The Man Who Fell To Earth

Well, I was supposed to have been off for a week in January. Work, of course, conspired to knock that idea on the head. I was going to begin the long run to finishing this new (!) story and see where it all led at the end of it. At the back of my mind, I can see 4 books: three relating to the immediate tale and the fourth showing the history before the first book – if such a book was requested. The ending of the first book has barely changed in my head since I first began to put things together. However, part of the passage has changed, mainly because the hero’s journey was being neglected (by me, who else? lol) and his love life, too – rather like me there, as well! Ah, I’ll snap out of it soon, I’m sure...


But, while waiting and thinking of what to do next, I discovered the DVD of Quantum Of Solace lying around, hidden under a pile of socks n stuff. I’d only watched it once, so decided to let rip, grabbing a couple of bottles of Carling and a bag of crisps to help me through. Help wasn’t needed, as I rediscovered how great this new Bond was. He beats Jason Bourne to the top of the nearest skyscraper, no problem, and can get back down to the bottom again after killing half the cast, and technicians with them, too. Great stuff! Come on fellas – where’s the next one??? Aha, it’s almost nigh!

Been loving the Dickens movie show, as well. Of course, the scriptwriters moved a few things around, dramatising things in different ways. I understand that. But sometimes I just wish they’d follow the book. I do wonder if the reason for change sometimes lies more in a particular director being unable to capture the essence of certain passages, so creates something else to compensate. I’m probably wrong. As an aside, I know trilogies are a natural control form of narrative, but surely the Lord Of The Rings deserved more than three films – and I still can’t believe Tom Bombadil was left out. His appearance was one of the most important events in the story. But then again, the third film won a boatload of Oscars, none of which were for acting, so perhaps the first movie was a taster for what was to come. I enjoyed the three films immensely, but still feel we missed out somewhere. Rant over lol

Oh, and I’ve discovered that you can watch music videos while writing into a word document by resting the cursor over a minimised item. You know, I always feel like I’m reprising Bowie’s alien invader, what with tapping away on my laptop, a video playing on-screen, Skysports on update and the tv showing a film of some sort, and replying to the odd text and email. Life mimicing art! ;-)

By the end of February, I’ll have more concrete evidence that I’ll finish writing this story this side of Christmas 2012. I’ve promised I will, so I will. The road does end once you’ve started it. The event of the year... for me, anyway lol