Out of Ambit
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What, no Burton?
Was watching the BBC program last night on the Arabian Nights, featuring Richard Grant. When they started dealing with the issue of translations, it surprised me a little that not a single word was said about Sir Richard Burton, though a fair amount of air time was spent on Edward William Lane, whose version of [...]
ScriptFrenzy 2011: “Dead and Breakfast”, pages 108-114
(back to pp 103-107) [scrippet] HARRY (to Joy) I forgot to call, earlier. JOY That’s okay… HARRY You forgot something, too. (hint, hint) She stares, uncomprehending. HARRY I don’t even get to die in a clean shirt! And Joy finally GETS IT. The pentagram BRIGHTENS and the HUM increases. Erickson and his Senior Tech are [...]
ScriptFrenzy 2011: “Dead and Breakfast”, pages 103-107
(Back to pp 96-102) INT. ERICKSON CLEAN ROOM -- DAY As the four ENTER. Doris, seeing Harry and Joy, hurries to them. Elizabeth moves out into the situation as if she runs it. She looks at the pentagram and nods in recognition. ELIZABETH I ‘Tis much as my court magician drew it. But when [...]
ScriptFrenzy 2011: “Dead and Breakfast”, pages 96-102
(back to pp 90-95) INT. ERICKSON COMPUTERS -- DAY Through the floor-to-ceiling glass walls, several cabs DRIVE PAST and out of sight. Then Joy and Elizabeth WALK IN through the front door, into the lobby (past the entry to a SECURITY ROOM) and up to the RECEPTION DESK. As they talk to the guards [...]
“Game Of Thrones” picked up for a second season
And after just one episode. As we say in this neck of the woods: Not Too Shabby. I haven’t seen the US numbers, but here are the UK ones: “A Sky Atlantic spokesperson has confirmed that the UK and Irish premiere of ‘Game of Thrones’ on Monday, April 18th brought in an average of 743,000 [...]
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30+ years in print, 50+ novels, assorted TV and movie work, the NYT Bestseller List a few times, blah blah blah. Also: the Young Wizards series, 1983-2010 and beyond.
That said, sometimes I want to talk about anything but writing. This is one place where that happens.
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