You remember it, right? Sure. You must. SUPERMAN LIVES, written by Kevin Smith, directed by Tim Burton, and starring Nic Cage.
Vladimir Nabokov on Literature and Life: A Rare 1969 BBC Interview
You do know who Nabokov is, right?
Guy who wrote Lolita?
Lolita, yeah. And a bunch of other stuff that now would be categorized as “literary fiction” but back in the day was just “fiction.”
Fundamentals of Fiction
One of the web’s most thoughtful writers writes about fiction on her way cool Wordstrumpet.Com blog:
by Charlotte Rains Dixon (Wordstrumpet.Com)
Novel writing is much on my mind these days. If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you know that my debut novel, Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior, is due out February 12. Not only that, but next week I’ll be in Nashville to talk to a local writer’s group and give a workshop about Scene and Structure in fiction. And, to top it all off, I will be once again offering my teleclass, Get Your Novel Written Now, in March (though early-bird registration is open).
So, yeah, novel writing is on my mind, big time. And as I proof the final copy for Emma Jean, as well as continue to work on my next novel, I’m reminded of what it takes to actually write a novel. Which, let it be known, is a lot. Even though its about the most fun you can have, ever, it is a lot. But the actual writing of every novel has a starting point.
LB on Dennis O’Neil, Comic Books and Romance
Unhappily for me, I don’t know Denny O’Neil, editor and writer of many of my favorite Marvel and DC comics characters, including Spider-Man and Batman. Many people, however, think we must be buddies because we’ve worked on the same projects, know many of the same people, and love and write about some very outre things.
But we’ve never worked on those projects, hung with those people, or loved and written about those outre things together. I did once get a letter from Denny, back when he was an Editor of The Amazing Spider-Man. It was a personal reply to a letter I’d sent to Marvel praising a particular ish (as Stan Lee had trained us fanboys to call them), and Denny’s response was astonishingly honest: He disagreed with me. Said he hadn’t liked the story at all. (And I think he may even have written it.)
So I, of course, have loved the guy from afar ever since.
Our 2 Favorite Space-Time Travelers – Together!
Well, for one brief, shining moment anyway:
Yeppers, it’s DOCTOR WHO’s Doctor and NOT INSPECTOR SPACETIME’s Not Inspector Spacetime, making each other’s acquaintance at last.