Today I want to write about fandom, but I’m starting from a type you might not be expecting. Last week the San Francisco Giants won their third World Series in five years. People are throwing around the word dynasty. As … Continue reading →
I finally sat down and watched the first season of True Detective, only some six months after I first mentioned intending to. For me, that’s not a bad turn-around time. It’s a good show, well worth watching. But I’m not … Continue reading →
“Why I Write” was originally written for the 2014 Whidbey Island Writers Conference, where I will be one of the presenters. They posted it here. If you’re curious about the conference, you can read about it here. I tried not … Continue reading →
The better part of a year ago, I speculated that I wouldn’t bother picking up the new D&D. I meant every word of that post. Really, I did. And yet, when the new edition of the Player’s Handbook came out, … Continue reading →
With the release of the second novel in The Telepath Trilogy, Immoral Telepathy, I find myself thinking about psychic powers as portrayed in the movies. Most such movies have … not done all that well. The Fury, The Power, Scanners, … Continue reading →
So, I was asked by @SubjectPlusVerb to write a story for this GISHWHES thing. For those who don’t know, that’s an acronym for the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen. It’s the brainchild of Supernatural’s Misha Collins, … Continue reading →
Over the weekend, my wife and I saw Deliver Us from Evil. As a horror film it’s well worth seeing, but today I want to focus on one element of it: the priest. In many horror films, a priest is … Continue reading →
So the Washington Redskins might be losing the registration on their name’s trademark. They can choose to fight if they want to, but I think they should look at this as an opportunity. In one fell swoop they can not … Continue reading →
This post will contain spoilers for the Game of Thrones episode “The Mountain and the Viper” and for the season one finale of Agents of SHIELD. If either of these would bother you, then you should probably stop reading. But … Continue reading →
Blake Snyder has written a very good screenwriting book called Save the Cat.* The idea that gives the book its title is that a gruff or potentially dislikable protagonist can gain viewer sympathy quickly if you show the protagonist saving … Continue reading →