Revised and expanded – Karin Kallmaker’s advice on how to prepare and survive reading from your book the first time. Ad free site.
Who’s Serving Who?
In a well-crafted novel, every character and every scene has to serve the master players: plot, theme or setting. Best if they serve more than one.
Mr. Bean Inserted Into Historical Portraits By Caricature Artist Rodney Pike – reblog from earthporm
is it about Rowan Atkinson’s smooshy, agile face that fits so perfectly across so many eras? Blackadder’s range of feckless to sneering expressions, and Mr. Bean’s wordless cunning to clueless antics – they make me laugh. Sharp, blistering scripts were the hallmark of the Blackadder series, and Rowan Atkinson delivered wonderful lines:
Books to Movies – How About It?
Marissa’s “stand on the table and announce you love your lesbian daughter” Mom (Finders Keepers) looked an awful lot like Meryl Streep to me.
Dorothy Allison: Burning Hot Hope
Dorothy Allison and Hannah Gadsby have something in common. I saw the connection, after preparing to present the Trailblazer Award to Allison at #GCLS2018. My thoughts and the presentation are included in this blog.