A Hollywoody person told me that I should break down my favorite teen movie scene by scene to figure out how it worked.
So I did.
Theoretically, this exercise was supposed to somehow help turn my books into a movie.
It didn't.
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No.
Nope. Try again.
No, though I do have super nostalgia for this song because I think Neil Diamond is kind of awesome and I once performed a patrotic dance routine to this anthem in a red spandex body suit and American flag cape when I was eleven years old.
That Lee Greenwood song from the FIRST Gulf War that just won't go away? (No link necessary.)
Nope, that's not the song I'm thinking of either.
The song I can't get out of my head is profane and hilarious and SHOULD NOT BE LISTENED TO BY ANYONE OFFENDED BY REPEATED F-BOMBING.
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I love our country for protecting the freedom of expression that makes such satire possible. Because it is satire...right...?
Hmmmm....If you take a quick look at all the user made videos, there are two opposing, nay DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSING interpretations of the meaning of this song, which, in turn, pretty much encapsulates the severity of our nation's ideological divide.
Oh my.
Happy Independence Day, everyone.
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Theoretically, this exercise was supposed to somehow help turn my books into a movie.
It didn't.
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Scene 73: Oh my...
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For so long, I've been scanning copies of pages, for so long
And the feeling that I feel for scanning is more than bad girl...
You get the idea.
My sympathies to all those summer interns and assistants out there whose days are filled with such dreary and monotonous office work. I was there once (this scene brings me back to my bottom-of-the-masthead magazine days) and I guess I still sort of am there since I serve as my own summer intern/assistant and was doing all that scanning for myself. (ZOMG my boss can be a total bitch when she doesn't get her Diet Coke and dark chocolate.)
I also mentioned the other day that I want to schedule events for the paperback release of Fourth Comings on September 9th. That evening, I got an email from a reader attending The College of New Jersey asking me if I'd be interested in coming to campus. I emailed back saying yes. Now I'm scheduled to speak there on October 7th. See how easy that was? Try it for yourself.
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Even if you already bought it in hardcover (thank you!), it might interest you to know that this version will contain an exclusive and diabolically cliff-hanging excerpt from Perfect Fifths.
(Oh, and if you happen to be affiliated with a bookstore and/or campus organization that organizes events, now would be a great time to start setting something up...)
]]>Kid finished pre-school
Looooong days playing Transformers
Until camp begins
Fourth Comings makes an appearance in Sex and the City: The Movie.
Allegedly, Fourth Comings is clearly seen on screen for a few seconds during a scene in a bookstore. I say "allegedly" because I haven't seen it myself because the only movies I ever get to see in the theaters are of the animated variety.
My very own mother saw SATC:TM on opening day and...MADE NO MENTION OF IT WHATSOEVER. So she was either a) so totally engrossed in the dramz that she couldn't take her eyes of the actresses long enough to notice such inconsequential details such as her only daughter's book appearing on screen for a few seconds during the #1 first-weekend -grossing R-rated comedy of all time or b) trying to keep me humble.
By the way, as far as I know, this is just a happy accident. My book is probably the only not-paid-for product placement in the entire movie.
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I'm not suggesting that this "method" be used by everyone. But it seems to work for me.
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