by Melinda Snodgrass | Jan 31, 2015 | Blog
Yes, I have been obsessively playing Dragon Age: Inquisition, and loving it. Great companions. A worthy task that seems far more noble and important then the problems set out in Dragon Age 2. There was a power to Dragon Age: Origins in that you are basically a kid with out any support who has to save your country. You basically grow up and have to deal with not only the Blight, but a civil war that threatens to tear your nation apart. It also felt like a big world. Then along came Dragon...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jan 11, 2015 | The Craft of Writing
I want to give a shout out to Pat Rothfuss index.asp. There is a very valuable writing lesson in his novel A WISE MAN’S FEARS. I had read THE NAME OF THE WIND when it first came out, and now I finally picked up Wise Man’s for my trip home to New Mexico for the holidays. I’m very much enjoying this book. Kvothe is a terrific character, and the framing device selected by Rothfuss works beautifully. But today I’m here to praise a choice that he made in Wise...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jan 11, 2015 | About Writing
Hey, the new edition of ACES ABROAD, the fourth book in our Wild Card series is now available from Tor books. It also has extra crunchy goodness with two new stories. One by Carrie Vaughn www.carrievaughn.com, and another by Kevin Andrew Murphy Kevin.A.Murphy. Do check it out. The Wild Card series has often set stories in diverse places around the world, and our alternate history can be both fun and alarming.
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jan 5, 2015 | TV & Movies
Last night I settled down to watch my screener of the Benedict Cumberbatch biopic on Alan Turing, THE IMITATION GAME and the heavy hand of less than good Hollywood notes was evident in many, many scenes. I’m not sure if I should both with spoiler warnings since most people know Turing committed suicide at age 41, and the world lost one of its foremost minds to a ridiculous prejudice. But just to be on the safe side I will do so. I also know a lot of people have complained the film is...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Dec 19, 2014 | TV & Movies
For obvious reasons I’ve been following this Sony flap over THE INTERVIEW. I have no idea if the film is brilliant and funny, or lame and silly. It is unfortunate that threats have led to the banning of a piece of art and because they “won” this will probably lead to more efforts to force companies to back down on controversial content. Based on this episode the companies will back down. If somebody had been willing to show the film I would have gone just to make my small...
