I found a new market for a long essay I’ve been working on for quite some time now. It was originally intended for a Discovering Modern Horror edition that never materialized. After NECON, I was inspired to pick the three- or four-year-old essay up again, updated it and revise it. Thanks to some conversations I had about it at the conference, I now have an interesting new place to send it when I’m finished prettying it up.
I’m enjoying Ruth Rendell’s The Water’s Lovely. Though it’s a crime novel, the only death so far occurred over a decade earlier, and whether or not it was a suspicious death remains to be seen. It’s very character driven, and obsessed with the very small details of people’s lives. While the older sister has concerns about her younger sister’s past actions and their possible implications for the present, it is in fact the older sister who is a wreck.
The eviction took place by the numbers on Big Brother last night. It should be interesting to see how April and Libra make out in sequester house. I’ve toyed with the notion of a crime story set in a game show sequester house, something that happens out of sight of the cameras. The HoH contest looked brutal, with the contestants hanging from ropes and being slammed into a wall, albeit a padded one. I can’t imagine Jerry surviving that very long. My bets are on Memphis, but all it takes is a moment of inattention to get knocked off.
Howdy Bev,
Query;
Have you read The Road by Cormac McCarthy and if so did you do any write up on it here in lj land or on-line? I would love to read your views on said book.
I put up a link on my lj yesterday of an interview with McCarthy host by Oprah in a multi part web cast. Interesting man indeed.
Viggo Mortensen is cast as the father in the movie adaptation releashing in November this year. I do look forward to it and Robert Duvall has a part as well and I consider him one of the best actors of our time.
Cheers,
Tom
PS please forgive the typo’s
My review
thanks mate! I love a good Bool Hunt!
I hope you don’t mind if I share that link with my friends.
I enjoyed the review.
May I print it out and save it with my book? No problem with copyrights there eh?
No problem with sharing it or printing it.
Thanks mate.
Cheers!
Hey Bev. Somehow you’d dropped off my friends’ page. Re-adding you.