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Avatar: It ain’t people running around in alien suits

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I watched Avatar for the first time (the blue people one, not the last airbender one) with the family. Normally I don’t let the kids watch PG-13, but this was a special occasion. My son in particular has been bugging me to get it from Netflix–in fact, he watched it again this morning, and will probably watch it again before it’s gone–but I think we all ended up loving it just as much as he did. I was pleasantly surprised to find it was actually a good movie. I’d expected it to be a cookie-cutter special-effects blockbuster with a superficial “save the planet” message. What I found out, though, was a great story supported by heartfelt, emotional performances–with the added bonus of the OMG OUT OF THIS WORLD FANTASTIC special effects. Did I say OMG?

The Na’vi were so realistic that it gave me the hope that my work-no-longer-in-progress could someday be made into a believable movie. The last thing I’d want for a movie made out of my book is a bunch of people running around in lizard suits. Is that so much to ask?

Scattered bullets

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It’s a beautiful morning, though a cold front will be coming in this afternoon, plunging us back below freezing after a day’s reprieve during which the kids played barefoot in the dirt. So let’s see…what else is going on in Blossomland…

  • Maggie gets her cast off Wednesday. I imagine they’ll x-ray her first, but I don’t see any reason they’d leave it on. She’s felt no pain for a week, at least. She will have to wear the cast for her school Christmas program tomorrow. I’ll probably buy a red sock to cover the bright pink, or else I’ll buy her a pink Christmas dress to match.
  • I finished up my final project for Eternal Press last night and sent it off to my managing editor. I’m absolutely certain the decision to leave is the right one for me at this time. I’ll let you know when this vampire erotic fantasy is released in February.
  • That post I did about being blocked by a  friend? Well just a day or two after, one of my best friends from college reconnected with me on Facebook and salved my soul. He’s a world traveler and drifts in and out of my life every few years. I’m pretty easy to find, as I have never lived outside of Central Oklahoma.
  • Can’t wait to see Avatar! But how come aliens are always shaped like us? Even down to the women having breasts? I’m sure it’s a choice between realistic speculative world-building and concessions to characters a human can identify with. You know, because if a creature has boobs our brains supply woman seamlessly, and then they can focus on other aspects of a story. But still, it bugs me.
  • So far I haven’t had anybody tell me I should be linking to them, so maybe those people don’t read me anymore. Thanks to those of you who checked your links.
  • I will be making bourbon balls this year, and some other goodies for our Christmas night gathering, only I’ll have white, milk AND dark chocolate coating on the bourbon balls, and maybe even actual bourbon if I can talk the hubs into going to the liquor store. Maybe he could also buy a bottle of wine

I feel like there’s so much more I could be talking about, but I’m scattered. Anything you’d like to hear more about? Wanna tell me what you’ve got going on?

Thanks, first readers!

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The feedback I received on the long synopsis may be the best ever. Many of the reader’s comments overlapped, giving me specific areas to focus on, and I have every intention of emailing this tomorrow, just like I’d planned. So raise your glass, or mug, or whatever, and join me in toasting Sarah, Matthew, Vanessa, Dane, Ian and Tony for a job well done. Kristy had offered to help, but life got in the way (this is me officially letting her off the hook). She still gets the brownie points, because it means a lot that she was interested in the first place. So to all my critters, thank you so much! If this thing lands me a deal, you will have had a direct hand in getting me there.

On a technical note, did you know you can register on my website? I didn’t either, until I did some snooping around my WordPress dashboard. If you have an avatar which shows up on every other site but this one, registering as a user might fix it. I’m not sure how it works, so if anybody tries it out, could you tell me about your experience? The link is in the upper right-hand corner of the header.