Globe Trotting Aces
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...
The Heavy Hand of Hollywood Notes
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...
Bowing to Hackers or Bowing to Insurance Companies?
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...
In Our Name
I usually keep the conversation light, focused on writing and games and horses and TV shows and movies. But the torture report which was published today (and keep in mind this is a mere 20% of the actual report a 500 page summation of a 6700 page report that is...
When Writing Is Really Fun
Most people who know me know that I'm a big proponent of the outline or the story break. I think it helps you meet deadlines and not fall into seductive dead ends that look good at first then you write a hundred pages and realize you've been dumped in a swamp. The...
My Process
I'm closing in on the end of the first book in the space opera series -- THE HIGH GROUND. I knew in a general way what the big action sequence was going to be, but I'm almost there, and it's crunch time. A general sense wasn't going to be good enough. I needed...
Superhero Shows — The Creepy & The Lame
Overall I'm really enjoying both ARROW and THE FLASH, but before I sing their praises I need to complain about a couple of things. THE FLASH is squicking me out over Barry's romantic mooning over Iris. They were raised from childhood as siblings. The research...
Arrow
It a rather marathon session I finished watching the second season of ARROW last night. I still really like the show, in particular Stephen Amell -- Oliver Queen, Willa Holland -- Thea Queen, David Ramsey -- John Diggle, and Emily Bett Rickards -- Felicity. I also...
Revisiting Dragon Age — How Games Help Writers
I started a new Dragon Age campaign here in CA on the new XBox 360. For the first time I played the human origin story where you are the child of the Tyrn of Highever. I chose to play a son because I didn't really want to try romancing Alistair, and I thought I...
Must Have Been In the Ether — Connections between Interstellar & Big Hero 6
This post is filled with SPOILERS about two different films so you have been warned. *************************SPOILERS************************SPOILERS*************SPOILERS*******************SPOILERS*************** This past week I’ve seen two movies that, while vastly...
