by Mary | Apr 27, 2012 | THE SPARROW, The Sparrow movie
The Sparrow remains unfilmed, after 15 years of sustained effort by people passionate about getting a movie adaptation produced. What’s the problem? Here’s the conventional wisdom. There’s a big market for science fiction action movies, but despite...
by Mary | Jan 16, 2012 | A THREAD OF GRACE, Current events, DOC, THE SPARROW
I got email this morning from a reader who had just finished Doc and who was kind enough to take the time to tell me how he reacted to the book. “I have been a police officer in Wichita, KS for 24 years,” he wrote, “and know a little of the politics...
by Mary | Oct 7, 2011 | Children of God, The Cure For Anger, THE SPARROW
In Hollywood, sequels are nearly always cynical attempts to cash in on the popularity of a hit movie. Studio executives light a joss stick in front of vintage 007 poster and offer up prayers that they can turn one success into a profitable franchise. The business plan...
by Mary | Sep 13, 2011 | A THREAD OF GRACE, DOC, DREAMERS OF THE DAY, THE SPARROW, What I'm working on now.
“Shakespeare in Love” is one of my favorite movies. The screenplay is funny and clever and exciting and moving. The casting was perfect and the acting is grand. The costumes are almost distractingly gorgeous, especially when you watch in high def. Even the...
by Mary | Apr 5, 2011 | DOC, THE SPARROW
In her wonderful book on writing, Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott describes the undramatic way that a new book comes into the world. When her first book was published, she recalls, she expected her publisher to arrange for a Blue Angels fly-by over her house, or at least...
by Mary | Mar 6, 2011 | THE SPARROW
There’s a throw-away joke in The Sparrow when Jimmy Quinn tells Sofia Mendes, “I’m not wasting your time telling you funny stories. You have to know about stuff like this, or your program is going to claim it’s found intelligent life on Mars....
