Well, here it is, three months to the day until Stick is released.
October 11, 2011, in case you were wondering.
And, as I've been doing on the eleventh day of every month for a while now, today I will post THREE (for 3 months) random things about Stick.
Here goes:
1. This is C Street, the place where Stark, Bosten, and their friends, Evan and Kim, go surfing. The point is located near the fairgrounds in Ventura, California.
You can see some surfers in the photo, which I took while on a bike ride with my wife and daughter, and you can also see how uniform and predictable the break is there, which makes it a really forgiving place to learn how to surf. And yes, the waves were very small that day when we were there.
2. This is a view down the Ventura Pier. C Street is off to the right, and down the beach a few miles to the left is where the Strand is, where Dahlia lives.
3. No animals are harmed in any way in Stick. There is a cow-riding episode, however. Consequentially, Stark realizes Cows don’t listen very good.
And, in case you have not yet seen it, here is the book trailer:
7 comments:
How awesome to see spots from the book! Thanks for the imagery, both kinds.
I've never been to the West Coast before -- I think the water actually looks kinda salty. Maybe more green than I would have thought, too.
Beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing.
Super salty. Very cold. Green like the old chalkboards in gradeschool.
Cows aren't as dumb as goats, though.
And I'll be in Seattle at the end of the month. My cousin lives in Port Townsend, and we'll be spending the day there, and probably taking the Edmonds-Kingston Ferry, so I may have to try to find Point No Point.
Is it the one across from Port Ludlow?
There are actually TWO Point No Points... one in in WA and the other is in Canada, just across the water. When I was a kid, there was nothing there, just a sign that mystified me (the name made me think we were going somewhere that was meaningless and didn't really exist, which is the core principal of all my protagonists' religious outlooks). Hmm... Anyway, my dad and I used to go salmon fishing off Point No Point.
It's like almost 10 AM there. You can't still be reading that query.
Gah, that trailer! No words can describe how exciting STICK is going to be (already has been for you). Keep rocking it, Mr. Smith! I love your blog, your work, and if I'm not too careful, I'll start loving you too. You're awesome! :D
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