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HAVE GARDEN GNOMES JUMPED THE SHARK?

1/13/2011

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Good news! I received an unexpected request from a literary agent for a full manuscript of my punk era novel. All because I couldn't resist the challenge of pitching my book in 140 characters or less on a crazy-fast Twitchat pitch session.

So I am in the land of speedy revisions, which are going well, but I have no new developments to report on the grand adventure I spoke of in my last post. Instead, I bring you deep thoughts on GARDEN GNOMES.

Recently I was in Westfield Center in San Francisco and a positively shocking advertisement forced me to reconsider my long-standing love of Garden Gnomes.

See? See?

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I must tell you this love goes WAY back.

There was Amelie, directed by the brilliant Jean-Pierre Jeunet. (And which I believe had a huge artistic influence on the show PUSHING DAISIES. RIP, sniff.)

And we can't forget The Garden Gnome Liberation Front.

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There's also no forgetting my daughter and her friends in seventh grade at the annual Halloween parade. Girls, you were awesome! You shoulda won. 

My daughter and I love gnomes so much that we have a secret Gnome Dance, performed to the closing credits music of Gilmore Girls. In honor of Babette's gnome Pierpont, of course.

But now Shakespeare and I must both endure the upcoming GNOMEO & JULIET. This reality begs the questions: Has our collective societal love of Garden Gnomes gone on too long? Have Garden Gnomes jumped the shark? Is it possible for a short-legged creature from the land of Kitsch to jump anything?

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It is possible my even greater love for James McAvoy, who stars as the voice of Gnomeo, wins out.

And who knows, GNOMEO & JULIET just might be brilliant.

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maison21 link
1/13/2011 04:34:37 am

congrats on the agent thing! twitter can be a great networking tool.

and perhaps you should treat yourself to one of these as a reward:

http://www.unicahome.com/catalog/item.asp?id=31833&PartnerID=FR

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Marhya
1/13/2011 08:18:22 am

Yes you are strong!! Get those swords out, Missy.

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Pat Miles
1/13/2011 03:25:17 pm

Good luck with the agent.
Garden gnomes? I wanna see your gnome dance ;-D.

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Jane G. link
1/14/2011 08:26:21 am

Thanks, Guys!

Christian, that gnome-table is downright Garden Gnome Liberation Front worthy. Steal it. Please!

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loretta
2/3/2011 02:34:22 am

Should be a pretty good film...its directed by my ex-husband. :)

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Jane G. link
2/3/2011 02:54:21 am

Sheesh, sorry Loretta! I failed to make that connection. I met Kelly once when you brought Lane Smith to class as a guest (thanks for that). But my brain is unreliable. I do hope the movie is good, for the sake of garden gnomes, lol. And it has an an excellent cast.

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Joseph P. McGee link
3/9/2011 11:56:30 am

I have to tell you that this whole gnome thing is crazy!! I wrote a dark magical-realism story a while ago, titled "Bitter Gnomes In Gardens" (currently out on submission), before this whole gnome explosion. This is great!

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