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October 17, 2012
July 17, 2012
Interview with Author Amy Dashwood!
Hello, everyone! Almost recovered from the awesomeness last Saturday? : )
I'm here today with budding authoress Amy Dashwood, who has recently published her debut novel, Only a Novel - which is an unassuming name for such an awesome novel. (Amy doesn't know this yet, but I got my copy in the mail yesterday and stayed up until - well, I won't tell you how late, but it was late! - reading her wonderful book! I'll most likely do a review sometime soon, too, so watch for that.)
Anyway, Amy graciously let me do an interview with her! I've been on pins and needles to see her answers to my questions and I hope you'll enjoy the interview as much as I did!
First, can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
Well, for starters, what I know about myself isn't really worth telling, but if you'll let me tell you what I imagine about myself… oh, very well. I'll stick to facts. If you insist. But I'll try to make the facts interesting.
I am… saved by the grace of Jesus Christ, homeschooled since kindergarten, the oldest of five children and a wearer of glasses. :P I absolutely love communication, whether it be through talking (ahem), writing or blogging—and I do all of those all the time! I wear socks almost year-round, I obsess over chocolate, and I like things that smell good. There, that's a little bit about myself. :D (Oh, and I use far too many smileys for my own good.)
Will you tell us a little bit about your book Only a Novel?
Elizabeth Markette has always led a quiet and privileged life under the guardianship of her wealthy grandmother. But when her grandmother dies and leaves twenty-one-year-old Elizabeth alone in the world and nearly penniless, she's forced to earn her own living for the first time in her life. Taking inspiration from her favorite British novels, she sets sail for England to seek a position as a governess. Before she can do that, however, she is (rather abruptly and overwhelmingly) befriended by a lonely and slightly eccentric young socialite, Lavinia Bancroft, who introduces her to the sparkling world of London society. Yet Elizabeth still feels the need to make her own way, though once she actually acquires a position, she begins to have doubts as to whether she's actually qualified. The children she's teaching don't seem to like her, the housemaid seems far too eager to be friends—who wants to be friends with a housemaid?—and the stable hand keeps interfering with the children. Elizabeth's one hope and consolation is that somehow, some way, Mr. Darcy will come riding out of the mists very soon indeed to save her from a life of respectable servitude. There's just one problem—where is he?
How'd you come up with the title of your book? Did you come up with it in the beginning, before you started writing, or after, when you were finished and knew exactly what your book was about? (It always takes me forever to decide names for my novels.... I'm notorious for having an untitled novel months after it's finished....)
Originally, my novel was supposed to be titled What Would Elizabeth Bennet Do? Thankfully, my family and close friends talked me out of that. :D I usually take forever to title things… in fact, I have an entry in my journal from December 2011 that expresses my frustration at not being able to find a perfect name for "the Elizabeth story". I hit on Only a Novel after realizing that my story mirrored Northanger Abbey more than Pride and Prejudice—that is, the heroine is much more like Catherine Morland than she is like Elizabeth Bennet. Slowly, she begins to realize that life doesn't always play out the way it does in books, and that a fairy-tale-perfect story is something that appears in only a novel. (Not to say that real life can't have a happily-ever-after, of course, but I'd better hush up now before I spoil the ending.)
When did you start writing and what was the very first thing you wrote?
I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I did before that. Just loafed, I suppose.
~P.G. Wodehouse
That quote, one of my favorites, is actually pretty true for me. My first work of fiction was an epic tale entitled "The Bobbsey Twins and the Blueberry Contest", written at the age of five :D for a school assignment. It incorporated all of my spelling and vocabulary words and recounted the adventures of—you guessed it—the Bobbsey Twins, as they picked blueberries for a contest. And celebrated Thanksgiving. In the same day. I don't think I was particularly knowledgeable about fruit seasons as a kindergartner.
Do you write in the same genre all the time, or different genres depending on your mood or what you feel like writing?
Different genres depending on mood and feel-like, definitely. :D Sometimes I feel dramatic and sometimes I'm silly and sometimes I'm in between, and I have stories going for all three moods.
Do you have any advice for writers, either novices or experienced?
Can I steal a quote to answer this? Ray Bradbury once said, "Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way." My advice to anyone is to write the story that you want to tell. Don't let it bother you if you think no one else will be interested. Just write it, for crying out loud. The people who like that sort of thing will find it the sort of thing they like, and the people who don't like that sort of thing… well, did you want their approval to begin with?
And the ultimate writerly question – what's your cure for writer's block?
Cure? There's a cure? TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS PHENOMENON.
Um, in a more serious vein, I don't actually have a cure. Sad, I know. I write when I can, and when I can't, I complain and slam my head into a pillow. And wait until the Inspiration Strikes Again.
Writing questions aside, what do you do in your free time?
You're going to be sorry you asked. :D I adore reading and I do it whenever I can. I spend waaaaay too much time on the computer, what with blogging and e-mailing lovely people and—surprise!—writing. I've recently been bitten with the sewing bug, and I also enjoy crocheting and knitting. Cooking is one of my favorite things to do, too, and cake decorating is the one way in which I can be artistic. I go to the library a little too frequently—ahem—and I love taking long walks and bike rides.
How long have you been homeschooled?
The technical answer to this is "since kindergarten," since that's when school is supposed to begin, but I think a more honest answer would be "all my life." My mom's been teaching me since day one. :D
(Because we all know it's virtually impossible to read one book at a time....) What books are you reading?
At the moment, I'm dabbling in… Opera for Dummies, Emily of New Moon, A Tale of Two Cities, The Redemption of Sarah Cain and Sewing and Collecting Vintage Fashions. Eclectic mix, no?
And you like period dramas! What are a few of your favorites?
A few? A FEW? I have to list only a few? Eowyn, how can you do this to me? Oh, all right, fine. Just understand that these aren't my only favorites… there are SO MANY more, but I'll spare you.
~Pride and Prejudice (1995)
~Emma (2009)
~Little Dorrit (2008)
~The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
~Wives and Daughters (1999)
Musicals! Do you have a favorite?
I do indeed! It's a really, really long one, an operetta of sorts really, based on a very long and classic book by Victor Hugo… you've probably never heard of it. Does the name Les Miserables ring any bells? ;)
Cake or brownies? (I love random questions....)
Cake, cake, 'eavenly cake.
I've read that Sir Percy and Mr. Knightley are both tied for first on your Top Ten Favorite Literary Heroes list! What is it about them that makes them tied on your list? Why don't you like one above the other? (I only put Sir Percy above Mr. Knightley on my list because he saved hundreds of innocent people from their deaths. You can be chivalrous [Knightley, heehee] without saving people, though, and that's what very nearly kept me from ranking one above the other and, instead, making them tied on my list, too! Ha, ha – my question paragraph might be longer than your answer....)
Asking which I like better (Sir Percy or Mr. Knightley) is like asking whether I prefer strawberries or corn muffins. They're so very different that it's practically impossible to compare them, and yet they share the very best attributes and that's why they're both my favorite. I admire Sir Percy's bravery, dauntlessness, and self-sacrifice—yet he's not quite so realistic, in my mind at least, as some other heroes. (Eeeesh, I'm dreading the slaughter I'm going to face from the Leaguettes after this.) Mr. Knightley, though not perhaps as amazing and awe-inspiring as Percy, is a true gentleman in every sense of the word. When and if I get married someday, I want to marry a man who's just like Mr. Knightley. (A guy who's just like Sir Percy would be great too, but face it, there aren't THAT many guys out there rescuing helpless aristos from the guillotine.) Does that make some sort of sense? Don't kill me, Janeites. Put down your swords, Leaguettes. Please.
Last question - in a nutshell, please tell us why exactly that you like writing. What inspired you to write?
As to why I like writing… well, "good question." (That's code for "Let me stall for time while I think of a good answer.") There are many, many reasons why I love writing, but the biggest one is probably that it's just plain fun. Sure, there's often blood-and-sweat-and-tears involved, but overall, it's one of the most enjoyable and rewarding things I do.
As to what inspired me to write, the answer is short, sweet and simple: books. I love reading, and from a very young age I was determined to write lots of books when I grew up so I would always have plenty of reading material. As Tori Morrison said, "If there is a book you truly want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."
Thank you so much for answering my questions!
Thank you so much for hosting me! This was amazing!
Miss Amy Dashwood is a daughter of the King of Kings, a homeschooled seventeen-year-old and a lover of books, period dramas, chocolate, long bike rides, babies, teacups, historical costumes and fiddle music. Only a Novel, her first full-length work of fiction, chronicles a year in the life of Elizabeth Markette, a young woman with a head full of books who takes on a job as a governess after the death of her grandmother. Only a Novel is available for purchase and you can find Amy at either of her two blogs, Yet Another Period Drama Blog and The Quest for Stories.
~Eowyn~
I'm here today with budding authoress Amy Dashwood, who has recently published her debut novel, Only a Novel - which is an unassuming name for such an awesome novel. (Amy doesn't know this yet, but I got my copy in the mail yesterday and stayed up until - well, I won't tell you how late, but it was late! - reading her wonderful book! I'll most likely do a review sometime soon, too, so watch for that.)
Anyway, Amy graciously let me do an interview with her! I've been on pins and needles to see her answers to my questions and I hope you'll enjoy the interview as much as I did!
First, can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
Well, for starters, what I know about myself isn't really worth telling, but if you'll let me tell you what I imagine about myself… oh, very well. I'll stick to facts. If you insist. But I'll try to make the facts interesting.
I am… saved by the grace of Jesus Christ, homeschooled since kindergarten, the oldest of five children and a wearer of glasses. :P I absolutely love communication, whether it be through talking (ahem), writing or blogging—and I do all of those all the time! I wear socks almost year-round, I obsess over chocolate, and I like things that smell good. There, that's a little bit about myself. :D (Oh, and I use far too many smileys for my own good.)
Will you tell us a little bit about your book Only a Novel?
Elizabeth Markette has always led a quiet and privileged life under the guardianship of her wealthy grandmother. But when her grandmother dies and leaves twenty-one-year-old Elizabeth alone in the world and nearly penniless, she's forced to earn her own living for the first time in her life. Taking inspiration from her favorite British novels, she sets sail for England to seek a position as a governess. Before she can do that, however, she is (rather abruptly and overwhelmingly) befriended by a lonely and slightly eccentric young socialite, Lavinia Bancroft, who introduces her to the sparkling world of London society. Yet Elizabeth still feels the need to make her own way, though once she actually acquires a position, she begins to have doubts as to whether she's actually qualified. The children she's teaching don't seem to like her, the housemaid seems far too eager to be friends—who wants to be friends with a housemaid?—and the stable hand keeps interfering with the children. Elizabeth's one hope and consolation is that somehow, some way, Mr. Darcy will come riding out of the mists very soon indeed to save her from a life of respectable servitude. There's just one problem—where is he?
How'd you come up with the title of your book? Did you come up with it in the beginning, before you started writing, or after, when you were finished and knew exactly what your book was about? (It always takes me forever to decide names for my novels.... I'm notorious for having an untitled novel months after it's finished....)
Originally, my novel was supposed to be titled What Would Elizabeth Bennet Do? Thankfully, my family and close friends talked me out of that. :D I usually take forever to title things… in fact, I have an entry in my journal from December 2011 that expresses my frustration at not being able to find a perfect name for "the Elizabeth story". I hit on Only a Novel after realizing that my story mirrored Northanger Abbey more than Pride and Prejudice—that is, the heroine is much more like Catherine Morland than she is like Elizabeth Bennet. Slowly, she begins to realize that life doesn't always play out the way it does in books, and that a fairy-tale-perfect story is something that appears in only a novel. (Not to say that real life can't have a happily-ever-after, of course, but I'd better hush up now before I spoil the ending.)
When did you start writing and what was the very first thing you wrote?
I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I did before that. Just loafed, I suppose.
~P.G. Wodehouse
That quote, one of my favorites, is actually pretty true for me. My first work of fiction was an epic tale entitled "The Bobbsey Twins and the Blueberry Contest", written at the age of five :D for a school assignment. It incorporated all of my spelling and vocabulary words and recounted the adventures of—you guessed it—the Bobbsey Twins, as they picked blueberries for a contest. And celebrated Thanksgiving. In the same day. I don't think I was particularly knowledgeable about fruit seasons as a kindergartner.
Do you write in the same genre all the time, or different genres depending on your mood or what you feel like writing?
Different genres depending on mood and feel-like, definitely. :D Sometimes I feel dramatic and sometimes I'm silly and sometimes I'm in between, and I have stories going for all three moods.
Do you have any advice for writers, either novices or experienced?
Can I steal a quote to answer this? Ray Bradbury once said, "Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way." My advice to anyone is to write the story that you want to tell. Don't let it bother you if you think no one else will be interested. Just write it, for crying out loud. The people who like that sort of thing will find it the sort of thing they like, and the people who don't like that sort of thing… well, did you want their approval to begin with?
And the ultimate writerly question – what's your cure for writer's block?
Cure? There's a cure? TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS PHENOMENON.
Um, in a more serious vein, I don't actually have a cure. Sad, I know. I write when I can, and when I can't, I complain and slam my head into a pillow. And wait until the Inspiration Strikes Again.
Writing questions aside, what do you do in your free time?
You're going to be sorry you asked. :D I adore reading and I do it whenever I can. I spend waaaaay too much time on the computer, what with blogging and e-mailing lovely people and—surprise!—writing. I've recently been bitten with the sewing bug, and I also enjoy crocheting and knitting. Cooking is one of my favorite things to do, too, and cake decorating is the one way in which I can be artistic. I go to the library a little too frequently—ahem—and I love taking long walks and bike rides.
How long have you been homeschooled?
The technical answer to this is "since kindergarten," since that's when school is supposed to begin, but I think a more honest answer would be "all my life." My mom's been teaching me since day one. :D
(Because we all know it's virtually impossible to read one book at a time....) What books are you reading?
At the moment, I'm dabbling in… Opera for Dummies, Emily of New Moon, A Tale of Two Cities, The Redemption of Sarah Cain and Sewing and Collecting Vintage Fashions. Eclectic mix, no?
And you like period dramas! What are a few of your favorites?
A few? A FEW? I have to list only a few? Eowyn, how can you do this to me? Oh, all right, fine. Just understand that these aren't my only favorites… there are SO MANY more, but I'll spare you.
~Pride and Prejudice (1995)
~Emma (2009)
~Little Dorrit (2008)
~The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
~Wives and Daughters (1999)
Musicals! Do you have a favorite?
I do indeed! It's a really, really long one, an operetta of sorts really, based on a very long and classic book by Victor Hugo… you've probably never heard of it. Does the name Les Miserables ring any bells? ;)
Cake or brownies? (I love random questions....)
Cake, cake, 'eavenly cake.
I've read that Sir Percy and Mr. Knightley are both tied for first on your Top Ten Favorite Literary Heroes list! What is it about them that makes them tied on your list? Why don't you like one above the other? (I only put Sir Percy above Mr. Knightley on my list because he saved hundreds of innocent people from their deaths. You can be chivalrous [Knightley, heehee] without saving people, though, and that's what very nearly kept me from ranking one above the other and, instead, making them tied on my list, too! Ha, ha – my question paragraph might be longer than your answer....)
Asking which I like better (Sir Percy or Mr. Knightley) is like asking whether I prefer strawberries or corn muffins. They're so very different that it's practically impossible to compare them, and yet they share the very best attributes and that's why they're both my favorite. I admire Sir Percy's bravery, dauntlessness, and self-sacrifice—yet he's not quite so realistic, in my mind at least, as some other heroes. (Eeeesh, I'm dreading the slaughter I'm going to face from the Leaguettes after this.) Mr. Knightley, though not perhaps as amazing and awe-inspiring as Percy, is a true gentleman in every sense of the word. When and if I get married someday, I want to marry a man who's just like Mr. Knightley. (A guy who's just like Sir Percy would be great too, but face it, there aren't THAT many guys out there rescuing helpless aristos from the guillotine.) Does that make some sort of sense? Don't kill me, Janeites. Put down your swords, Leaguettes. Please.
Last question - in a nutshell, please tell us why exactly that you like writing. What inspired you to write?
As to why I like writing… well, "good question." (That's code for "Let me stall for time while I think of a good answer.") There are many, many reasons why I love writing, but the biggest one is probably that it's just plain fun. Sure, there's often blood-and-sweat-and-tears involved, but overall, it's one of the most enjoyable and rewarding things I do.
As to what inspired me to write, the answer is short, sweet and simple: books. I love reading, and from a very young age I was determined to write lots of books when I grew up so I would always have plenty of reading material. As Tori Morrison said, "If there is a book you truly want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."
Thank you so much for answering my questions!
Thank you so much for hosting me! This was amazing!
Miss Amy Dashwood is a daughter of the King of Kings, a homeschooled seventeen-year-old and a lover of books, period dramas, chocolate, long bike rides, babies, teacups, historical costumes and fiddle music. Only a Novel, her first full-length work of fiction, chronicles a year in the life of Elizabeth Markette, a young woman with a head full of books who takes on a job as a governess after the death of her grandmother. Only a Novel is available for purchase and you can find Amy at either of her two blogs, Yet Another Period Drama Blog and The Quest for Stories.
~Eowyn~
July 14, 2012
Anthony Andrews in My Fair Lady!
Arwen and I just finished listening to the BBC radio broadcast of the second Proms, My Fair Lady, starring Anthony Andrews. *sigh* I've been waiting to listen to it for forever (well, since I found out about it on The Day-Dream, at least) and it finally came. Now I am happy. : )We actually had a busy morning before listening. Long story short, we all ended up going to that airsoft gun fight! I played and had a really fun time! Then Arwen and I came home early and we set up the speakers and everything. And then it started.
How was it, you ask? Well, I'll tell you. Simply breathtaking.
Warning: Please know that this post will be a completely fan-girly, gushing kind of post. There. You have been warned.
Anthony Andrews starred as Professor Henry Higgins. (Yes, I know that the term 'starred' is debatable – 'my fair lady' refers to Eliza Doolittle, yes, but I personally think that Anthony Andrews was the real star. Moving on.) He did a fantastic job! I was so excited when I remembered that he had the very first song – not long for me to wait! I don't know which of his songs were my favorite because he sang them all so amazingly well... I loved them all! He did such a good job playing Professor Higgins, which is a very hard character to do! (Arwen said that Higgins was kind of like Sir Percy – the foppish Sir Percy – in the way that he didn't care about anything or anyone. I agree and say that Anthony did a good job with it because he'd already played that kind of character in one of the best movies ever!) And he had such an amazing singing voice – I didn't think he'd be that good! I was pleasantly surprised! (Please put the tomatoes down! I'm a fellow Leaguette and AA fan!) Ooh, and then in the middle, after the annoying break to talk about the play (booooring...), they had a short blurb of Anthony talking about My Fair Lady. I looked at Arwen and was like, “It's him!!” And he even corrected his (one!) mistake very well! (Did anyone else catch it?) *sigh* He was so good.... Definitely something I'll listen to over and over and over!The other actors (which is anyone less awesome than Anthony) included Annalene Beechey as Eliza Doolittle (I didn't much care for her Cockney accent, but I think she had a beautiful singing voice after Eliza learned how to talk properly), James Fleet as Colonel Pickering (He only sang one song – 'You Did It!' - but I thought he was pretty decent!), Julian Ovenden as Freddy Eynsford-Hill (I absolutely loved his version of 'On the Street Where You Live'! And his 'sniggering' was really funny!), Alun Armstrong as Alfred Doolittle (Really good! I didn't think he'd be able to sing well, either, but he did really well!), and Jenny Galloway as Mrs. Pearce (She only sang one song, too. I was like, “It's Mrs. Thenardier! Not that I *cough* listen to that song, though....”).
The only thing I didn't like was the fact that it was just the audio. : P We didn't know what was going on! There'd be this long silence, then the audience would laugh, and I'd go, “What happened?!” Especially at the end, when Eliza comes back. Such a long pause! I wanted to see the facial emotions! Argh. We're waiting to see if any videos come out on YouTube... which shall be posted here posthaste.
Heehee.... Funny story. Halfway through, in the intermission, whoever was hosting it said, “If you're just joining us, we're live at the Royal Albert Hall with My Fair Lady.” Arwen was like, “Are you kidding me? Just joining you?!” I laughed and agreed. This was something to be anticipated and eagerly awaited!If you wanted to see what all the fuss was about and missed it, you can still listen to part one here and part two here. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did. (Keep in mind that they're only available for a limited time.... Listen soon!) Oh, and click here to see the program notes - including the whole libretto!
And for all you die-hard Anthony Andrews fans who say, “Well, duh! Of course I listened to it!” I'd like to know what you thought! Was it better than you thought? Worse, maybe? In a way, it was both for me – I loved it, but didn't like the fact that it was fully-staged (as opposed to semi-staged or whatever they said on the website) with sets and props and costumes and everything and I couldn't see it! Oh, well. Like I said before, this is definitely something I'll listen to again and again!
What about you guys?
~Eowyn~
PS: Notice the top picture? It's from the actual musical! See two more here.
July 8, 2012
The Random Post
I've been debating writing this post for a while. I don't necessarily like writing random posts because, as you all probably know by now, I tend to get a little long-winded. Ha! I'd love to do an entire post on each little thing happening, but I'm not that long-winded!
So. Here we go. The Random Blog Post. It's full of random things. I'll be skipping from one subject to another. (Don't say I didn't warn you....)
First off, I'm super excited about My Fair Lady at Proms 2012! Anthony Andrews as Professor Higgins!! That's enough to get me excited - listening to Sir Percy, uh, I mean Anthony Andrews' version of Professor Higgins, which has been greatly acclaimed... pictures, at least. (No sound or video clips... but it won't be like that for long!) Can't you just hear him singing, 'I've grown accustomed to her face....'? Can't wait!!!
And I just looked at the updated My Fair Lady page - guess who's also starring as Alfred Doolittle?! Alun Armstrong!! And Jenny Galloway as Mrs. Pearce! *happy sigh* My younger brother is having a friend over, but... I think I'll step out. : P
I just found a way to actually listen in - hope it'll work!!! If not, I shall be one very sad, very disappointed, and very cranky Anthony Andrews fan. : D
Second, heehee.... I don't think anyone at church last week knew I was a Jedi. Ha! *crickets* I guess I should explain.
I am not a Star Wars fan. Never have been, and probably never will be. There's just something a leeeetle weird about "The Force" to me.... Anyway, I just got a new phone (Woot! No Internet, though... I got it so I could text a little faster than I was using a flip phone.) and one of the first apps I downloaded was a lightsaber app. Please don't ask me what posessed me to get it - I don't know. (But just because I don't like the movie doesn't mean I can't like the special effects and music, right?)
Okay, so I've been letting my little brother play with it. And he loves it. He rode in the car for an hour and played with that app the whole time - just changing the colors and type of lightsaber the entire ride! That was two Saturdays ago. I thought I had a good idea going when I told him that he could play with it in church the next day. *sigh* Silly me.
He sat in my lap for the first part of service, then when the sermon started, I pulled my phone out, double-checked the volume to make sure it was on vibrate, and handed it to him. He gave me the hugest and sweetest little smile and then tapped on the hilt of the lightsaber. The laser-blade shot out... complete with the sound effect. AHHH!!! I could feel myself blush as I snatched my phone away and turned it off, then handed him his Bible. Argh. I knew I'd turned the sound off! Weirdness.... My other brother just kept staring at me and silently laughing. *frusterated sigh* After church, Arwen told me that the lightsaber shot out right as Dad turned on the laser pointer and pointed it at the screen. So it looked like the church's laser pointer was equipped with an awesome sound effect.... *facepalm* Thank goodness that our church is really small - only about eight families and seventy-ish people total. So I didn't embarass myself that much... well, not really. *facepalm again* Moving on to a less embarassing random topic....
We've started listening to Adventures in Odyssey again! We had a really nice Christian library where we lived before and they had all of the AiO albums. We listened to almost all of them, then couldn't when we moved two states away. Anyway, we decided to buy a few albums at a conference a few months ago and I've really enjoyed listening again. It's not very often that you get funny, suspenseful, Christian entertainment such as radio dramas or movies! I've been trying to keep tabs on good indie Christian films in development so that I can see them and actually feel good about something I watched in a theater. (I'd recommend October Baby and No Greater Love - two lesser-known indie films. And there's also the Sherwood Pictures films.... But I really enjoyed October Baby - maybe even more than Courageous? Scandalous, I know....) Anyway. My younger sister is auditioning for the AiO Get In The Show! contest and I'm really hoping she wins... and that has nothing to do with the fact that you get a lot of the albums if you're in the top twelve! : P
Some of you may or may not know, but I'm a hopeless TV show addict. Old TV shows, specifically. Hogan's Heroes, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Waltons... I love them all. I also recently discovered Growing Pains! It's really fun to see Kirk Cameron as a teenager. (And after reading Still Growing, I sort of had to watch the show because he talked about it a lot and got my curiosity aroused!) I don't know if I could recommend GP, by the way, because there are a few questionable subjects such as dating. The ones after Kirk became a Christian - Season Three and beyond - are better. You can really tell! (But, if you're looking for a really good TV show to watch, I'd totally recommend The Dick Van Dyke Show. Extremely clean and very funny. But, hey! It's Dick Van Dyke!!)
Ooh, and speaking of movies.... We watched Captain America for the first time a few days ago! I think Captain America is my favorite superhero, too! (Out of the half-half-dozen I've seen, anyway....) Heehee - we were watching it and I kept recognizing people. "Hey, look!! It's Mr. Thornton!! And that guy from Amazing Grace - the Duke of Kent!! And Elrond!! And that guy from the Kit movie!! And Mace Windu!!" But I totally lost it when Dominic Cooper appeared. The mustache threw me off, but when he said, "We are ready," I knew who it was. "It's Willougby!! DON'T TRUST HIM, STEVE!!!" I seriously had my doubts about him for the entire movie... but he was trustworthy. : D He was funny, too.
All in all, I really liked Captain America. My dad used the remote and bleeped out (most of) the language. (Donations to the ClearPlay/TV Guardian fund are welcome....) I really liked all of Steve's values, which were very different than most people's today. And that scene when he told Maggie that he was waiting for the right partner? *sigh* Me likes.
On my novel.... I haven't written since I finished my 50k words! I'm starting to go through withdrawl... I can hear Nikki and Alec calling me... weird, right? I'm going to work on it sometime soon - really soon. Maybe while my younger brother's friend is here.... I don't know. Anyway, excerpts are coming... just as soon as I can figure out how to do excerpts. Does anyone have any pointers on that? I just can't figure out what to put up here! Definitely not the whole thing - it's not nearly ready - but I don't want to do too little. Just how much, though?! : P
And my dress for the ball is very nearly started. Heehee. And the fourth part in my Les Miserables series is in the works! Do not fear - it shall come!!! Soon, too!!
If you've made it this far... you should be commended. Thanks for listening to all my ramblings. : D
~Eowyn~
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