel free to... Read more
It’s exciting for me when folks who blog about fantasy literature discover Auralia’s Colors. It’s rather startling when the editor of your favorite music magazine blogs about it. (more…) Read more
… for the City of Angels Film Festival, October 26-28. Anybody else going to be there? If so, send me a note! Read more
Looks like another Pixar project is moving forward. Check out the news at this Edgar Rice Burroughs site. Looks like Andrew Stanton, the genius who helmed Finding Nemo, is involved. [UPDATE: Peter T. Chattaway considers what a trailblazing effort this would be for Pixar.] Read more
Notes on Through a Screen Darkly in a Foursquare Church publication: Overstreet must go far beyond the obvious and the traditional to show how spiritual issues are raised or that God can be seen in some of Hollywood’s most unlikely films. And he contends that we can learn from the good in movies as well as the bad. … Though some readers will find Overstreet’s views controversial, others will find it rich fodder for discussion of relevant topics faced in... Read more
Well… if Zooey Deschanel is Dorothy… why not?! I’m sure this trailer is going to inspire some moaning and groaning among Oz enthusiasts. After all, there are quite a few adaptations out there already, and few have been built to last. But I don’t know why people tend to complain when we’re treated to multiple cinematic versions of a single story. Sure… when a remake is done poorly, criticism is appropriate. But nobody complains when the stage comes alive with... Read more
A fine fellow named Karl Weston Magnuson has gone and started a Through a Screen Darkly Facebook group! Thanks, Karl! Good to meet you! Read more
Today, I tried to sum up some of the ideas in Through a Screen Darkly to an overcrowded – and quickly overheated – room full of high school teachers at the NWCSI-CTABC convention in Lynden, Washington. The notes I’d prepared… well, I thought that they just might be enough to cover a 95-minute seminar. As it turns out, I only got halfway through them. It’s funny how the presence and participation of listeners can change your plans. Their examples and... Read more
From The Star Online… In fact, his next film … will be his, and Pixar’s, first live action feature. Titled 1906, it is an adaptation of the James Dalessandro novel about the famous San Francisco earthquake which wrecked the city. Query him, and he is tight-lipped about the new project. But one can rest assured from this director’s track record that the movie will offer a uniquely Bird’s eye view. Read more
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