Irony
I've spent three days in the company of brilliant writers and I am humbled and inspired, and educated all at the same time. The past few days I was in Portales New Mexico, site of the Williamson Lectureship. The Lectureship was founded by Jack Williamson, Grand...
A Summer Reading List
I just bought Carrie Vaughn's latest Kitty book, KITTY ROCKS THE HOUSE, and I realized that over the next few months there is an avalanche of amazing books on the way. If you haven't read the Kitty books I urge you to run out and buy them. This is one of the most...
Myth is in our DNA
On the BioWare social network I was involved in a long and very interesting conversation about promises made, and endings and writing and emotional resonance, and this one person who posts is a professor and really brilliant, and he talked about myth. Which sent me...
Happy Endings Analyzed by a Master
I've been thinking once again about happy endings since I've been spending a bit of time over on the BioWare Social Network where the grief over the end of Mass Effect 3 is still prevalent now that we have reached the one year anniversary. Somebody said something...
Please Court — Go Big
One of my favorite bloggers is the gay, Catholic, conservative Andrew Sullivan, but I think he's off base on his hope that the Supreme Court will go small, make a very narrow ruling on the gay marriage ruling. He thinks it should continue to be argued state by state,...
Oh The Hypocrisy
I'm cooking breakfast this morning and they have a Republican guy on The Daily Rundown talking about how gay marriage really is a conservative value because marriage is good, and because the Republican party is all about, yah know, Freedom, and keeping the government...
Apple Rocks!
I realized I didn't have my music on my laptop and since that is going to become the California computer I wanted my music. I was preparing to do some difficult transfer thing, so I Google how to move music from my desktop to my laptop. It told me to turn on Home...
Late at Night and All Alone
I've been having a really interesting discussion with a number of fans over on the BSN (BioWare Social Network). This group seemed to be moderate, thoughtful, and far more polite with one another. The topic was foreshadowing, and needless to say we ended up...
Laying Pipe & Other Hollywood Phrases
I thought it might be fun to do a post about commonly used phrases in Hollywood and what they mean. Actually, many of them are very useful and can offer real guidance to a writer. The reason for these musing was I learned a new one today, and I think it's great. So...
It’s The Craft That Matters
I joined the BioWare social network because of my deep enjoyment and interest in both the Dragon Age franchise and the Mass Effect franchise. Unfortunately there does seem to be a tendency to go for the flame among some of the members. Because we are all geeks there...
