After optioning the filming rights to a New York Times profile of Owens by Andrew Revkin, Warner Bros. The script was inspired by the real-life story of Tim "Ripper" Owens, singer in a Judas Priest tribute band who was chosen to replace singer Rob Halford when he left the band. It tells the story of Chris "Izzy" Cole, a tribute band singer who ascended to the position of lead vocalist of his favorite band.
The past few years have taught me a lot about tightening up my critique and jumping blind into styles and genres I didn't feel comfortable editing before, and I'd love to dig into that.Rock Star is a 2001 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Herek from a script by John Stockwell and starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston.
Going forward, the goal is more free-form reviews at a schedule of more like "when I feel like it, but maybe twice a month" and some posts about the inside aspects of editing. I do miss the "this is why this works and what other bit doesn't" approach, but for some books it's just one thing that kept me riveted and the only thing I really want to talk about. With my old format, I felt compelled to hold things to the same length for each category in the interest of fairness unless the book was over four stars or barely scraping one, but I think it led to some clunky posts. The long reviews were draining me a little- sometimes I had great points for what worked that I really wanted to talk about and the shortcomings were a struggle, and sometimes the book was so awful that I had four easy paragraphs of issues and almost nothing nice to say. The break has really brought home what I do and don't miss. I bounce back from that every year, but this time a good distraction appeared- my existing editing work with Spencer Hill really stepped up, freelance clients popped up everywhere, and this blog took a backseat to writing detailed stuff for authors.īut book reviews have been calling my name recently after I had great luck with several books a in a row, two of my biggest projects are off with the almighty superheroes who do the layout work, and I'd like to see what I have time to write again these days. I've been poking back around on here and realized that I last posted almost a year and a half ago, right before NaNoWriMo took over my life for a little while. Very minor spoilers for the book, but nothing that you couldn't pick up from the movie trailer or from the cover copy of some of the movie tie-in editions (no specific events spoiled).īonus this time around: I'm seeing the movie this Friday and plan to do a short review of that this weekend as well. Read it if you're willing to put up with some slight slowness at the beginning- believe me, it pays off. Recommendation: This is amazing from start to finish. Now he has to survive on a planet inhospitable to life and hope that he can let anyone know that he's alive. Premise: Mark Watney was thrilled to be on the Ares Three mission to Mars.until the dust storm led his team to believe that he died there and they left him behind. Publication: originally in 2011 via Andy Weir's blog, now available in trade paperback from Broadway Books Length: A bit longer than average but uses space well (381 pages in trade paperback)
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