Dick Burglar posted:

I was more thinking chunky thighs rubbing together.

Also, now we know why Carrot Top tweeted a promo for the book: he appears in it (and I'm guessing he's hoping to appear in the movie as well).


Of note: according to her modeling page, Lani is in fact 5'9.

Mel Mudkiper posted:

Do you think she plans any of this or is it pure Stephen King style stream of consciousness plotting

Dick Burglar posted:

Of note: according to her modeling page, Lani is in fact 5'9.

Davros1 posted:

I wondering if later she'll run into Penn & Teller, and reveal that Teller can actually talk, but only talks to her!

Rough Lobster posted:

"Wow, Carrot, it's so great to see you again!"

"Please, all my friends call me Scott. Scott Top."

drat, the man was born in 1965. He's already probably graying.

chitoryu12 posted:

Her interview said she started with a screenplay that ballooned to a novel and it has multiple glaring typos. I'm pretty sure this is a first draft without an editor.

Mel Mudkiper posted:

Wait lani has a modelling page

Dick Burglar posted:

I linked it earlier, or you can just google her name and Model Mayhem. It used to be on the first page of Google results for her name, but now there are a zillion stories about the NYT Bestsellers list scam.

The motorcycle picture is truly portfolio material.

Mel Mudkiper posted:

B. The author lives in a terrifying approximation of reality in which the fundamental laws that govern the fragile structure of sanity are no more

PJOmega posted:

The motorcycle and the wedding dress pictures definitely don't belong in a portfolio. The rest aren't half bad, I wonder how much touch-up was done to them.

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I stood outside the bar, nervous. I had so many things to think about that my head was starting to hurt. I probably should have worried more about the girl in the parking garage but I just wasn’t ready to deal with her yet.

I grabbed my iPhone and turned the camera on me, using it as a makeshift mirror. I just wanted to make sure one last time that I looked good. Maggie was right, I had chosen the right dress. I was just the right amount of dressed up. I breathed in to calm my nerves. I knew Mac was already inside.

The night before, after we had made it safely back to town, Mac had invited me back to his place—but I told him I thought it would be best to save that for another night. And, honestly, I had just really wanted to get out of my wet clothes and needed time to process what had happened. Spending time with Mac under that awning was probably the most romantic thing that had happened to me in my small amount of dating experience, and I decided that perfect rain kisses were a great place to leave the “to be continued.” I had bolted home so quickly we didn’t talk about what was going to happen tonight when we saw each other.

Since I hadn’t talked to him all day, I made up my mind that I wouldn’t act like anything had happened—unless he did. Truth be told, I was kind of hoping he wouldn’t either. After all, Mac was fully aware that Jackson had invited me in a somewhat “date-like” manner. I sorta wondered to myself how I got into such messes like this. I took another deep breath before grabbing the large metal handle and pulling back the heavy oversized door.

Once I was inside, a bouncer checked my ID. He eyed me up and down and gave my ID a long hard glance before handing it back to me and stamping my hand. My baby face always made them double check and usually bouncers would look at me the way he did—they never looked like they believed I was actually old enough to be in a bar.

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I had to yell over the crowd pretty loudly to be heard at all. “Wow, it’s like they’re *NSYNC and they got the band back together or something!” I shouted—to Riley, mainly, though I’m sure Mac, Cam, and Tad heard me too. I knew for sure Mac had heard, since I saw that he chuckled at my comment.

I continued, “Dave and that other guy work at our show, right? I know I’ve seen them at work; there’s just so many people to keep straight.”

Riley nodded in agreement and pointed toward the stage. “Tim, Tom, Mike, and—of course—Jackson. You know them, right?” “Yep,” I responded confidently. Riley then went on to explain, “Dave is actually in the audio department, but is also back-up guitar player for our show. De’mar is the drummer for us, and—as you can see—also for the T’s. They’ve been around a few years now and I heard they just got offered a record deal.”

I gathered from Riley’s comment that “the T’s” must be a shortened version of the band’s name. I wondered why they called themselves the “Plain White T’s,” but figured I’d save that question for later when Jackson and I could chat. I was impressed to hear they were getting offered a record deal.

“Wow,” I said. “That’s great. They must be pretty good then. This place is packed.” As I surveyed the crowd, I noticed that Pete (who I still had trouble calling “Trig”) had finally arrived sometime after the first song. I now had proof of what I’d been told earlier: Pete is never late to work, but he couldn’t get to a social event on time to save his life.

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Mac and I didn’t talk about the situation any more for the remainder of the night. I think Mac could feel that he was going to just have to chill and see what happened. He moved away from me and started a conversation with Tad, Pete, Zeb, and Cam about work. Riley had walked away, and was apparently pounding back drinks like they were water. I let myself have some alone time to focus on everything going on in my head.

Towards the end of their set the band launched into another ballad. A slow-grooved rock song with a pretty sparkly pop hook called “Someday You’re Gonna Love Me.” I couldn’t be quite sure, but it almost felt like this song was directed at me. The lyrics said something about allowing the girl time to go have fun cause the guy was going to just wait around because, well, “someday you’re gonna love me.” It was a super sweet, romantic thought. The chorus felt like it was being sung just for me, and Jackson’s eyes were definitely looking directly at mine while he sang. At least it sure felt like he was, or maybe I’m just that girl who thinks she’s being sung to at a concert and really isn’t. Maybe from the stage, with the lights in his eyes, Jackson couldn’t even see me and was just looking at the random faces in the crowd.

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It was nearly four in the morning when I finally made it home. I’d stayed at the bar with Jackson for a while after everyone else had left, and found that it was much easier to relax around him once Mac was gone.

Rough Lobster posted:

"Wow, Carrot, it's so great to see you again!"

"Please, all my friends call me Scott. Scott Top."

drat, the man was born in 1965. He's already probably graying.

chitoryu12 posted:

chitoryu12 posted:

names

Rough Lobster posted:

UGH the names.

Tim Tom Tad "Trig" Mike Mac Zade Zeb and of course who can forget Cam.

She's going to end up with Jackson because he's the only one in the drat book with more than one syllable.

Rough Lobster posted:

UGH the names.

Tim Tom Tad "Trig" Mike Mac Zade Zeb and of course who can forget Cam.

She's going to end up with Jackson because he's the only one in the drat book with more than one syllable.

Rough Lobster posted:

UGH the names.

Tim Tom Tad "Trig" Mike Mac Zade Zeb and of course who can forget Cam.

She's going to end up with Jackson because he's the only one in the drat book with more than one syllable.

Arcsquad12 posted:

I've just started glazing over the actual book portions of this thread and I'm only reading the reactions.

Baron Corbyn posted:

I'm not sure how well The Maze Runner is doing as a film adaptation of a YA series but I got a bizarre phonecall from my 56 year old father who usually only watches WW2 movies last year to tell me that the first two movies were really good and he was excited for the third in the series so they must be doing something right.

Wheat Loaf posted:

I wonder whether the author is aware that most of the attempts to start new YA adaptation movie franchises have tanked in the last five years? (Rhetorical question; I realise she probably isn't.) Harry Potter and Twilight ended in 2011 and 2012 respectively and they did pretty well. Hunger Games debuted in 2012 and ended in 2015, but it ended up not doing as well as had been hoped for.

In the interim, His Dark Materials was tried and failed, Beautiful Creatures was tried and failed, Mortal Instruments was tried and failed, Ender's Game was tried and failed, Vampire Academy was tried and failed, Divergent was successful for a while but petered out in the end, Chronicles of Narnia started off well but I have no idea what's going on with it now, and there's probably a bunch of other examples I've forgotten about.

Point is that even if this novel was actually good and even if it sold on its own merits, then surely its chances of getting optioned by a production company would be potentially slim at this point? I'm pretty sure that the pre-existing "YA audience" mainly goes in for superhero movies and Star Wars and the like now.

Mel Mudkiper posted:

She names her characters like its a comic book fight scene

TheKennedys posted:

I was so disappointed in the Golden Compass movie attempt. The giant fuckoff armored bear was the best part of the movie, but it did not do the books justice and I really think a lot of fantasy series would be better adapted as full CGI/animation instead of trying to do them live action.

TheKennedys posted:

I was so disappointed in the Golden Compass movie attempt. The giant fuckoff armored bear was the best part of the movie, but it did not do the books justice and I really think a lot of fantasy series would be better adapted as full CGI/animation instead of trying to do them live action.

Mel Mudkiper posted:

Isnt the Golden Compass a three novel gently caress you to CS Lewis

eating only apples posted:

I'm going to read that series again even though The Amber Spyglass was Pullman wittering on about religion for 500 pages with 200 pages of plot