Sara Zarr » movies

in my stocking this year, please: creative cajones

Sara — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:45:32 +0000

Over this past weekend, we watched The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Which was great. And I sat there imagining the moment Wes Anderson came up with the idea to adapt the Roald Dahl story into stop-motion puppet animation. And all of the things I would have sai

An opportunity to revisit some fundamental story things

Sara — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:14:06 +0000

Last night we went to this Open Screen night at the Tower, sponsored by the Salt Lake Film Society. It was like open mic, but with short films, up to ten minutes. It was a fun, free date night. It's not like I expected Sundance quality or anything, b

Hopes for my weekend, in pictures and song.

Sara — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:42:06 +0000

A Friday Five

Sara — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:11:21 +0000

1. I am soooooooper duper excited to be able to announce that I'll be joining the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour 2.0 this fall, masterminded by the fabulous trio of Melissa Marr, Kelley Armstrong, and Jennifer Lynn Barnes. I'm confirmed for Portland and V

watching and listening

Sara — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:45:06 +0000

My last couple of posts have been long and somewhat serious. I'm ready to loosen up, y'all! And shorten' up! And so, loosely and succinctly: - Thank you for your many and wonderful comments on the interview with Sara Bennett Wealer, and congrats t

A Friday Five, for a change

Sara — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:15:47 +0000

1. You may remember me posting before about Fictionist, a local band that defies all assumptions about local bands. (At least the ones I have, but maybe I'm an unhip snob? And also old? Very possible. After all, my last post was partly about Elton Jo

Friday randomness + results from Monday’s giveway

Sara — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:37:15 +0000

Congratulations to Alysa, aka author of comment #44329 and winner of Monday's giveaway. Contact me, Alysa! (Okay, I know that when you comment here, you are asked to enter your email address. But I don't see on my dashboard how to actually access you

Speaking of parents… (and drama, and conflict)

Sara — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:16:19 +0000

Okay, we weren't really speaking of parents. But I've been speaking of parents in my head a lot, in part because the current Hot Complaint about YA is dead parents. (Last year it was clueless parents, and an article in the NYT implied dead parents we

The Busy Person’s Blog Post

Sara — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:37:32 +0000

Or: In which I post a random series of links and thoughts, many recycled from my Twitter activity of the past week. Or: In which I provide you with some good reading and viewing to keep you busy until I get back from San Francisco next week and can w

some links, too much stuff & not enough time, sex ed

Sara — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:24:39 +0000

It's a day off from uni-blogging and a day on for randomness. So: writer Joelle Anthony had me over to her blog for a fun Q&A. And, The Well-Read Child gives Once Was Lost a nice review here. Thank you Joelle and TWRC. Moving on... Via The