The Art of Adaptation
Welcome back to our dissection of Voyager and our game of guessing how the novel will become season three of the Starz show! Needless to say, this discussion is intended for people who have read the book, and don’t mind spoilers. Before we begin, I think we can finally clear up a little confusion: namely, […]
Read More Voyager: “Mock Two”Welcome to another installment of Adaptation Watch (AW), where we let you know what books are being adapted to film or TV next month. This AW brings us two new, but drastically different, films based on the best-selling novels: Nerve and The Light Between Oceans. Nerve, bumped up from its original release date to July […]
Read More The Adaptation Watch (What to read before it hits the screen)How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a Forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence Impoverished, in squalor Grow up to be a hero and a scholar? -Aaron Burr, “Hamilton” As you can see, I’ve solved the mystery, folks: James Fraser is actually Alexander […]
Read More Voyager Redux! “Mock One”VOYAGER CHAPTER BREAKDOWN: PART ONE: BATTLE, AND THE LOVES OF MEN: These short three chapters are only 4% of the book, and they include Claire’s memories of being home with the infant Brianna while missing Jamie, and the modern-day (1968) research of trying to find what happened to Jamie. But of course, we’ve already covered […]
Read More Voyager Cheat SheetLast month I had the pleasure of reading the novel Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal. (Review here.) This month I was overjoyed to interview J. Ryan about his New York Times Best Seller, which also has been awarded the Indies Choice Book of the Year Award – Adult Debut Winner by […]
Read More Interview with J. Ryan Stradal – author of Kitchens of the Great MidwestHello, Outlander peeps, and welcome to the first article in our discussion of Voyager (AKA: the one where the sex is back). I should probably start by stating the obvious: we’re going to be talking about the third book in the Outlander series quite extensively, so if you don’t want to know what happens… well, […]
Read More The World of Voyager, Article OneBut for the hours of the night, I was helpless; powerless to move as a dragonfly in amber. – Diana Gabaldon, “Dragonfly in Amber” Okay, people. It’s all going down. Right off the bat, the opening credits are announcing the introduction (or reintroduction) of some new names, and I’m seriously giddy. But first… Let’s stare […]
Read More Outlander 213: Dragonflies and Long GoodbyesChris and I had a blast being interviewed yesterday by Pilar Alessandra for her very popular writers’ podcast On the Page. If you want to hear us giggling and talking about everything from The BFG to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to Shadowhunters and Outlander, check it out! It’s episode 461: Novel to Screen: On the […]
Read More Our On the Page Interview is Up!A few months ago when Rebecca and I went over the adaptations coming out in 2016 for Novel2Screen I was overjoyed to see Roald Dahl’s The BFG on the list. I snatched it up and claimed, “Finders keepers,” faster than she could say, “You’ve got that one covered. I’m calling dips on Girl on a […]
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