....Sweetheart, of all the ramblings and tripe I have read and typed over the last couple of days-this blows it ALL away like a fair wind after a storm and is as eloquent as anything I've ever seen composed....thank you.....I have to say that Uncle Steve just does not get it. He wrote the series. He created the characters and put word into their mouths. He created situations where they re-acted. He gave us their dreams...their ouchies...their bared hearts and souls. He did this and created the best series that was ever written...IMHO. There is no way that he can put himself into our shoes. He cannot open the first page and read to the last as a constant reader. While he was working on technique, we were involving ourselves into the lives of these characters. How can a writer realize just what an effect he can make on his reading public? I have been reading since my salad days when I was learning to place the alphabet into something that made sense. I read at least a book a day if normal life does not infringe too much. I stopped watching tv over a decade ago. The written word is what makes me happy.
I do not wish to sound like a crybaby because things did not turn out the way I wanted. I know that there are more important things in my life to worry about than a story casting in a movie. Shame on me and everyone who thinks differently.
The friction about this movie casting stems from all the years that our readers have been following the journey of the Ka-tet. Please understand that they have been a part of our lives for two decades. We were standing with them against the wolves of the Calla. The lobstrosites gave us a run for our money, but we managed. We knew love in the form of a billy bumbler. Our hearts broke and were mended again and again. We met old friend in the Calla and cherished the new ones.
I think it is sorta like worried parents when it comes to us in our Ka-tet. This is the greatest series ever written. Out characters have been sitting on our bookshelves for so long. Now it is time for them to stretch their wings and go to seek their fortunes on the big screen where smarmy directors and producers will not cherish them as much as we do. This is empty nest syndrome of mega proportions.
I am not happy with the casting but what can I do? All I ask is that they are treated gently. They are my people and have been for many years. HANDLE WITH CARE........love, Estelle.