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In my recent blog post I talk about how all you need to do to sell a book, movie, television show now days is to make it about vampires. And how new media is twisting the vampire myth giving it a whole new look and new rules.With Twilightmania hitting popular culture hard it seems like everything has gone blood thirsty. You have shows like Moonlight (canceled), True Blood, and the new show coming out…See More

I was watching The Talented Mr. Ripley last night and thinking about how while a great book it made for a mediocre film. Possibly because they changed it so much.So Ok people so what films do you think rank up there as the BEST and WORST book adaptations?BestThe Pianist- just like the bookThe Outsiders- not badDune (the mini series)- if it wasnt for the movie I think the book wouldn't have made sense. Stay away from the 80s film with Sting though- unless you're high.WorstAtonement- they…See More

In my latest blog post I wrote about dreams. And I mention that I rarely ever base any of my writing on my dreams because it just doesn't work for me. But as I was writing it I started to wonder if other people find inspiration there. Do any of you find yourself writing about your dreams?

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I was wondering where people were planning on traveling to in the near future.This July. I am going back to Prague, where I used to go to school, to show my parents around since they have never been. Then from there I am going on a river cruise to Austria, Hungry, and Germany. I am usually not a fan of cruises (had some bad experiences), nor being stuck on a boat with my parents but I get my own room and there are stops every day which is good cause I always HATE those days where you are just…See More