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Geez, is September nearly half over?  Is 2017 three-quarters done?  How did this happen? Anyway, I’ve got plenty happening for the rest of the month.  This weekend I’m teaching a […]

Some movies are pretty easy to pitch on a High Concept level.  “High school girl pretends to be a boy” is all you really need to know about this movie.  […]

There’s an idea I’ve seen pop up and get some traction in my circles lately.  A very simple thing, really: The opposite of grimdark is hopepunk. This simple phrase was […]

Sometimes I’m just amazed at the speed things have gone with my writing career.  A few months ago, I was interviewed by the Austin Chronicle (with a whole lot of […]

It should come to no surprise to anyone that I’m far more of a fan of writing a series over a standalone.  I am, however, also a big fan of […]

It’s high time to get political, or at least political in terms of bad 80s political movies go. Well, sort of political.  Gotcha is kind of a genre grab-bag of […]

Hey all– right now I’m pretty busy, but next month I’m teaching a worldbuilding class with Amanda Downum, through the Writers’ League of Texas.  It should be a fun and […]

Is there a movie that is more pure, uncut 80s in its essence than Spacecamp?  I mean, it’s got a team of Plucky Young Misfits, there’s a cute robot.   Plus, […]

Odds are, if you’re reading this, you’re a fan of what I do.  And I appreciate that.  I deeply, deeply do.  And I always feel I can do more for […]

Dennis Quaid had a pretty good run as a leading man in the late 80s, and while he dipped, he did come back later pretty solidly in his later years, […]