March 17, 2008
Chocolat
I watched Chocolat last night. Again. And fell in love. Again. Not just with IrishJohnny! but with the wardrobe/hair combo of Juliet Binoche’s character. My God, I loved looking at her. Especially in the black dress/red shoes. If I could adopt any style at all, that would be it. Of course, I’d have to be much taller/skinnier/longer necked. I think I was drooling more over her clothes than the chocolat, although yes, I completely wanted to join Alfred Molina in the display case. I love it when I re-watch a movie and have that yummy anticipation of knowing exactly the kind of rush I’m going to have.
In writing news, I’m still plotting. Ah, the plotting. Where the ideas snake through my brain, building character lives, devising ways to reveal flaws and aha! moments. Seeing how putting those two people together is going to change everything for them. Not just love, but how the challenge of the other begets transformation and a new way of seeing themselves and the world. It all sounds so glorious in my head. Everything is possible at this point. When it’s all potential, it’s perfect. I just wish every book could turn out exactly like I imagine it at this stage. Alas, it rarely happens that way, but that’s the mechanism of the writer. Trying to convert the initial concept to words on a page. Without that ideal and the subsequent struggle, there would be no striving, no improvement, no experimentation. Perfection is always just out of reach, but the striving makes this job ever-challenging, ever new.
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Dear Jo,
March 17th, 2008 at 2:05 pmYou are my very favorite Blaze author.
However, The last couple, including Coming Soon, did not seem to be Blaze books. If I was interested in whodunits I would buy them. Looking for another Scent of a Woman.
OH I love that movie too!!!! It is just brilliant! It was one of those movies that I did not watch until it was “old”!!! but I LOVED it when I finally watched it…
You are my very favorite Blaze author too…and I have not read Coming Soon yet…gee go figure :) but I think if I am not mistaken the whole idea of blaze is a more intense story line…no matter what the topic…anyway…I can’t think of a book that I did not like :)
Oh, so that brings to mind…why haven’t you done an Extreme Blaze yet??? I have read a couple of those…they are extreme alright :)
March 17th, 2008 at 4:23 pmI, too, am a *Chocolat* fan, but it’s a toss up for me: the display case or Wonka’s chocolate room.
Starting another project means New Year’s comes more than once during the year: new beginnings and new possibilities.
Enjoy!
March 17th, 2008 at 8:00 pmHi Lynne, Sorry the books didn’t work for you. Hope you find others that give you more pleasure.
Hey, Glenice! Nope, no Extreme Blazes yet. I’m following my muse, and so far it hasn’t been very extreme. :)
Hi Shawn, good to hear from you. Yes, that Wonka chocolate room was yummy looking. Now I want chocolate, dammit. And yes, what a lovely way of thinking about new projects. Hope you’re doing well.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:25 pm