Alexandra’s Blog
11 Day Book Challenge: Day Two: Your Favourite Book
I have a lot of favourite books and series making this question near impossible to answer. The book that I finally settled on was this:
11 Day Book Challenge: Day One: Your Favourite Quote
Here at Death of the Author it is fairly obvious that we fail at completing every challenge that we set out for ourselves. Now I could go off an a long winded rant about school and life being so darn ...
Death of the Author is coming to CONBRAVO!
For the last few years Read and I have made it a tradition to go to Con Bravo. Well this year we’re throwing it up and hosting a Panel (which we are both extremely excited and a little bit terri...
First Trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The first trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug hit the internet today. The movie will be released December 13, 2013. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnaojlfdUbs?showinfo=0]
Divergent Casting Photo Reveal: First look at Four
Recently EW released the first picture of Theo James in the role of Four from the set of Divergent. For those of you who have been hiding under a rock for the last few years, Divergent by Veronica Rot...
New Poster for The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
Today we get a poster and tomorrow we get a trailer, it feels like Christmas! I adore this poster. I think it does a great job of putting Bilbo in the perspective of the story Jackson is trying to tel...
A Guy A Girl and Their Monster
Video Sharing websites like Youtube, Blip.tv and Vimeo give everyone and anyone the chance to be a storyteller. All you need is the dedication to develop your story from an idea or concept into a prod...
Inferno
The tried and true Dan Brown Formula continues to exist. You may fall for a few of the twists but at the end of the day Inferno lacks the depth of his previous works. At least the book is a step up fr...
VEDA 5 – Eleven Questions
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8YixUUleU?showinfo=0] My friends from NICoA have given me eleven questions, so here are my attempts at answering them!
VEDA #3: Make Twilight Good
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqcfpsjoL4s?showinfo=0&w=853&h=480] Chelsey challenged me to rewrite Twilight using characteristics of Harry Potter. This was the outcome.
VEDA #2: About Me
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4opLiHoxpLA?showinfo=0&w=853&h=480]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Review
10pm on December the 13, I found myself doubting that I am actually seeing The Hobbit and that for the next three hours I will be experiencing childhood nostalgia. Tolkien is back in theatres. Since t...
The Casual Vacancy
The Casual Vacancy‘s catch phrase sums up the entire novel: “A big tale about a small town”. In this novel we are given one event in the prologue: the death of Barry Fairbrother, and the rest of the b...