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Thursday specials:<\/p>\n

PRAY FOR AURALIA <\/em>AND ME<\/span>
\nI\u2019d appreciate your prayers. It\u2019s not a crisis, but in the story of my life, it\u2019s a big deal. For the next four days, I will be putting the finishing touches on my novel Auralia\u2019s Colors<\/em> and sending it in to the publisher. By \u201cfinishing touches,\u201d I mean I\u2019ll be making the last changes before the editors mark it up and send me things that they think need changing. So there\u2019s still a long way to go. But this is quite a landmark for me, and suddenly I have the urge to start over at Page One and rewrite the whole bloody thing. (I started writing this book in 1996. Auralia is 10 years old this summer.) Please pray for peace and quiet at Overstreet Headquarters, for clear-thinking, imagination, and a sense of contentment with what I turn in. Maybe this is what parents feel like when they finally send their kid to college: We did what we could, we probably could have done better, but there she goes, out on her own\u2026<\/p>\n

MY BAD.<\/span>
\nI don\u2019t like posting rumors. For some reason, I posted the one about David Duchovny playing The Hulk. Turns out it was a false report. Sorry. I\u2019m usually more careful. Please, Duchovny fans, really, stop crying.<\/p>\n

MAN IN TIGHTS<\/span>
\nExcited about Bryan Singer\u2019s Superman<\/em> film? Take a look at these pics<\/a>. More excited now?<\/p>\n

BENICIO<\/span>
\nExcited about Benicio Del Toro playing Che Guevara? Take a look at this pic<\/a>. More excited now?<\/p>\n

WHIT\u2019S UP?<\/span>
\nWhat\u2019s Whit Stillman, director of The Last Days of Disco<\/em>, Barcelona<\/em>, and Metropolitan<\/em>, been up to? He\u2019s been writing.<\/a><\/p>\n

GONDRY TALKS<\/span>
\nMichel Gondry has directed<\/a> Dave Chappelle\u2019s hip-hop concert movie.<\/p>\n

ANOTHER MOVIE ABOUT MISSIONARIES AND CULTURE CLASHES<\/span>
\nPeter T. Chattaway notes<\/a> the upcoming film from the maker of Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner<\/em>. This one\u2019s about shamans and missionaries.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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