In addition to the May 17 release (finally!) of
Star Trek into Darkness, 2013 looks to be a good year for movies based on children's and YA books.
Coming up this year are:
Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Ender's GameThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugOther movies this year based on books/plays/classic tales include:
Bless Me, Ultima
Jack Ryan
Jack the Giant Slayer
Jurassic Park 3D
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Great Gatsby
World War Z
Much Ado About Nothing
Carrie
The Seventh Son
And based on comic books:
Iron Man 3
Man of Steel
The Wolverine
Thor: The Dark Worlds
Hi readergirlz,
Earlier this month I headed out to see Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
on tour promoting
Red Glove and
City of Fallen Angels at Third Place Books in Seattle. There was standing room only (see right), unless you wanted to pick your way through tightly packed knees and take the one seat deep in the middle, between the mom with the baby and the big pack of girls. I was eyeing it… but I chickened out.
A few highlights from Holly’s and Cassandra’s Q&A:
Advice for aspiring authors: Read outside your comfort zone; read a lot of nonfiction, because you’ll use it; write a lot; and find a critique partner who’ll tell you when your stuff is crazy.
For Shadow Hunter fans:
Cassandra has a new trilogy in the works!
Holly’s favorite part of being an author is meeting other authors, and “not having to pretend [she's] not staring at them in a creepy way.” Love that, Holly! Except tonight, I was the one staring at you in a creepy way.
Cassandra’s favorite part of being an author is getting to talk about her characters with people who know all their quirks and foibles, just like she does.
It was amazing to see these two ladies in action -- they're warm and totally down-to-earth, with wicked senses of humor. Don't miss them if they hit your town
on the tour.See you soon, girlz! --Stephanie
Our Seattle Host, Stephanie Guerra, teaches children’s literature, young adult fiction and a seminar in writing instruction at Seattle University. She also heads a volunteer creative writing program at King County Jail, and researches and speaks about literacy instruction for at-risk and incarcerated young adults. Stephanie lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband and children. Her debut young adult novel, TORN
, will be published by Marshall Cavendish in spring of 2012.
There's been a lot of hoopla over who will be cast as Jace in the upcoming Mortal Instruments film. ReelzChannel.com decided to get YOUR casting opinion, but not just for Jace.
Head on over to the Mortal Instruments Cast-O-Rama (click the image below) and vote for your favorite actor picks for Jace, Simon, Clary, and the rest. You can even embed the lists into your own website!
Alex Pettyfer in 'The Mortal Instruments' (Taking one step closer to Robert Pattinson/Taylor Lautner territory, the "I Am Number Four" star has been offered the lead in another hit YA-franchise heading to theaters. Meanwhile, "Pride and Prejudice... Read the rest of this post
My copy center, the only copy center that could scan 11" by 17" for a reasonable price, no longer has that scanner. And those that do, charge, like 30 bucks a scan. Um, I think not.
Looks like my new stuff is not going up on my site any time soon. Crap.
Is it worth investing in a new scanner for 1500 bucks? Crap.
Is it time to work solely at 8.5" by 11"? Crap.
This is not good. Because I have a lot of new stuff I want to show. Crap.
Another project, another obstacle. Why does everything have to be so damn difficult?
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I always have such a hard time trying to choose good actors and actresses for the roles. XD I had the same problem when they had this thing for The Hunger Games.
totally was blown away by the mortal instruments series... cant wait for the fourth book.., im a new blogger making reviews about books and other stuff here in the philippines... great blog u have here... hope you can link me up too dletterwork.blogspot.com thanks