I'm about a third of the way through the second book in The Awakening series. The working title is The Unbelievers, but I'm also thinking about The Revelation. Except the latter seems a little too biblical. Which sounds strange considering I'm writing about young woman who became pregnant while still a virgin. But the story itself -- and the series -- is not biblical. Or even Christian, though I don't see it as anti-Christian. One reviewer suggested I had a post-modernist view of religion. I'm not sure exactly what that means, but it sounds impressive.
In the meantime, someone I knew in grade school contacted me through Facebook, asking if I had any short stories I thought would make a good film. He's been studying filmmaking and has made some short films, and he was looking for something to make into a short film that could be submitted to film festivals. I sent him a couple stories, and the one he really liked was The Tower Formerly Known as Sears. He wrote a script which has a bit of a different slant than the story, which is all right. I often think the best movies are ones that capture some of the spirit of the book but show the director and screenwriter's own visions. Because a film is different from a story or book. Character, theme, story, all are portrayed in a different way. That's why I liked the movie The Dead Zone. It's my favorite Stephen King book, and the movie departed from it significantly but kept the essense of the theme. The mini-series It actually made me like the book better. The book was a little too rambling for me, and the mini-series tied it together. Now I've reread the book several times and enjoy it more. (Also, the finale didn't seem quite as anti-climactic to me in the mini-series as it did -- and still does -- in the book.)
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