I’ve been reminded more and more recently of how social media not only keeps us connected but also escalates friendships in a way that would not happen without social media. There used to be a time when we had to write letters to stay connected. There was a beauty to long form communication; a certain elegance and respect to the way we spoke to one another. The new world order of hashtags and tweets strips us of much of that elegance for brute and obvious communication. If we reduce everything to in your face arguments we lose much of what makes are language beautiful.
Some Thoughts:
- There are a significant amount of people that watch Hallmark films and dream of having Hallmark moments. All of this points to one very clear fact: I am a cynical sonofabitch.
- I think I want to write a 39 Clues book. I’ve never written YA and the mere admission of the desire is likely to get me laughed at (not because it is a bad genre, but because switching genres is unbelievably hard). That being said, I want to write a story for my kids.
- BlackBox is going to miss the boat. They are trying too hard to sell this lead as a sexual creature but are at the same time labeling her sexuality as a result of being off her meds. That isn’t the framework of a hit drama.