Amazon Links

Yea! I just signed up to put the Amazon links directly in my posts. Before, I was searching for the book jacket photos and saving them and inserting them. Not any more. I've stepped into the 21st century. You can now buy a book directly from my blog and I'll make a little money. How freaking cool is that?

Yesterday and today I've been doing my book transcribing. I started with Twilight. The language is so simple and easy to transcribe. It took me probably 4 hours to copy out the first chapter of 29 pages. It was fun and it really brought the story closer to me. What was most surprising to me was the placement of commas in fully edited text. I thought I used a lot of commas, but man they are everywhere, in places I never would have imagined them.

We all know that Stephenie Meyer is not the world's best writer, but she sure can tell a story. It's very interesting the copy it all down and filter it through my hands. It makes it obvious that what she writes is so simple. There are no fancy metaphors or similes. She's not going for a lot of description or even a lot of emotion. It's basically just a list of events and a series of conversations. That is pretty much what life is like if you just copy down the obvious. There are no deep insights into the human condition here. Bella's thoughts are given and described, but she is not a deep thinker. She's just a teenager and this is written from a distance even though we are supposed to be in her head in a first person narrative. It's fascinating to write it all down. It's like I'm in the book. I highly suggest trying it for your favorite books.