“All my background is military,” singer, songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson, who died Sept. 28, said during my 2002 interview with him about playing an aging soldier turned-expatriate-writer based on author James Jones in the movie, “A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries.” He was in Champaign for Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival with Jones’ daughter, Kaylie, […]
Tor Books, in partnership with Literary Hub, presents Voyage Into Genre! Every other Wednesday, join host Drew Broussard for conversations with Tor authors discussing their new books, the future, and the future of genre. Oh, and maybe there’ll be some surprises along the way… I have said this before, and you will hear me say […]
SELLING SEXY: Victoria’s Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon , by Lauren Sherman and Chantal Fernandez Did you know that the modern brassiere is a Buckminster Fuller-level feat of soft engineering requiring some 30 to 40 separately sourced pieces, “including underwires and strap-adjusting sliders”? That’s one of many fun facts within the pages […]
“Screenwriter and director Nora Fingscheidt sat down with ScreenCraft to break down her process for adapting a memoir. Some books just seem impossible to bring to the silver screen. Whether the story outpaces current technology or it’s a sweeping memoir filled with interior thoughts, novels present unique challenges that often make screenwriters feel some books […]
