(Or at least until you screw up big time.) I’ve been listening to a new (for me) favorite author on Audible, Gregg Hurwitz. If you’re one of my SF/Fantasy fans, don’t feel too bad if you don’t know him. He’s Read more…
I’m two episodes further along than I was my last post. And damn. [POTENTIAL SPOILERS] Luke Cage manages a mid-story twist that’s on a par with the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. or the shower scene in Psycho. It’s Read more…
I’m only five episodes into Luke Cage and I think I can say Marvel’s managed to hit it out of the park again. Like the prior two Netflix series, Daredevil and Jessica Jones, Luke Cage manages to draw on all Read more…
“Cultural Appropriation” has reared it’s sombrero-sporting head in the literary community once again in another series of critiques and critiques of critiques and critiques of critiquing and those doing the critiquing, over something that should, in the end, be a Read more…
So I noticed that the movie Zootopia is on Netflix now, and it reminded me of a little fan theory I developed back when I saw the movie in theatres. If you’ve seen it, you may have noticed something that Read more…
I’ve been blogging off-and-on for years, and today I’d thought I’d go point to the ten most popular blog entries I have according to Google Analytics. Predictably, six of them are writing related. (Note, these don’t include the Plot and Worldbuilding articles Read more…
I just finished the 1987 apocalyptic doorstopper of a novel, Swan Song by Robert McCammon. My first thought: If any one piece of literature embodied the pop-culture zeitgeist of a particular decade, it is this novel. This book could not Read more…
This coming weekend I will be participating along with other local authors Saturday & Sunday 1:00pm to 5:00pm at the annual Bedford, Ohio “Weekend of the Pooka.” at the Bedford Commons. (730 Broadway Avenue, Bedford, Ohio.) In addition to myself, attending Read more…
My effort on the “Welcome to Moreytown” game proceeds apace. I am currently finishing up chapter seven of twelve, and hope to have eight completed by the end of the month. Entirely coincidentally, a member of my writing workshop had Read more…
You know what I mean. From the presidential election down to what stupid little award our geeky niche genre decides to award itself, we cannot seem to have anything like a polite disagreement anymore. Everyone gets up in arms about Read more…