I've been obsessed with Scott Pilgrim vs. the World since seeing it in the theater. I hadn't read the graphic novels; it was one of those background works I was aware of, but only as a shadow in my peripheral vision. I've actually been obsessed since I saw a teaser trailer with Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Ramona Flowers delivering the line, "Defeat," to Scott Pilgrim.
I bought the Blu-ray, and with minor exceptions, watched everything on it twice, including all four commentaries. Yes, four commentaries, twice.
What has this done to me? About an hour ago I added my contribution to the Sword & Laser Group's thread, Top favorite authors! I struggled to make an honest list of five, and considered capping it off with Elaine Lee, but went with Isaac Asimov.
Who is Elaine Lee? She wrote the script for StarStruck, her aw--amazing graphic novel, illustrated by Michael Wm. Kaluta. Last year, it was updated by Elaine and Michael, and re-released by IDW in a thirteen issue comic book. I bought the books and will buy the collected edition when it is released (It better be!). I am about to become obsessed with StarStruck for the third time in my life. If you don't know StarStruck, this guy can explain it. It ought to be more popular; it ought to be the official graphic novel of Suicide Girls. After Halloween, there ought to be blogs of photos of Suicide Girls dressed up as Galatia 9 and Brucilla The Muscle. Not even fantasy is fair!
What has this done to me? I finished the Sword & Laser author list, stopped thinking about it, closed my laptop, slipped it into it's bag, and went downstairs to use the facilities (I'm writing this in one of my two favorite coffee shops). While downstairs, I bought a slice of pie (they have their own bakery), climbed back to the mezzanine, opened my laptop, and suddenly my brain cast the role of Star Struck's Galatia 9 in the movie that, as far as I know, no one is planning to make: It's Brie Larson, the way she looked in the role of Envy Adams in Scott Pilgrim. Look at Michael Kaluta's art; look at the photo of Elaine Lee playing the role in the original stage play; then look at Brie Larson's Envy Adams on stage singing Black Sheep -- perfect!
Ah . . . Sweet obsession.
I bought the Blu-ray, and with minor exceptions, watched everything on it twice, including all four commentaries. Yes, four commentaries, twice.
What has this done to me? About an hour ago I added my contribution to the Sword & Laser Group's thread, Top favorite authors! I struggled to make an honest list of five, and considered capping it off with Elaine Lee, but went with Isaac Asimov.
Who is Elaine Lee? She wrote the script for StarStruck, her aw--amazing graphic novel, illustrated by Michael Wm. Kaluta. Last year, it was updated by Elaine and Michael, and re-released by IDW in a thirteen issue comic book. I bought the books and will buy the collected edition when it is released (It better be!). I am about to become obsessed with StarStruck for the third time in my life. If you don't know StarStruck, this guy can explain it. It ought to be more popular; it ought to be the official graphic novel of Suicide Girls. After Halloween, there ought to be blogs of photos of Suicide Girls dressed up as Galatia 9 and Brucilla The Muscle. Not even fantasy is fair!
What has this done to me? I finished the Sword & Laser author list, stopped thinking about it, closed my laptop, slipped it into it's bag, and went downstairs to use the facilities (I'm writing this in one of my two favorite coffee shops). While downstairs, I bought a slice of pie (they have their own bakery), climbed back to the mezzanine, opened my laptop, and suddenly my brain cast the role of Star Struck's Galatia 9 in the movie that, as far as I know, no one is planning to make: It's Brie Larson, the way she looked in the role of Envy Adams in Scott Pilgrim. Look at Michael Kaluta's art; look at the photo of Elaine Lee playing the role in the original stage play; then look at Brie Larson's Envy Adams on stage singing Black Sheep -- perfect!
Ah . . . Sweet obsession.
I'm rereading Moby Dick for the first time since I was a teenager. One of my favorite lines is an aside, "(for immortality is but ubiquity in time)." It seems a notion Albert Einstein would have appreciated.
One of these days I'll figure out how to write an effective blog. I'm much more comfortable with fiction than with diarizing or opining.
My novel is finished. On Tuesday at two in the afternoon, I crossed off the last item from my list of things I wasn't satisfied with, then printed a few copies for friends who read earlier drafts. Unless they find some show-stopper errors, it's ready to send to Amazon's CreateSpace. I'll be self-publishing for now, or perhaps forever. A friend has taken up the challenge of finding a publisher and agent.
By Tuesday evening, I was shocked to realize I was actually suffering separation anxiety. I couldn't concentrate; I didn't even have the attention span to watch mindless TV, and I couldn't sleep. I ended up spending all night figuring out how to make an epub version of the manuscript.
This project isn't done. Since I'm self-publishing, I need do design a cover. That will be my project for next week. (The book layout is finished. The second-to-last draft was combined with making the book layout, and the last draft was combined with a read through of the layout PDF.)
The title is, Gladiator Girl. It's an alternate reality, action-sports, love story. It is and it isn't exactly what you would expect from that title. Oh, and the author is R. H. Watson. You haven't heard of me, yet (You can't do this without thinking positively.)
By Tuesday evening, I was shocked to realize I was actually suffering separation anxiety. I couldn't concentrate; I didn't even have the attention span to watch mindless TV, and I couldn't sleep. I ended up spending all night figuring out how to make an epub version of the manuscript.
This project isn't done. Since I'm self-publishing, I need do design a cover. That will be my project for next week. (The book layout is finished. The second-to-last draft was combined with making the book layout, and the last draft was combined with a read through of the layout PDF.)
The title is, Gladiator Girl. It's an alternate reality, action-sports, love story. It is and it isn't exactly what you would expect from that title. Oh, and the author is R. H. Watson. You haven't heard of me, yet (You can't do this without thinking positively.)
