Sunday, November 28th 2010

I don't know really what to write now. I'm watching the movie "Some Kind of Wonderful" which I haven't seen in a while. The red-headed guy, Eric Stoltz, actually turned out to be a pretty handsome guy. The girls in that movie look the same, as does Elias Koteas (everyone mistakes him for Chris Meloni from Law and Order SVU).

I want to get started on my book of erotica that I want to get published, but I suppose I could simply make it into a zine. It has been so long since I have done one, but I don't really think I have the funds to use a self-publisher. In the long run, I would only have enough money to publish one book.

I should write down some ideas for new stories. I might do a sapphic story, since I have never done one.

It's just really difficult to write about sex when you don't really have a sex drive to speak of. I have said that a million times, but it's a burden that I have to deal with and it's really annoying. It's been getting harder and harder (no pun intended) for me to remember what I wanted to write down because of these stupid medications that I am on, but that mess is a story for another time.

I have been getting into Charles Dickens a lot lately. My sister was heavily into him back in the day, according to one of my history teachers. He also have her an old collection of Jane Austen's books.

I think about how many books I myself have read I have read in my lifetime. I think I might spend some time on Good Reads to see what books my mom could get me (she works at one of the county libraries).

Sometimes I think I should read more "sagas", like The Vampire Diaries by Anne Rice. I haven't read any sci-fi either, even though I have been given the titles of many that I should read. I am not sure why but I never could get into sci-fi. I've always been so drawn to classic literature my whole life that it is hard for me to pry myself away from it.

Can anyone recommend some good sci-fi books (besides Phillip K. Dick I believe his name is)?

Fluff

Light reading

Some books are inspirational. Others are intellectually stimulating or emotionally comforting. Then there are those juicy, mindless reads that are only good for a plane ride or the beach. Which books or authors fall under this last category?Submitted By fixnwrtr

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The first books that always come to mind are the "Chic Lit" genre. While there is some pretty hilarious and well-written chic lit, it always counts as "fluff" for me. So does the Twilight series. I am too much of an Anne Rice fan to ever put that series before her. I'm sure Stephanie Meyer is a great writer, I am fine with giving credit where credit is due, but you really have to be something special to write vampires the way that Anne Rice did. Twilight is more of a soap opera, so it's perfect for the crowd who is into that whole "romance novel" scene.

Another is the "UK Chic Lit" genre. Bridget Jones, Jemima J., and the like. The UK wit is something that I gravitate more towards than my own Western, American wit. It is much less likely that you will find a UK writer whom is as content to wallow in their own ignorance as those you come in contact with across the pond. Add to the fact that they put much bigger emphasis on being polite and civilized in their day to day life, it seems to give them much more creativity when they sit down to write a novel script. All that repression can do your imagination good, I suppose.