#5onFri: Five Classic Films Featuring Characters Who Write

#5onFri: Five Classic Films Featuring Characters Who Write

I’ve been a classic film fan all my life. I’ve always loved backstage or meta stories, and the ultra-meta-aspect of writers writing about writers. In movies, there are few scenes that show writers writing, for the simple fact that watching someone write for 90 minutes isn’t entertainment. The focus is generally on how life influences… Read more »

Cozy to Cold-Blooded: Jane Austen Mysteries, Part 2

Cozy to Cold-Blooded: Jane Austen Mysteries, Part 2

Part 2 of my journey through Jane Austen mysteries includes a possible explanation of Austen’s death, Charlotte Collins and Mary Bennet as detectives, a Mansfield Park mystery, a chick-lit cozy mystery, and a series where Darcy and Elizabeth investigate together. I discovered that I prefer the pastiche involving Austen’s characters or Austen herself rather than… Read more »