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I am just after everyone's opinion.
I much prefer to watch a movie or series before reading the book. I find that a lot of the time I am let down by the viewing as I think they miss many parts (obviously as it has to be shortened).
I found reading the Game of Thrones series was much more exciting afte...
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I'm on my 4th Joe Ambercrombie novel - Best Served Cold. Rebecca Ferguson was attached to the movie version of this book for quite some time (which is why I picture her as the lead character) but I believe that project is currently in development hell.
Ambercrombie does something really well in his n...
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I will check this series out. Thank you
Fantastic book, everyone should read. Have you read it?
Hi, Heather Gill. I just looked up Unreasonable Hospitality. It sounds interesting. I added it to my read list. Thanks.
The Still Further Adventures of Jelly Bean
Third book in The Adventures of Jelly Bean series
Nightingale Books
182 pages
August 28, 2025
CAT Classification: Children’s/Teenage Fiction & True Stories
Reading Age: 8-12 years
This book c...
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Book Review by Books And More 1818
207 West End Avenue by Randie K. Berman
Samantha Ross is the first in her family to graduate from college.
She is a young female lawyer who resides in a modest apartment on the upper West End side of New York City. She works for a prestigious law firm, which undoubted...
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A Blessing, Not a Burden: My Parents’ Remarkable Holocaust Story and My Fight to Keep Their Legacy Alive
Dr. Alex Kor and Graham Honaker’s book, published in May of 2024, recounts the extraordinary lives of Eva Mozes and Mickey Kor, the authors’ parents. The book delves into the remarkable journey o...
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Hi - I am hosting an 8-week lab on writing your first book proposal -- fiction or non-fiction. Would love to see you there! Eileen https://www.stage32.com/education/products/write-your-book-proposal-in-8-weeks.
This past week I finished reading "The Instrumentalist" by Harriet Constable.
It's fantastic, and I highly recommend it. It's the best novel I've read in years!
It's based on the true story of an orphan girl (child of a teenage prostitute left at an orphanage) who became a master violinist in the 1700s.
SUPER recommend this!
I am curious exactly how important are books to your life. I ask as the founder of an internationally acclaimed library. Books have been an important part of my life since childhood.
How do books influence your work? Two of the characters in an animated series which I am currently developing are nam...
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I admit I haven't visited a library in over a decade. It's been hard to concentrate on reading a book when I've been focused on writing them and publishing them. But I'm done with that. My final, 20th book, which I produced in the past year has opened my brain to concentrate on screenwriting, to whi...
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I just read both "the dogman" : https://www.amazon.com/dogman-alpha-Book-Part-Immolation-ebook/dp/B0FLY9... After that, I read "the alpha" by Darren Stephens bought from Amazon.com - https://www.amazon.com/alpha-Book-Part-Nine-Immolation/dp/1917526563
The Alpha is not just a tale of werewolf-costumed...
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I just finished "Kill The Dog" by Paul Guyot. It really changed my perspective on writing and formatting rules that have been fairly defined. I had previously followed Chris Vogler's "The Writer's Journey" for years after seeing him at lunch time lecture when I worked at Disney Feature Animation. I...
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Charles Chas Green Agreed, mate. I loved in GOT when Catelyn Stark was standing in Bran's room after he was thrown out of the window and she is looking at Jon Snow. I remember thinking about the look...
Expand commentCharles Chas Green Agreed, mate. I loved in GOT when Catelyn Stark was standing in Bran's room after he was thrown out of the window and she is looking at Jon Snow. I remember thinking about the look she described in the book as to the look on TV and I thought, Oh that's what that look was, I thought she was just a bitch. The way she explained the not wanting to love him because of the thought of Ned cheating, totally worth the wait.
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Yes , books will always tell us more, they have that length and breadth to delve into the psychological and emotional justification for why characters do what they do. Its only very clever and good sc...
Expand commentYes , books will always tell us more, they have that length and breadth to delve into the psychological and emotional justification for why characters do what they do. Its only very clever and good screen writing which then married to masterclass acting , where an actor can give us rich emotional complexity because of the sub text they have thought about and are providing through their characterisation. The hard part of course is getting all of those themes, ideas, characters needs/wants/ obstacles /triumphs in a two hour period = Film or Movie. And that's the Directors job! Lol
Mick Eggins I suggest checking out "Turn & Burn: The Scriptwriter's Guide to Writing Better Screenplays Faster" by Stage 32 member CJ Walley. www.amazon.com/Turn-Burn-Scriptwriters-Writing-Screenplays...
Expand commentMick Eggins I suggest checking out "Turn & Burn: The Scriptwriter's Guide to Writing Better Screenplays Faster" by Stage 32 member CJ Walley. www.amazon.com/Turn-Burn-Scriptwriters-Writing-Screenplays/dp/1910515973
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Maurice Vaughan I will get on that, thanks Maurice, you are a legend of Stage 32
You're welcome, Mick Eggins. Thanks.