George RR Martin on Fantasy–VIDEO
HT Grasping at the Wind George R. R. Martin reads from the passage he wrote for the book The Faces of Fantasy: Photographs by Pati Perret. “The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams.”:
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Win a Special Edition of Revolutionary Road!
The good folks at Paramount Vantage will send one of my lucky readers a copy of Richard Yates’s Revolutionary Road and all you have to do is leave a comment on this post!! One lucky winner will be chosen at random. You have until 11:59 EST on January 31st to win. The movie opens wide this weekend. Here’s a clip from the film: Open to the US only, sorry my international friends!
Books Make the BEST Gifts–Video!
Check out this awesome video featuring authors talking up the reasons to give books to all those on your gift list: My wish list is here–I always want books! Reading a YA book for work right now–things have sadly slowed down and this is the first book I’ve been assigned to read in months. I’m mildly amused because the author gave one character the name of a state and another character the name of a prominent city in that state. It’s obviously an accident, and…
View a Scene from Revolutionary Road!
I’m so excited–I love love love Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates and can’t wait for the movie. Though I’m also scared they will screw it up… here’s hoping!
Sawyer’s Nicknames
Because I appreciate good writing in all media:
Wish This Was Real
HT: Grasping for the Wind
Trajan–The Movie Font
Two mini-obsessions of mine documented in one video: HT: Jim Emerson And by the way, I’ve totally mastered reading while breastfeeding. Blogging is another thing altogether–long posts have to wait for naptime, because I have limited patoence with typing one-handed.
My Greatest Fear
I have horrible, horrible vision. Like, it gets blurry two inches in front of my face, and I’ve worn contact lenses since I was 10. When I have my glasses on my husband likes to say that he can see the back of my head. It’s kind of true. I’m scared to death of LASIK because of the chance, however infinitesimal, that I could go blind. If I went blind, I would not be able to read, and my life would be like this (re-edited)…