The horrors of vodem!

Having to monitor my internet usage due to the limits of using a vodem has meant I've been a very lax blogger. Not very good really.

The horror point of my week was seeing "The Time Traveller's wife". I knew it could never capture the beauty of the writing throughout the book but I was unprepared for the complete transformation to chick flick. Beautiful characters were lost, the whole importance of the loss of his feet was glossed over and Claire reached him in the meadow when he met Alba rather than having to wait until she was an old woman before he was able to make his way to her. I am saddened. This is why I don't go to the movies much.

My book is dragging.....it is trapped in a mire of dullness and lackluster. I'm thinking some vampires, shapeshifters or super-humans need to be introduced. Rosie has tried to hold her end up but everyone else really is not trying. Nick just slunk off. I think the problem is he was a special type of guy and somehow in the process of writing he toughened up and lost that quality that made him so. There are enough hard men out there and one more is barely worth notice but the interesting intricate soul he was shone. Alas he seems to have been told to 'harden the feck up' by someone....I suspect Lydia because she is really developing into a psychotic bitch. I guess I can run with it and explore why he has changed so radically but he's really closed down. He obviously knows he's ruined his chances with Rosie.

James has become determinely gay. I have no issue with his gayness but I really had him pegged as Rosie's Mr Knightley. Bother! Now I need to introduce a whole new character! Perhaps two so James can be happy. Maybe Nick could come to terms with his confused sexuality and fall in love with James, leaving Lydia thwarted. A twist indeed!

Luc did a brilliant job of being a leopard temporarily changing his spots and wooing Megan but he's back to his delicious devious misogynistic self, thank heavens! He is so fantastically unlikeable that it was hard seeing another side to him. Fortuitously the accidental muse tripped over his stories and tales of his exploits gave me some bonus fodder.

I think they all need infecting with vampirism and then maybe they will perk up and behave better. I am worried that Rosie will turn next and become Charlotte Lucas or, please no, Fanny Price. I think she needs a night on the town with a bottle of tequila or maybe Nick does.

Oh well, Merry Christmas to one and all. Enjoy the festivities and I hope you get the gift your heart desires.