What a Heart Can Hold:

This is an important case for authors to follow. I am particularly concerned by it because there has been interest in making I Call Myself Earth Girl into a movie.

Originally posted on The Waking Den:

I have a horror story for you.

For our protagonist, we have a scrappy physicist turned novelist, who developed what can only be described as one of the most massive blockbusters of recent years. I know, so far out there, right���how could someone possibly relate? Well for starters, let me drop another name on you:

GRAVITY

Do you remember Gravity? Flailing cameras? Spinning stars? Shrapnel? Sandra Bullock dancing through Earth���s atmosphere? Yes, that Gravity. Well, did you happen to know that Tess Gerritsen is also the person that birthed that particular entity, originally in novel form? I thought not. Yet it plays quite heavily into the why of this horror tale.

Now suppose you take this character and kindly tell them that they don���t need to be paid for their job���and certainly not for the work that came of it. No doubt that���s quirked a few eyebrows. Well, that���s���

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