Sometimes you just need a little wisdom to get you through the day and, I’ll tell ya, Tolkien is one of the wisest. Here are ten quirky, optimistic, beautiful, and enlightening quotes from The Lord of the Rings trilogy that we all need. 1. “Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.” 2. “End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it . . . White shores, and beyond, a far green country …
Botnik Studios is a company that uses machines to create augmented content. They do so in pretty hilarious ways and have been working with predictive keyboards as of late. They’ve used the software to create things such as new Seinfeld, Degrassi, and X-Files episodes. Basically, they input old transcribed episodes into the app and it generates a new episode based on the type of content in the old ones. They just released a new Harry Potter chapter and trust me, you’re going to want to read it. We used predictive keyboards trained on all seven books to ghostwrite this …
Ferdinand is a new animated film from Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox Animation that comes out on December 15th. It’s based on the 1936 book The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf. The film is star-studded with John Cena as Ferdinand, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Cannavale, Gina Rodriguez, Peyton Manning, and Gabriel Iglesias. Maybe you’ve heard about the movie, but the book it was based on sparked international controversy. Here’s why. Leaf is said to have written The Story of Ferdinand on a whim. He ended up writing a book that was wonderfully received by some and banned by others. Francisco Franco and …
Wattpad is the perfect website for avid readers and writers as it is a self-publishing site that gives writers a platform, while always giving readers free and new material to read. Its growing popularity over the years has even caught production company’s eyes, as some stories have received movie deals. Ali Novak’s My Life With the Walter Boys has just been optioned by Komixx Entertainment. Komixx Entertainment is a London-based film and TV production company that is known for optioning books from Wattpad. They have previously optioned books from like Captured by bestselling author Kelly Anne Blount, and The Kissing Booth by Beth Reekles. The Kissing Booth is …
Many believe that reading a book is like traveling to a distant land and also that the best companion while traveling is a good book. If you’re a firm believer in these things, you’ll love these ten quotes by authors who love travel as much as us. Get ready to explore! via GIPHY 1. To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. – Freya Stark 2. The use of travelling is to regulate imagination with reality, and instead of thinking of how things may be, see them as they are. – Samuel …
