If you thought watching 30 chick flicks was a challenge, try writing a book!
After drafting the beginnings of a manuscript, I learned what I had in fact written was another blog, and not a book. It turns out that there is a difference.
The former is to the point in a matter of (Web) pages. The latter is to the point in several hundred pages.
So, needless to say, I’ve started over and I am now learning how to write a book in the process.
With the end of the actual movie marathon, “30 Chick Flicks In 30 Days” has taken on a life of its own.
Further, with all the online stories, national television coverage, and international radio interviews many of you have asked…
“What’s next?” I have an answer.
First, though it has been suggested—and falsely reported as already being underway—there is currently no “30 Guy Flicks In 30 Days” challenge planned for us in the near future.
Second, there will continue to be stories written, and broadcast about our experience as long as radio stations, newspapers, and TV networks continue to request them. Read the rest of this entry »
Some of you have suggested on Twitter that a movie based upon a book should be able to stand on its own.
A person should be able to watch a motion picture without having first read the literature that inspired it. Likewise, a book should be free of a movie to define its existence.
With that said, I feel like I missed something from the beginning of “The Time Traveler’s Wife“. It’s as if I missed the first 30 minutes of this film, or another movie (a prequel) altogether. Read the rest of this entry »
According to Jami Bernard, film critic and author of Chick Flicks: A Movie Lover’s Guide to the Movies Women Love, “men…would rather choke on a beer pretzel than go to a Chick Flick.”
Okay—two questions: first, what does that say about me (a guy) wanting to watch not a chick flick, but 30 chick flicks? Second, who are these men?
I wouldn’t choke on anything to avoid watching a film. Read the rest of this entry »
