I'm looking forward to seeing #Oppenheimer at our local full #IMAX theater.

The #technological innovations (including the first #BlackAndWhite IMAX #film) that went into making this #movie are worth paying for, for me.

The story and how it's told seem to be incredible, and I tend to avoid #biopics after learning how dishonest they can be (e.g. #TheButler).

And its 100 day #theatrical release window gives me hope for the future of #cinema.

https://youtu.be/hPIzgZ16oac
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-devastate-viewers-horror-movie-1235650687/

#OnThisDay, May 20, in 1961, a white mob brutally attacked nineteen Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Alabama (depicted in The Butler, 2013)

#Film #Movies #Cinemastodon #TheButler #FreedomRiders

#Read #ReadingCommunity
#Reading #TheButler #FantasyRomance #Fantasy

My book, The Butler, is still free through April 19, 2023. It is the first book of a duology. The second book, The Duchess, will be published May1, 2023 and is available for pre-order.

A magical butler, the illegitimate daughter of a duke. What could go wrong?

Edmund Blake’s Duke was dying. So Edmund was on a mission to bring back Duke Harold’s illegitimate daughter to become the Duchess. He finds Ilene working as a bar maid in her mother’s inn in Edoran.

Pursued by Witchhunters, attacked by the minions of the only other possible heir and the criminals he owes money to, can Ilene and Edmund make it safely to the Duchy? Will his household magic be enough to save them? And can he teach Ilene enough about how Albi nobles behave for her to be accepted in society? Downton Abbey meets My Fair Lady in this fantasy of magic, manners, and forbidden love.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVWZJ4G1

I skip most #biopics and #bioseries after a former neighbor's experience with his father's biopic (#TheButler is nearly all fictional).

I'm also avoiding most #royalty content, real and fictional, because that entire concept needs to be eradicated.

However, I finally decided to watch the #Netflix series, #AfricanQueens: #Njinga, and #AdesuwaOni is great in episode 1.

Interesting story; I wonder how much "artistic license" this team's taken with the known facts.

#Bookstadon #Writing #Read #TheButler #RomanticFantasy #Magic #MagicalBulter #HouseholdMagic #KindleUnlimited

@bookstodon

A magical butler, the illegitimate daughter of a duke. What could go wrong?

Edmund Blake’s Duke was dying. So Edmund was on a mission to bring back Duke Harold’s illegitimate daughter to become the Duchess. He finds Ilene working as a bar maid in her mother’s inn in Edoran.

Pursued by Witchhunters, attacked by the minions of the only other possible heir and the criminals he owes money to, can Ilene and Edmund make it safely to the Duchy? Will his household magic be enough to save them? And can he teach Ilene enough about how Albi nobles behave for her to be accepted in society? Downton Abbey meets My Fair Lady in this fantasy of magic, manners, and forbidden love.

The paperback of The Butler is finally approved and up on Amazon. Ebook is also available. Second book of the Household Magic duology, The Duchess, is in editing and will be available May 1.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW2RVQP8

So I just started watching The Butler on Amazon Prime. It's the story of a Eugene Allen, a butler in the White House for decades. After only the first 5 minutes, I'm filled with rage.

#BlackMastodon #TheButler #Movies #Netflix

I'm listening to #Scrivener read my latest draft of The Duchess. It's actually even better being read aloud than just reading it. Even though Scrivener doesn't pronounce all words correctly (how hard is 'as' to pronounce?) and the voice is mechanical without the expression a human reader would give it.

Wish I could afford to do an #Audiobook as I think the duology of #TheButler and #TheDuchess would do really well in that market. But sadly, Social Security doesn't cover such things.

If you are looking for a good fantasy romance with magic, fae, and some very unexpected twists and turns, stay tuned. These two book are getting close to publication ready.