November 18, 2007
Nov 18 – movies and work and holidays
Back from our movie weekend, which was great, although we didn’t get to see Dan In Real Life because we misread the time. Bummer. What we did see was Martian Child and Gone Baby Gone.
Martian Child was good, not great. John Cusack is always wonderful to hang out with for a couple of hours, and the kid was terrific, but it didn’t quite make it story-wise.
Gone Baby Gone, on the other hand, was fantastic. I loved everything about it. Acting, directing, the story. It’s really lingered. I’m irrationally pleased for Ben Affleck, too. Seriously, what is it with that? I don’t know him. His life has zip to do with mine. And I feel as if my cousin won the science fair. So odd, this celebrity thing.
On the work front there’s revisions on the table at the moment, followed by a new synopsis, then finishing my single title partial, then a Blaze due end of Jan. Then I need to do a proposal for a 3 book Blaze series for the 2009 60th anniversary. Okay, I need another vacation. :)
So far our plans for Thanksgiving are: eat some turkey at some point. Sound thrilling? You betcha!
What about you?
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Oh, now I have to go see GBG. It’s based on Dennis Lehane’s characters, and I’ve been dying to see it
November 18th, 2007 at 9:31 pmYou have sold me on Gone Baby Gone. We are in the middle of an unexpected snowstorm today. There’s already 9 inches on the ground!
November 19th, 2007 at 9:03 amI’m disappointed to hear *Martian Child* was a bit of a bust story-wise. I hate reading a book or seeing a movie that features a good idea gone bad/unfulfilled.
It’s also too bad you don’t really have any writing on your plate. LOL.
We are entertaining my aunt for the holiday, so there is LOTS of cleaning and arranging going on.
And then there are the two inky dinky kittens we rescued from the woods. . .
SLEEP? Who needs sleep, sheesh!
November 19th, 2007 at 12:36 pm