Okay, so this morning I woke up to find my friends had created a music video for Thaw by Converge. It’s excellent.
It’s basically a breakdown of our deepest fears; masked men, homoerotic dancing and healthy food.
Jamie Norquoy
So today I got a pleasant surprise, from “USAWeekend” Who recently interviewed Stephen King.
Among his comments were the following:
Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.”
He also mentioned that J.K Rowling read his books when he was younger, coincidence? Who knows.
in the case of Stephenie Meyer, it’s very clear that she’s writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books. It’s exciting and it’s thrilling and it’s not particularly threatening because they’re not overtly sexual. A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed in things like the vampire will touch her forearm or run a hand over skin, and she just flushes all hot and cold. And for girls, that’s a shorthand for all the feelings that they’re not ready to deal with yet.”
It’s official, if you like twilight you are immature and unable to deal with puberty.
“Somebody who’s a terrific writer who’s been very, very successful is Jodi Picoult.
Hahah, I’m sure my girlfriend will be happy to hear that. She reads her stuff obsessively.
These articles have fully made my day.
