It’s Wednesday Links time! Which is news to me, because it certainly doesn’t feel like a Wednesday. RWA 2017 is kicking off in Orlando. If you’re attending, make sure you say hello to Sarah who is also there!
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A GoFundMe campaign is underway to turn Beverly Jenkins’ Deadly Sexy into a feature film:
The making of Deadly Sexy is a significant step for all authors. It will give hope to those who dream of having their book made into a film. It also open doors of opportunity for actors and crew members who desire a chance to show their skills during the production. It also gives independent film makers a chance to show the advancement of our products to the masses.
Jenkins is also receiving the RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award this year!
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To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han was a previous SBTB Book Club pick and now it’s being made into a movie!
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— Jenny Han (@jennyhan) July 21, 2017
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USB Wall Outlet Adaptors!
What do we want? More USB ports! Where do we want them? EVERYWHERE!
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Leah of The Ripped Bodice made an appearance on the TV game show Hollywood Game Night. You can check out her appearance here.
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Thanks to Reader Suzanne for letting us know about this Gothic romance comic anthology on Kickstarter. Here’s what she said:
Gothic Tales of Haunted Love, a new comics anthology currently funding on Kickstarter, is updating the gothic romance genre with tales that are diverse and not-rapey, but still dark and spooky. The full-color book will contain 200 pages of new comics, some licensed Lou Marchetti prints (he’s the guy who did all those MM paperback covers), and a Korean gothic comic from the 70’s. You can find more about the anthology, the creators, and lots of sample art over at their Kickstarter page.
All right, who’s interested?
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Lastly, I recently watched this trailer for Bright. It’s an urban fantasy movie coming to Netflix on December 22. It starts Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, and Lucy Fry. After watching it, some say it’d work better as a series and I’m inclined to agree, but it still looks pretty damn fun.
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Don’t forget to share what super cool things you’ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we’d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, send it my way!
BRIGHT does look like fun in a really dark, possibly disturbing way. Thanks for mentioning it.
“Bright” looks like “Alienation” mixed with “The Fifth Element” mixed with a little “Lord of the Rings.”
Netflix content just gets better and better- or at least more interesting. Started watching GLOW this week and I’m still not sure how I feel about it but I definitely want to keep watching! I’d love to know what the Bitchery thinks about it too
While we’re on the Netflix love spree, has anyone seen the Castlevania animation? Richard Armitage is the VA for jaded, cynical jerk with a heart of hero Trevor Belmont. Pretty sure that is someone’s catnip.
This sounds very much like a new take on the late 80’s film Alien Nation which was later a TV series.
@Maite: I checked out Castlevania, in spite of knowing nothing about the old video game, for one reason only: Warren Ellis wrote & exec produced it. I ended up binge-watching all 4 eps in one go & they were not enough. And Armitage is terrific. Too bad it’s going to be a year till season 2 comes out, but it’s going to have 8 eps, so twice the fun.
Congrats on the shout-out on Younger last night!
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@ Maite: Thanks so much for mentioning Castlevania! I watched it after reading your post here the other day and also ended up binge watching all four episodes. I don’t usually watch anything animated, but I’ll watch anything with RA and thought the show was wonderful. I love it that the bitchery brings things to my attention that I would never discover on my own.