Not too much going on here that's of immediate interest to anyone but me, so I'll write to like I'm writing just to myself so I can enjoy the fact that there's at least an audience of one. Imogene Pass training has tapered, thanks to a broken hubby and lack of self-motivation. But the fact that I have a new Garmin Forerunner has made me very happy and now I'm training on my own just so I can get a look at all that great data after a workout. I'm a geek that way.But the real news (which I've already tweeted, blipped, and facebooked about) is the fact that I finished the first draft of my second novel, Contract of Betrayal. It went so smooth, like warm buttah, compared to my first novel. I still don't have a clue if I'm any kind of good writer, or marketable, which is in some ways more important, but I really do enjoy the feeling of having just created a world out of approximately 8,000 sentences and 90,000 words. It's, as many authors have said, like birthing a child. Don't know how apt that is, and don't wanna find out, but I still get that amazing sense of accomplishment with having created something big with a (quasi) life of its own. The third installment of this series is going to have to wait to be written until I get the first one published, or at least get an agent, as I've got other ideas I want to explore in a novel setting. I say that now, but in truth, it will probably decide on its own when it wants to be written and I will have no choice but to oblige or experience the explosion of my frontal lobe.I am actively looking for an agent now. Writing a query letter has long daunted me, but I'm ready for it, I think. I've had enough time to digest the nuances of the books I've written to be able to talk about them in nuanced ways, cut down into 100-200 word sound bites, instead of getting the shakes at just the idea of trying to talk about my book. This is progress.So that's about it. The blog post title mentions a favorites list, so here it is. A list of my favorite characters in the embarrassingly huge number of movies I've seen (in no particular order).Leads:The Dude – The Big LebowskiRipley – AliensCaptain Malcolm Reynolds – SerenityRiddick – The Chronicles of Riddick/Pitch BlackCarolyn Fry – Pitch BlackMaximus – GladiatorShaun – Shaun of the DeadAlice – Resident EvilOphelia – Pan’s LabyrinthDaniel Plainview – There Will Be BloodKyle Reese – TerminatorSarah Connor – Terminator/T2Alexandria – The FallJohn Constantine - ConstantineAldo Raines - Inglourious BasterdsSelena - 28 Days LaterCharlie Epps - Numb3rsNavar - LadyhawkeVillains:Carter Burke – AliensSarge – DoomThe Terminator – T1The T1000 – T2Captain Vidal – Pan’s LabyrinthColonel Miles Quaritch – AvatarKirill – The Bourne SupremacyDracula – Bram Stoker’s DraculaBrian Gamble – S.W.A.T.Vincent - CollateralThe Jew Hunter - Inglourious BasterdsBounty Hunter Toombs - Chronicles of RiddickBuddies/Secondary:Walter Sopchak - The Big LebowskiDe Jesus - The Big LebowskiHudson – AliensJayne – SerenityZoe – SerenityPantucci – Deep RisingBishop – AliensNewt – AliensHarry Pfarrer – Burn After ReadingChad Feldheimer - Burn After ReadingOsborne Cox - Burn After Reading
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