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[apocalypsos]

So I went to my parents' house for dinner tonight, and my dad gave me one of his old prepaid phones, and my mom gave me her paperback copy of The DaVinci Code because I said I hadn't read it.

I just read the first page.

Okay, here's the thing. The first story I ever wrote was because I read a horrendous romance novel when I was about fifteen that made me fling the damn thing at the nearest wall and shriek, "I can write better than that!" And I couldn't at that point, but I was damn well going to try.

I think if I had read this back then, I wouldn't have become a writer.

I would have become the quarterback for the Eagles.

They wouldn't have had much of a choice but to draft me at that point, really, considering I would have thrown this book hard enough to brain Dan Brown from several states away.

Comments

[amalthia]

if people like thrillers they should read the Repairman Jack series by Paul Wilson. there's a mystery in each novel, action, humor, romance, horror...it's fucking awesome and I honestly had a hard time putting down his his stories. Also one of the best characters ever....um okay I just don't get why this guy Mr. Brown is getting all sorts of attention when there are better stories out there and I have a bitch of a time finding people who've even heard of the Paul Wilson or the Repairman Jack series.

[meredevachon]

F. Paul Wilson love!!! Repairman Jack is awesome! And I really hope they get the script stuff straightened out soon so we can get the first movie. I really need to know who "He Who Must Not Be Named Under Pain of Death" is. It's driving me bonkers not knowing, and I can't wait to see Jack on the big screen.

FPW is definitely a better writer than Dan Brown.

[amalthia]

after reading the samples of Mr. Brown's writing, I wholeheartedly agree that Paul Wilson is a much better writer....

I'm ambivalent about them turning Repairman Jack into a movie. On one hand it could be really good but I don't know who they'll pick to play this character and it could easily turn into something bad. (thinking Mission Impossible bad) These books do have potential to become great movies, after all the series is good with interesting and harrowing plots and believable characters.