Good News Friday

[handful_ofdust]

First off, in this amazing Book Smugglers entry, I get on somebody's Christmas recommendations list. Since there's only two other entries, that's particularly chuffing...oh, and I guess and the review's pretty good as well, what with comparing my writing to opium and aphrodisiacs, and all.;) Find it here (http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/12/smugglivus-2010-guest-blogger-harry-of-temple-library-reviews.html).

In other news, I've also been nominated for a DarkScribe Black Quill award in the Small Press Chill category, here (http://www.darkscribemagazine.com/4th-annual-bqa-nominees/2010/12/2/and-the-nominees-are.html). Note fellow CZPer and generally great-ass writer P.G. Tremblay being similarly represented, in the collection category! We publish good book, people.

Otherwise, I'm still blazing my way through Avatar: The Last Airbender (I'm now on Disc One of Fire), and feeling...okay, if not spectacular. Sort of sweaty and odd, but blessedly awake, even after getting up at 5:00 A.M. because my back was hurting. I've done a bunch of chores and am still making lists. Picked up The Velvet Vampire yesterday. Oh, and I'm feeling a bit bad about having apparently "made" various people see Centurion, especially after their reviews proved so negative, but eh (shrugs): To each their own. It's always possible I see things in stuff that other people don't see, and vice versa--for example, I really do not think the undercurrent of the film is "oh noes, the poor Romans, getting fucked over by those lousy Picts [just because they fucked them over first]! Those blue-painted meanies!" Still--can't prove it one way or the other, unless we call up Neil Marshall...and as I recall, in this SJ-jargon-inflected world, authorial intent does't matter anyhow, so maybe even that wouldn't necessarily help.;))

Now it's off to Flickr, to upload some new Cal photos. And man, now that Rope's in bed, I absolutely do need to start updating Music at Midnight again; May's on its way, after all. Like everything.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Don't feel bad about making *me* see Centurion (I haven't posted about it, but I did mention in passing in my discussion of Iron Man 2 that I hadn't liked it). I was glad for the chance, and it was interesting for me cinematographically, because I saw it with my brother-in-law, who's in media, and he was able to explain to me about the technique they used when filming the battle scenes (which I thought was pretty cool and was then able to see a little of in, frex, Iron Man 2. Not all tastes mesh; I've liked most things you've recommended a whole lot.

whoops, oh, and

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

--LOL, such a self-centered response on my part. Sorry about that. I completely neglected to congratulate you on your nomination.

Congratulations!

[kmarkhoover.livejournal.com]

congrats on the nomination!

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the nomination!

On the rest... I actually don't think authorial intent matters much, tbh. Readers/viewers get what they get out of stuff, and I don't think they ought to change their minds just because the creator meant something else by it.

[sovay]

I've also been nominated for a DarkScribe Black Quill award in the Small Press Chill category

That's cool!