“You will never come up against a greater adversary than your own potential, my young friend.” -Star Trek, Next Generation, as said to Wesley Crusher. Prometheus opened this weekend– which, […]
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Writing the Other: You’ll Probably Screw This Up
“Kids, you tried your best, and failed miserably. The lesson to learn is: never try.”-Homer Simpson In case I’ve not made this clear: I am a straight, white, upper-middle-class, non-religious*, […]
Read moreThe Elegantly Bare-bones Fight Scene
I had the opportunity to watch Haywire this week, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring the impressive Gina Carano. Now, I won’t make more of this than it is: as […]
Read moreHey, look. A milestone of sorts.
So, it’s more or less been a year since I decided to write in this blog twice a week every week. And what do you know, a year later, I’ve […]
Read moreVillainy and Cult of Personality
I’m not a big fan of the Schwarzenegger Conan the Barbarian, but there’s a scene that sticks with me, even though I haven’t seen it in over twenty years. At […]
Read moreBard for Life
This past weekend I went to see “Anonymous“. Afterward, I found this bit from the New York Times review spot on: “Anonymous,” a costume spectacle directed by Roland Emmerich, from […]
Read moreEverything I know I learned from doing that crazy show
OK, the title may be a bit of exaggeration. But it’s not much of one. See, writing a novel is something of a marathon, and on some level, you don’t […]
Read moreThe Siren Call of Too Easy
An online associate of mine is having their book published by a brand-new small-print publisher. As in, their book is going to be that publisher’s first book. Now, I’m not […]
Read moreLocked in the Box
I have a strange fascination for “Locked in a Box” horror movies. Or thriller movies, more correctly. In my personal definition, thrillers are movies where deaths and terror are happening […]
Read moreMood and Tone and Mad Men
Here it is, Monday, and I almost forgot to write a blog post. It’s been a hectic week, loaded with a bunch of minutiae that aren’t problems, per se, but […]
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