Two Lit Chicks

Did you know that It's a Wonderful Life was based on a book? Don't get too excited; it's not the answer to one of the questions. (Nor is Gone with the Wind; the picture is not a clue. Sorry).

Keeping with our Hollywood theme this week, this quiz will test your knowledge of Tinseltown's best and worst book-to-film adaptations. And with twenty points to play for, anything could happen.

As usual, let us know your score on social media. 

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Hollywood loves a good adaptation...  but not all novels are easy to adapt to the big screen. We discuss some notable books that refuse to be adapted... no matter how many times people try. Let us know if we missed any!

Books Covered:

Ulysses by James Joyce

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

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Over the past 40 years Robert Mark Kamen has written 23 feature films among them: TAPS, THE KARATE KID 1,2,3, and 5 THE POWER OF ONE, LETHAL WEAPON 3, A WALK IN THE CLOUDS, THE FIFTH ELEMENT, TRANSPORTER 1,2,3, TAKEN 1, 2, 3. COLOMBIANA, ANGEL HAS FALLEN.

Robert was born in the Bronx, New York. He received his BA from NYU in Literature, and his Masters and Ph.D in American Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1979 he sold the first screenplay he ever wrote to Warner Bros.

With the proceeds from his first screenplay Robert purchased 300 acres of raw land in Sonoma California in the Mayacamas Mountains overlooking the San Francisco Bay. In 1980 he planted a 50 acre organic vineyard on the land, which today produces highly regarded Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah wines.

Books Chosen
The Structure of the Scientific Revolution by Thomas Kuhn
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
Desperadoes by Ron Hansen

Other Materials
William Faulkner Interview in The Paris Review
William Faulkner Nobel Prize Speech
Backlisted podcast episode about Absalom, Absalom!
Unleashed starring Jet Li, Morgan Freeman and Bob Hoskins
Robert Mark Kamen winery

Listener of the week (Film producer, director and writer James Cotton)
Jean-Pierre Melville: An American In Paris by Ginette Vincendeau

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It's Friday quiz time again!

Chances are, you've read or are reading a self-help book. Whether it's purging those negative emotions from your life or coming up with a set of rules to help you live it, chances are these hallowed tomes will find their way to your bedside in this age of self-doubt and perpetual crisis. So it's entirely appropriate given the immense seriousness of some of the topics they cover that the quiz today is immensely trivial, specifically:

Can you fill in the missing words in ten well-known self-help titles?

It won't change your life, but it will keep you entertained for ten minutes. Wait, maybe there's a self-help book in that...

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Are you ready to start approaching agents, but not sure how to formulate your letter? Then this is the podcast for you. Ed puts his editor hat on and takes us through his guidelines for a well-thought out query. 

What is a comp? 
What are the sections in a query?
What are the biggest mistakes he’s seen when he runs his query letter surgeries? 
How many words should it be? 

Julia and Ed cover all this and more. 

And if you want Ed to look over your letter, he does offer editing services. Email him here. 

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When Ed said he wanted to write the romance quiz, Julia agreed with trepidation; however, she had nothing to fear. Of course, he did have to put his own twist on it...

See if you’re lucky in love in Ed's Romance Quiz. Let us know how you did by tagging us on social media with #TLCQuiz.  Answers here. 

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Gloucester author, Anita Faulkner, has been shortlisted in the Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award category with her novel, A Colourful Country Escape, for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s (RNA) annual Romantic Novel Awards for 2023. The awards celebrate excellence in romantic fiction in all its forms.

Anita writes warm and fuzzy romcoms from her upcycled bureau in the Cotswolds. Described by her agent Kate Nash as ‘a sparkling new voice’, Anita’s debut A Colourful Country Escape was published by Little, Brown (Sphere) in June 2022 and was a contender for the RNA’s prestigious Joan Hessayon award. Her festive novel The Gingerbread Café came out in October 2022 and is simply too delicious to be missed. Anita runs a lively bookish Facebook group called Chick Lit and Prosecco and was shortlisted for the RNA’s Media Star award in 2021. You’ll often hear her chatting about books and quirky news on BBC Radio Gloucestershire.

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Milly Johnson was born, raised and still lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. A Sunday Times bestseller, she is one of the Top 10 Female Fiction authors in the UK with millions of copies of her books sold across the world. In 2020, she was honoured with the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Outstanding Achievement Award and was a featured author in the Reading Agency’s Quick Reads and World Book Night campaigns.

A writer who champions women and highlights the importance of friendship and community, Milly’s characters are celebrations of the strength of the human spirit. Milly’s 20th novel, Together, Again, is out now in hardback, eBook and audiobook, and will be published in paperback in March 2023.

 Milly’s Book Choices
The Fifteen Streets by Catherine Cookson
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie

 Ed Reviews
The Tyranny of Faith by Richard Swan

 Other Books Mentioned
Our Kate by Catherine Cookson
Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce
The Magnificent Mrs Mayhew by Milly Johnson
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Heathcliff by David Drum and Jonathan Drake-Summers
Return to Wuthering Heights by Anne L’Estrange
Persuasion by Jane Austen
On Writing by Stephen King

History Chicks podcast about Charlotte Brontë

Listener of the Week (Amy Richards from Words & Kisses)
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

A special thanks to Debbie Johnson, Veronica Henry and Phillipa Ashley for the guest appearances.

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We love punctuation [insert interrobang here]. Friday is funday with our weekly quiz. 

Let us know how you did by tagging us on social media with #TLCQuiz.  Answers here. 

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Love it or hate it, the semi-colon has its uses. Ed and Julia wax lyrical about this oft misunderstood punctuation mark.

NOTE: We discuss how the semi-colon was chosen as a symbol of strength for people who are struggling with mental health issues and suicide. If you are struggling, please reach out for help.
MIND: Infoline - 0300 123 3393
Suicide Prevention Helpline (UK): 0800 689 5652
Samaritans: 988 | Call or text 24/7

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