Confessions of a Pagan Nun

Finished "Confessions of a Pagan Nun" by Kate Horsley. A small book, this one drew me in with the title, and was an interesting, relatively quick read that delved into Catholicism's inroads in pagan society at the time of St. Patrick. Well-written with some unconventional turns of phrase that painted a colorful story throughout.

Devil in the White City - reading

Finished "Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson. Thanks to Leap Year, I got an extra day and finished a second book in February.

This is one that Jess picked up and read first, recommending it to me. Then I heard there was going to be a movie made with Leonardo DiCaprio. Alright, I'll read it.

It's a good book, and very descriptive of the World's Fair. I expected a little more intertwining of the two story threads and was a little disappointed by how that played out, but each story was interesting in its own right. It was a little like reading two books at once.

I look forward to the movie!

Do the Work - reading

Finished "Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way" by Steven Pressfield. Someone on one of the many Facebook groups I'm on recommended it, and I was in need of something to read, so I figured, "why not?"

This is less a book and more a glorified blog post, with a lot of white space and big fonts. The content was okay, but not worth the price of admission, in my opinion. I read it in an evening. Compared to "Rebel Without a Crew," this fell short for me. Your mileage may vary.

Rebel Without a Crew - reading

Finished "Rebel Without A Crew" by Robert Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriguez has a pretty incredible story about making his first film, El Mariachi, which I still haven't seen in any form (yet). The book itself, though heavily redundant in places, was a pretty easy read, and was inspiring to me. I might have to read it again if it helps get me off my butt!

In the Blink of an Eye - reading

Finished "In the Blink of an Eye" by Walter Murch. This was the second edition of a book about film editing, though really it's more about the history and earlier days and technology of editing, simply because it hasn't been updated. There are a couple interesting tidbits in here for the aspiring editor, but much of the talk of technology and speculation of the future are lost now that we've advanced another decade and a half.

That said, the guy's still a far better editor than I am.

One of the things that drew me to this book was the title. I had co-written an IFGS game once named "In the Blink of an Eye." That game and this book of course had nothing in common. I didn't see a single mention in the book of a seven-headed cryo-pyro-were-blink hydra.

December Reading

It's been pretty slow lately for reading for me. I did finish the book of a friend of mine, titled "The Days of Wine and Chaos." I can't wait to talk with him about it. I also finished Generation Exodus, the book I wrote for National Novel Writing Month in 2015. I only found a dozen typos and one small formatting problem, which I fixed and re-uploaded to CreateSpace.

The Acknowledgements for Generation Exodus amuse me: "Alf, Thomas A. Anderson, Jessica, Arthur Dent, Gwen DiMarco, Dr. Durand Durand, Colette Ferro, Gizmo, Rebecca Jorden, James T. Kirk, David Levinson, Dave Lister, Ian Malcom (did I already mention him?), Marvin, Jason Nesmith, Jean-Luc Picard, Roger Rabbit, Arnold Rimmer, T-800, Eddie Valiant, and Yoda." Jessica is my partner in crime/life. Roger Rabbit and Eddie Valiant are our kitties. The rest are fictional characters. (Do you know them all?)

Now I'm on to find the next book to read.

October Films

In the month of October, as part of No Zombies Productions, we did two short films. The first, The Courtship of Eddie, won for Best Use of Line of Dialogue. The second was for our horror practice. Here are links to the films:

The Courtship of Eddie

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