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[rm]

- Tonight begins 5 days of working at night for the Germans. Neither Patty nor I is thrilled. The best case scenario is that I am done each evening by 2am.

- We are STILL sending out holiday cards.

- The Snape shoes are on sale, but not on sale enough.

- An apartment renovation continues on the floor below us, causing our apartment to smell like paint in the living room and kitchen at night. The building also got another ticket -- this time for no fire extinguishers.

- Hewitt sent me the "tell us what you're up to" form! This being Hewitt, suggested information includes the birth of children and recent vacations! I mentioned Revolutionary Road, my book, and Patty. Let's see what of that they actually use.

- Oscar noms! Saoirse Ronan!

- I tend to think my name is entirely unique. But then there is this.

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Re: ?

[rm.livejournal.com]

I haven't and I need to, considering I'm in the damn film and I like to be as informed as possible when arguing with people about the films Mendes always seems to choose.

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[keith418.livejournal.com]

I can't recommend his work highly enough. He seems to be the kind of writer who had more effect on other writers than on the public, but you can see his influence in things like AMC's Mad Men.

He's the kind of writer I often think of when people ask me what I am talking about when I refer to "alternatives to genre." At the same time, I was intrigued when I read that that consummate genre writer Max Allan Collins reported that Yates was one of his most important mentors and credited Yates with providing him with essential advice.

I would love to hear your thoughts about one of his books like Easter Parade - just because I see Yates as being the polar opposite of the kind of novels that you usually write about here. A Good School - probably the "lightest" of his novels is about a boarding school. Is it the opposite of the Harry Potter novels? What might you make of it?