Money for nothing and words for free

Because I...enjoy public humiliation? No, that's not right. Need motivation? Maybe that's it. Anyway, for whatever reason, I've joined the Clarion West write-a-thon this year.



I'm not sure exactly how this works. I write words and you donate money to other people? It seems odd, but whatever. I'm told it's for a good cause.

Kino-running: because it is bitter, and because it is my heart

Snow White and the Huntsman was a very pretty mess, as I was expecting, and so very full of potential that the script just wasn't up to fulfilling. But aside from the movie I would have liked to have seen, my main problem with the movie I did see could have been fixed simply by making Snow older when she was first locked up. Perhaps with a montage that included her riding horses and hiking, so that her amazingly daring escape would have strained my incredulity just a teeny bit less. And maybe being a bit less hamfisted with the king-is-the-land motif, especially with regards to the Legendesque bit in the woods.

But Charlize Theron and the Florence + the Machine song were completely worth the price of admission. And I need to write an Evil Queen story.