Every once in a great while, somebody makes a movie just for me. I’d grown so accustomed to seeing bad movies that I forgot they actually made good ones. That’s why Hanna came as such a surprise. Hanna is the story of a girl who’s grown up in the woods in the far north, raised […]
Hanna: Or, I Don’t Hate Everything, You Know Read More »
I didn’t hate this movie as much as most people, and I suspect this is because I didn’t go into it expecting some Grand Feministe Epic. You can generally tell how seriously a movie takes it female characters by what they’re wearing throughout. One glance at all the lingerie and little-girl fetish gear in the
Some Belated, Spoiler-Filled Thoughts on Suckerpunch (An Epic of Failed Potential) Read More »
J. and I are busy negotiating an epic fencing experience for our house. It will look something like this: You all don’t want to know how many book checks worth of fence this is, but it was the only fence type we could get mostly-approved by our neighbors. Welcome to historic suburbia. As somebody who
Epic Fencing Undertaking Read More »
Oh, hello there! I have a blog! Having no interest in providing actual content, though, and still not ready to write my handwave-handwave-sexy-dance “review” (rant) about SuckerPunch, here’s an excerpt of book 2 to tide you over (DECEMBER folks, December!!) ___ EXCERPT Infidel: Chapter 15 Suha came out onto the terrace. “You hear what’s on
Nothing to See Here: Oh, Have an Excerpt! Read More »
Yes, yes, so I am behind on posting here. So chop my head off. However, there has been no lack of posting in other venues. Check it out: . . . . . . Amazon Book Blog . Bring Me Your Heroes: Why Anti-Heroes Rock Fortune And Glory: Why I Won’t Be Quitting My Day
Yes, I am Writing.. In a Crap-ton of Other Places Read More »
Hopefully they are saying nice things? (Photo courtesy of Jeff VanderMeer)
Why Yes, Finnish Rights ARE Available… Read More »
I may be one of the very few readers who doesn’t actually want a writer to tell me what the hell is going on. I am the ultimate anti-infodumper. I would rather claw around in a weird world for awhile piecing together through action, dialogue, and creative description how things work than for a writer
Worldbuilding 201: Normalizing the Absurd Read More »
It’s so sad when a movie with a potentially great story goes so wrong. I am willing to forgive Kristen Stewart the whole Twilight thing because she had such a great Joan Jett look. The problem was she just wasn’t given much at all to work with. Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie was even worse,
The Runaways: When Good Stories Go Bad Read More »
Because not everything I write is bug and blood and deserts. Well, not all deserts, anyway. From the latest WIP, a short story titled, “Sense of Dark.” ————- Everything that mattered happened in the dark. It was eighteen in the morning, the deepest part of the black, with the promise of dawn another eight hours
Today God’s War is officially available for download on the Kindle! To celebrate, I’ve posted the first three chapters of God’s War online for free. Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three
FREE Chapters of God’s War Now Online (also, happy Kindle release day!) Read More »