I think Joss Whedon is a writing genius. If I were to rank my 15 favorite authors, only two screenwriters would crack the list: Rod Serling and Joss Whedon. Check out Whedon’s Top 10 Writing Tips, then take a peek at this list of 50 Joss Whedon quotes.
As for Rod Serling, “American Masters” aired a great documentary about him that I dug up on YouTube. Lots of good information here.
Couple of tidbits from around the ‘net:
Here’s a great collection of quotes about writing from Thought Catalog.
And an interesting piece in The New York Times about what happens inside the brain during the act of writing.
A few interesting tidbits from around the ‘net:
Check out this periodic table of storytelling. Mix and match your favorite movie, or use it to help plot your next story.
Wonder why old books have such a distinctive odor? I’m an unabashed book-sniffer, and I love the smell of used bookstores. Compound Interest breaks down the chemical processes at work.
Mental Floss has a great piece about authors who made cameos in films based on their work. A glaring omission is Charles Beaumont in Roger Corman’s The Intruder. Chuck wrote the novel (his only) and the screenplay, plus he played a crucial role in the film. Turns out not only could he write, he had acting chops as well.
Here’s the full movie, but Beaumont’s best bit starts at the 68-minute mark. Eagle-eyed genre viewers may also notice a young William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson in the audience shots alongside William Shatner.
We finish the Flashback tour with a wrap up at Reading Addiction Virtual Book Tours. My thanks to Cami and Michelle, who worked hard to put together the tour. They’re currently running a Memorial Day weekend sale, if any other authors out there want to use their services.
My great appreciation goes out to the individual blog hosts and hostesses who reviewed my book or interviewed me or let me hijack their blogs with a guest post. And thanks, most importantly, to those readers of this blog who’ve followed the tour, in whole or in part.
RythemPoets has a short review of Flashback up on their site. My thanks to Holly for reading the book and taking the time to write such a nice review.
Come back tomorrow for the final stop on the blog tour.
Today Flashback pops up at Texas Book Nook. My thanks to Bailey for hosting me on her site. The blog tour ends this weekend, but I have a couple more stops before then so stay tuned and check back tomorrow.
Check out this guest post I wrote about acorn novels, which is currently up at The Book Faery Reviews.
Come back tomorrow for the next stop in the tour.
Today Flashback is featured on A Life Through Books. Check back tomorrow to see where it’s featured next.
Click here to read an excerpt from Flashback, up at Laurie’s Thoughts & Reviews.
The tour rolls on through the rest of this week, so keep checking back.
Today brings another excerpt from Flashback. Well, same excerpt but on a different blog. Read it at Avid Book Collector, and check back tomorrow for the next stop on the blog tour.
