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10/8/07 11:06(1) The last book in the Twilight trilogy is out. I have it on request from the library, because I am curious to see what happens despite myself... and I didn't realize that it was 650 pages long. Heavens, woman, is J.K. Rowling giving you lessons? ( I spoiled myself at the bookstore: )
I have very little desire to read the rest, so I may just cancel my hold for one of the people who actually likes the books.
(2) In the wake of the scrotum controversy, I saw a fair number of comments that the author Very! Deliberately! put the word 'scrotum' on the first page just to be controversial. I was preparing the 2.5th draft of my YA thing to be printed out, and realized (after I had shrunken down the font and the margins) that I had both condoms and tampons on my first page.
Neither gets any screen time after the first page, as it happens; I had to establish my main character as a girl, and it helps that I could establish her as practical, prepared, and generally unsqueamish; and her mother just did what her mother would do (and I was glad for that bit of character development, because it's a novel uncomfortably devoid of adults). And so it goes, I guess, with most people who are allegedly just trying to stir up controversy.
(3) While my mind was on silly things like this--
A man had a seizure at the library, while I was working by myself. It was scary as all get-out and I handled it less well than I could have and at least I have read Jim MacDonald's disasteriffic/traumariffic posts on Making Light so that I had some clue. I kept my head cool enough to call the paramedics. The guy will be all right. I am all right--but very, very shaky.
I have very little desire to read the rest, so I may just cancel my hold for one of the people who actually likes the books.
(2) In the wake of the scrotum controversy, I saw a fair number of comments that the author Very! Deliberately! put the word 'scrotum' on the first page just to be controversial. I was preparing the 2.5th draft of my YA thing to be printed out, and realized (after I had shrunken down the font and the margins) that I had both condoms and tampons on my first page.
Neither gets any screen time after the first page, as it happens; I had to establish my main character as a girl, and it helps that I could establish her as practical, prepared, and generally unsqueamish; and her mother just did what her mother would do (and I was glad for that bit of character development, because it's a novel uncomfortably devoid of adults). And so it goes, I guess, with most people who are allegedly just trying to stir up controversy.
(3) While my mind was on silly things like this--
A man had a seizure at the library, while I was working by myself. It was scary as all get-out and I handled it less well than I could have and at least I have read Jim MacDonald's disasteriffic/traumariffic posts on Making Light so that I had some clue. I kept my head cool enough to call the paramedics. The guy will be all right. I am all right--but very, very shaky.