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August 21, 2017
Self-Publishing Quick-Guide (And Resources)
The author sat in her lair, brooding as she looked over the stack of unpublished manuscripts, letters of rejection, and the collateral clutter of their writing be ignored. Her story was worthy, her words honed and powerful. Her voice had to be shared. She could no longer knock at the ironclad doors. Instead, she would…
August 11, 2017
Back to the Beginning: How This Blog Started
A long-time blogging buddy of mine, starwarsanon, has tagged me in a #MyFirstPostRevisited blog tagging game. While she has rightly doubted I would post this because I’m busy with non-blogging things (like working full-time, trying to have a social life, and spending most of my off-time trying to get my third book ready for publishing), she happened to…
July 13, 2017
Review: Wondering Sight by Melissa McShane
Wondering Sight is a fun read full of intrigue and magic in England’s post-Napoleonic war period. I loved the world of the book, where balls and social expectations of the era mix with magic as part of the class order. Our heroine, Sophia Westlake, is marked as a seer by her red gloves. These gloves…
June 23, 2017
Wonder Woman: The Super Heroine We Need
Wonder Woman is one of those rare but sublime moments when a piece of pop culture hits the cultural zeitgeist of the moment. It’s been a rough past few months, full of political turmoil, moments of terrible violence in usually peaceful cities, where hate speech and disagreement seem the topic of the day. This film…
May 16, 2017
Word of the Week: Monologic
While exploring research for my new job (more on that later), I came across the word “Monologic”, which leads us to today’s challenge: Define the word without looking it up. I’d love to hear your definitions. My supervisor said it sounds like a word to describe a fashion style featuring a monocle. What’s your definition…
February 23, 2017
Fifth Annual Watched In Theater (W.I.T) Awards
Welcome to the Fifth Annual Watched In Theater (W.I.T.) Awards! The 2017 Oscars are being deliberated, honoring movies that push boundaries, wrench at your heart, and make the audience question their entire existence. While these may be great films, I have not seen most of them. Instead, I present the WIT awards, honoring the movies I…
February 14, 2017
The Art of Actual True Love
“My darling, I cannot remember what life was like before I touched your hand.” “You have a most wondrous hand! Holding it feels as if the world has begun anew.” “I have only one desire more: To come to the other side of the bench and behold your face.” “No, my love. This is why…
February 11, 2017
Good, Clean Fantasy For Your Valentine’s Day
If you’ve enjoyed the League of Scribes (interviews with authors of clean* fantasy novels), you’ll enjoy The Fellowship of Fantasy Valentine’s sale February 12-14, 2017. This is a great chance to meet some new authors and add some great books to your collection. Book are priced at $.99 or FREE. (I’ve included my own first book,…
January 24, 2017
The History of Motion Capture In Three Minutes (Plus Some Announcements)
At the 2017 The Life The Universe and Everything writing conference in Provo, UT on February 16th to 18th, I will be presenting on Motion Capture Technology. I’m very excited for this presentation and thought it would be fun to present this preview: One of my favorite quotes from my film classes in college is that…
December 19, 2016
Rogue One: Stepping Out Into The Newly Renovated Universe
This past month, I’ve seen Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them and Dr. Strange. Both are fun expansions on their respective fandoms, taking the brand and stretching it a bit further while remaining true to the humor, wonder, and world developed in their companion films. With these fun and well-made films in mind, I walked into…
