L.T. Getty's Blog, page 29

Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is to be made into a ballet. In Winnipeg. Next year.

Well, I know I’m going, but I don’t know if I can really say more than that at this point.

So I got my laptop back and I probably should have been emailing people all through this weekend – busy busy, I went to C4Lit Fest instead and played with the puppy. As much as you’ve probably heard wailing and gnashing of teeth over Winnipeg’s weather, a good thing my hometown has going for it is that it does love its arts, be it theatre or music or the written word.

Winnipeg is home to an International Writer’s Festival, a huge Comic Convention, and I’m meeting up with my publisher next mont...

I should have mentioned this earlier this week, but I just got a glowing review from a writer I’m friends with, author of TimeWarp Inc., Cotton E. Davis. He had some wonderful things to say about Tower of Obsidian, so if you’re curious, check out what he had to say. I’m very pleased with the reviews so far – and don’t get me wrong, I think I’m still a ways away from getting good at this, but I’m glad that the reviews I’ve seen so far indicate that the writing is at-par.

Why have I been so busy...

I can’t do this week’s Top Ten Tuesday from Broke and Bookish – I know I didn’t do last week’s, but I was kinda busy studying. As for this one – I generally don’t crush on a lot of guys in books. Don’t get me wrong, if it gets adapted into a movie, I will be the first one talking about the choice of actor (Ben Barnes as a 13 year old? It gets a pass because it’s Ben Barnes!), but, if I could play this one: it would probably be like, Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables, and that would be about i...

Fifty Shades of Kay

Sorry, couldn’t resist!

I probably shouldn’t be blogging because I’m bagged – I don’t know why, but ever since I’ve had strep (that was last month, heh) I just can’t seem to catch up on my rest, but here goes:

Book Tourhere is mostly done – it started off late, which was my fault; when things rain it pours for me, so I’ve been focused on Real Life stuff lately (and, it seems, making dumb mistakes). I just wanted to add that if you comment, I’m open to sending you an Amazon gift certificate or for another bookstore of...

Who likes images? Cause you’re getting a lot of ‘em.

And me and a bunch of the other Burst Authors are doing an all-day chat. I’ll be popping in periodically – I’m currently at work and on call tonight, so check this out:

A bunch of us will be chatting up fantasy and world-building, and there’ll be some giveaways – including my own novel – so if you have time and are interested, come check us out. We’re kind of a new thing, so there’s also This Website, which I’m hoping to put up a new article...

…the last thing I played was my Zumba Core on the Wii. I don’t want to count that!

Me: Hey guys, the zombies are coming… stop that merengue at once!

I think that would be… Oz from Oz: The Great and Powerful, Wreck-it-Ralph, and The Yellow Toad from Mario Wii. I haven’t been reading much in terms of fiction, I have a bunch of tests coming up. Yes, I am pushing thirty and I still am writing tests.

I can’t play this week’s Broke and Bookish game because the only books I have sitting unread are in my immediate to-read pile. Without too much information, basically life throws you curve balls when you least expect it, and it took me until last year to have extra spending money for books. I’m good now, but it’s not like I have That One Book sitting there, making me feel guilty. Even though I’m kind of addicted to bookstores in general, I read what I get and, I’m happy when people lend/give...

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Wow, I should really update this more often, heh. In my defense, a bunch of us are working on some chats and things, I’ll let you know when we get closer, I have some programming to work out in the meantime. And I know we’re three months in, but I used to give myself a reading challenge regarding LJ – since it’s Year of the Dragon, and my debut novel has dragons (sort of) in it, I’m planning on reading a novel with dragons in it at least once a month. I kno...