RE: Movie / TV Series Tie-In Novels....

They really well...suck.

I just read a prequel for the series 'Alias'. I thought, sure, no problem light hearted reading to do while I am waiting for something else. Afer finishing it in less than an hour, all I can say is that the majority of my friends, about 7/8ths of Pan Historia and yes, even I write much better than the author of this book. The writing was really, really BAD! There was no way you could sympathize with the lead character, Sydney Bristow, who is supposed to be this super-intelligent wonder girl, who was raised (more or less) to be an agent for the CIA. No one in such a position could be potentially that much of an air-head! Being that incredibly stupid and naieve, Sydney wouldn't even have lasted as long as the Star Trek Expendable Crew Member, and those guys get it within the first fifteen minutes of ever Star Trek episode. (That particular requiremet is in the episode script formula for that series btw, trust me!) It makes me wonder how an author gets a plum job like that. Bantam books must have been hard up, or someone had something ready to go. I'm not sure why I read it really. I like the crime / spy genre, and Im really starting to get into it. I have a character who is suppossed to be breaking into FBI Headquarters evidence room and stealing some very damning evidence that would put away some mafia Don for a very long time. I know that Nikos is waiting for that installment so that the storyline can move forward. I dont like this character as much as the one who is the daughter of a drug lord. With that one I have to think sometimes to get her out of predicaments and just to keep her alive. That's where the fun begins.

So...what do you do to relax on your day off, Niankh? Well I write interactive fiction stories about crime, intrigue, international plots and blowing things up!

Reflections

I have learned over the years that you never put anything in an online journal or blog that you are not comfortable with your mother, your Priest, your boss, or your worst enemies reading.

I have not always been wise to this. I have had things used against me from the past. I paid for alot of mistakes, and I am very well aware that there are those who daily, sometimes even obsessively check and see what it is that I am thinking, doing, saying, writing, in an effort to find out whether or not I'm doing something that might be "of use" that will creep its way into my blogger or my livejournal. It's alright...I know about it. It will always, therefore, be my policy to never write things down here or any public forum - or say out loud those things which can be construed as trash talking others. I have, over the years, learned my lesson. I know that is hard for some folks to believe. What I have also learned is that no matter how hard I work, no matter what I do - no matter what sacrifices are made for however many long years - there are those who will continue to try to find something, anything - in order to gain the upper hand. I know that it will continue, no matter what I do or say that is good,or honorable. I guess I have learned to live with that and not care so much about it. I do care about my family and how they hurt - and in the end that hurts me.

I just wish that everyone would be supportive of each other rather than living to tear each other down. There is enough love and all that we hold dear for everyone. Making oneself feel better at the expense of others, regardless of motivation behind it, is not right.

I only hope and pray that it can change.