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Last week, partly from boredom and partly to keep from going crazy, I started writing Edgewood, the next part of the Branchwater story. A month or so ago, after I finished Children of Cramburg (the last of the material to be published along with Madeline City), I sat back and relaxed, which is good to do if you've just finished writing a book. But trying to force myself to relax eventually resulted in a streak of subtle bordom that grew until I adopted an attitude of "why the fuck aren't I writing?!" Once I had asked this question of myself, I realized that there was no a good answer, and so I went home and started in on Edgewood.

This past weekend I went and saw City of Ember. Having read the book (and having loved it) I had the usual anxiety of someone who is about to witness something they love being tampered with. Simply put, it was an excellent movie. The story was preserved, the characters were wonderfully cast, the actors and actresses all did extremely well, the music perfectly complimented the mood that was already set by the splendid acting... It really was an awesome movie. Engrossing, fearful, and with a powerful sense of dread, City of Ember was everything that I hoped for.