Source: coventrytelegraph
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN AUTHOR FURIOUS OVER COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION
The author of vampire novel Let The Right One In has reacted with shock and anger at plans for a comic book based on his story.
John Ajvide Lindqvist’s book was adapted into a widely acclaimed, award-winning Swedish film in 2008. Hammer Films bought the rights and an American remake, called Let Me In and directed by Cloverfield’s Matt Reeves, will be released on October 1 this year.
Earlier this month, Hammer formed a partnership with Dark Horse Comics to create a series of graphic novels and comics from its film projects – a notable reversal of the trend whereby comics are being voraciously snapped up to be turned into films.
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Source: orbitbooks
TRUTH IN HISTORICAL FANTASY NOVELS
The other day a reader asked me, “How much of your historical novels are true? How much did you make up?”
It’s a complicated question, and it deserves a complicated answer! There is not one word of my historical fantasy novels that I know to be false.
That said, very often there are things we cannot know. We cannot know if anyone “really loved” anyone else, or what people’s personal spiritual experiences or beliefs were, or how they felt about their children or their families. We don’t know these things about the people in our lives that we know well! We may make informed guesses based on their behavior and their words, but we don’t truly know. We may say, “If he loved her he wouldn’t cheat on her all the time,” or “She spends a lot of time at church and she talks about it a lot, so obviously religion is very important to her,” but we don’t truly know. We just guess.
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Source: examiner
GABRIELLE FAUST ETERNAL VIGILANCE AUTHOR
Many great authors have hailed from Memphis including Eternal Vigilance author, Gabrielle Faust. Although born in Memphis, TN, she now resides in Austin, Texas. Ms. Faust is definitely a woman after my own heart because she is a vampire enthusiast and a huge Kyle Schmid fan! Ok, all of you who know me, also know that I can’t resist the chance to mention my favorite vampire actor any chance I get. So, read the interview below and find out how Ms.Faust became interested in vampires and what she had to say about Mr. Schmid.
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