Tag Archives: Superman

Memento Momento

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Tonette Joyce

The topic this week is: Would we like to be asked to do the novelization of a movie, or why not? If so, what movie. Many movies are based on stories, novels or based on plays, but quite a few … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, Books, characters, imagination, Miscellaneous, movies, novels, reading, short stories, Tonette Joyce, What if, writing | Tagged Allyn Kirk, books-to-movies, Christopher Reeve, Forrest Gump, Glenn Ford, Memento:movie, movies, Noel Neill, Phyllis Thaxter, Ratatouille, Robert Ben Garant, Screenplays, Stories to movies, Superman, The Incredibles, The Sixth Sense, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Usual Suspects, Thomas Lennon, Writing Movies for Fun and Profit | 4 Comments

Sharing Books & Stories

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Jeff Salter

By Jeff Salter As sometimes happens, my take on this 4F1H weekly topic may veer a bit. In discussing books (and stories) I’ve shared with friends or family, I’m not taking the “share” part too literally. In other words, with … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, Books, childhood, favorite books | Tagged All Creatures Great and Small, Anna and the King of Siam, authors, Band of Brothers, Batman, books, Bugs Bunny, characters, comic books, Dean Martin, Deliverance, Donald Duck, Donald Hamilson, Ian Fleming, James Bond, James Dickey, James Herriot, Jaws, Love in the Ruins, Matt Helm, Miss Minerva on the Old Plantation, Nathaniel Benchley, Peter Benchley, Stephen Ambrose, Superman, The King and I, The Off-Islanders, The Russians Are Coming, Uncle Scrooge, Walker Percy | 8 Comments

Let’s Talk About Endings

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Jeff Salter

By Jeff Salter Our blogging question this week is whether we prefer happily ever after (HEA) or happy for now (HFN) endings… or “tragic” endings in a story. First let me clarify two things: I respond to this question as … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged endings, HEA, Henry IV, Henry V, HFN, Romeo and Juliet, serials, Shakespeare, soaps, Superman, the end | 13 Comments

They Captured My Childhood Imagination

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Jeff Salter

Characters and books I enjoyed as a child By Jeff Salter This week, we revisit characters and books which captured our imaginations when we were kids. I had many characters I adored — some real people and some fictional. It … Continue reading →