Picoreview: The Host: A hell of a lot better than Twilight. I mean this in the same way I meant “It didn’t suck!” when I saw the first X-Men movie. I mean, I realize, yes, that Twilight is not a high bar to reach in terms of quality of acting or storytelling, but since that was approximately my expectation going in, “a hell of a lot better” is meant very kindly. The nutshell summary of The Host, adapted from Twilight author Stephanie Meyer’s 2008 SF novel of the same title,…
St Coleman’s Cathedral in Cobh, reflected in the harbour.
Okay, that’s awesome. I just got an email from a friend–the father of the boy that Billy Holliday’s son Robert is named for, in fact–who said he was hanging out with his son’s class on a beach day, and he (the father) was reading the Dresden Files. A girl asked what it was about, and he said “A wizard in Chicago.” “Oh, cool,” she said. “I’m reading something similar, but I can’t remember the writer’s name right now. I’ll get it for you.” “Heh,” my friend said, “I actually know…
I feel that this one is a particular triumph, for the grain of the wood and all. I suspect I’d like it *even more* if I’d had a 40 or 50mm lens to take it with, so that the depth of focus was more dramatic, but I’m very fond of this picture. Possibly I’m just fond of taking pictures of Celtic crosses, mind you. :) (ps, if you saw this last week, YOU NEVER SAW THIS LAST WEEK!!! O.O :))
Me, to Mom: Want to do some hired sitting this week? Mom: What book are you about to write now? Me: Just polishing up the last Walker Papers. NEXT week I get to write the Spirit of the Century novel for Fred Hicks/. Mom: In a *week*? Me: It’s only 60K. It is possible there is something wrong with me. (And also, no, I am not going to be writing a 60K novel in a week, although it’s *theoretically* possible. That theoretical world, however, is not this one. :))