Maurice Broaddus's Blog, page 54
October 18, 2009
Being "Maurice Broaddus"
Okay, I've just wrapped up Bouchercon (the World Mystery Convention that puts the other conventions I attend into perspective: 21 New York Times best sellers, over a dozen attending writers who are millionaires, sheesh), marking the end of convention season for the year. As a friend pointed out, cons are 72 hours of a bunch of introverts pretending to be extroverts. And I'm exhausted. (I'm sure coming off of a great time at Killercon and a fantastic time at Context has nothing to do with ...
October 14, 2009
Mo*Con V: The Kelli Strikes Back (SAVE THE DATE)
*SAVE THE DATE*April 30th - May 2nd
What is Mo*Con?
Brought to you by the Indiana Horror Writers, Mo*Con is a convention focused on conversations revolving around horror literature and spirituality (two great tastes that taste great together!). If you enjoy writing, horror, fantasy, poetry, and food, you'll find plenty to enjoy at this convention. Basically, imagine a room party held in a con suite, and that's Mo*Con.
Who Will Be There?
Kelli DunlapKelli spends her free time pounding on the...
October 13, 2009
Rush to Judgment
For matters of complete disclosure, back in the early 90s, when my politics leaned a bit more to the right, I was quite the Dittohead. So it's not like I have an ax to grind against Rush Limbaugh. I get him and sympathize with him. But still, he shouldn't be so surprised by the backlash of the possibility of him buying into an NFL team.
The fact is that he's a public figure who has built his success on his opinions and being an agent provocateur. Republicans in general need to face the fac...
The fact is that he's a public figure who has built his success on his opinions and being an agent provocateur. Republicans in general need to face the fac...
October 12, 2009
Checking Back In (aka The Discipline of Being Present)
What we call "at least being there" as quality spouse or family time, they see as either just the back of our heads or just our eyes above the cover of our laptops as we write … I've promised to try to do better at being present with her and the family, learning to be in the moment and raising the curtain. It's funny how any of us can be at home yet functionally absent, focused on whatever side project or work we're doing.
As I reflect on that blog, I'm wrestling with how much of a multi-taski...
As I reflect on that blog, I'm wrestling with how much of a multi-taski...
October 8, 2009
Grey's Anatomy (Season Five) – A Review
So my Thursday nights are taken up by a group of hot, young surgeons in training at Seattle Grace Hospital, the top teaching hospital, in competition with one another. Each dealing with life,love, and loss on a daily basis and whose problems and lives seem more intense in their life and death world. The doctors of Grey's Anatomy struggle to be great professionally and personally, the two rarely coinciding due to their overly complicated personal lives."I'm leaning into the fear to get a...
October 7, 2009
Private Practice (Season Two) – A Review
"Our family takes care of your family."
Following Dr. Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) moving to Los Angeles, Private Practice has an identity wholly separate from the show it spun off from, Grey's Anatomy. The show has its share of bed-hopping madness. Dr. Sam Bennett (Taye Diggs) and Dr. Naomi Bennett (Audra McDonald) are still confused in their friend-ex-marriage relationship. Dr. Cooper Freedman (Paul Adelstein) and Dr. Charlotte King (KaDee Strickland) are involved in their sex romp thr...
Following Dr. Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) moving to Los Angeles, Private Practice has an identity wholly separate from the show it spun off from, Grey's Anatomy. The show has its share of bed-hopping madness. Dr. Sam Bennett (Taye Diggs) and Dr. Naomi Bennett (Audra McDonald) are still confused in their friend-ex-marriage relationship. Dr. Cooper Freedman (Paul Adelstein) and Dr. Charlotte King (KaDee Strickland) are involved in their sex romp thr...
October 5, 2009
Ugly Betty (Season Three) – A Review
"Get Ready for Betty"
Ugly Betty enters its third season on a familiar trajectory. The first season being a breakout hit, the second kind of wobbling (partly because the writers hadn't fully thought through the second season as they were too busy surviving the first; partly due to the writer's strike), and the third season being a make or break kind of season as the show tries to re-coup some of its lost viewers. The fashion world backdrop of Ugly Betty continues with its fascination with ph...
Ugly Betty enters its third season on a familiar trajectory. The first season being a breakout hit, the second kind of wobbling (partly because the writers hadn't fully thought through the second season as they were too busy surviving the first; partly due to the writer's strike), and the third season being a make or break kind of season as the show tries to re-coup some of its lost viewers. The fashion world backdrop of Ugly Betty continues with its fascination with ph...
Male Pattern Depression
(aka Woundedness and Wounded Healers)
"The whole head is sick and the whole heart is faint. From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is nothing sound in it,only bruises, welts and raw wounds, not pressed out or bandaged, nor softened with oil." –Isaiah 1:5-6
Ever have one of those moments when you realize that you're a hot mess? That you still carry around that little child inside who had been rejected, hurt, misunderstood, and lonely. That there is this ache, this silent scream ins...
"The whole head is sick and the whole heart is faint. From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is nothing sound in it,only bruises, welts and raw wounds, not pressed out or bandaged, nor softened with oil." –Isaiah 1:5-6
Ever have one of those moments when you realize that you're a hot mess? That you still carry around that little child inside who had been rejected, hurt, misunderstood, and lonely. That there is this ache, this silent scream ins...
October 1, 2009
[BIB/ReadersRoom] The Fear
So I've been signed to a three book deal. Now how does it feel?
This is a common question that I've gotten and the honest answer is that I'm excited and terrified. Of course there's the requisite celebration, after all, it's a three book deal. To date, I've written five novels. After years of struggling to sell one novel, I've finally sold one plus two I haven't written yet. Fifth times a charm.
And it's terrifying. This is it. This is the dream I've been working toward. What I've sacrif...
This is a common question that I've gotten and the honest answer is that I'm excited and terrified. Of course there's the requisite celebration, after all, it's a three book deal. To date, I've written five novels. After years of struggling to sell one novel, I've finally sold one plus two I haven't written yet. Fifth times a charm.
And it's terrifying. This is it. This is the dream I've been working toward. What I've sacrif...
September 30, 2009
I Hate(d) Nicknames (aka Re-Born Identities)
MoBro.
Wrath James White calls me this (only he and one of my uncles call me this). To this day, nicknames make me uneasy or at least uncomfortable. Granted, Wrath's huge and thus gets away with a lot, but I've also begun to come to terms with the idea of nicknames. It doesn't quite bother me like it used to because he's like my big brother showing affection – I had gotten to the point where I couldn't tell a well-intended nickname from a bad one.
Back in fifth grade, I was given the name "C...
Wrath James White calls me this (only he and one of my uncles call me this). To this day, nicknames make me uneasy or at least uncomfortable. Granted, Wrath's huge and thus gets away with a lot, but I've also begun to come to terms with the idea of nicknames. It doesn't quite bother me like it used to because he's like my big brother showing affection – I had gotten to the point where I couldn't tell a well-intended nickname from a bad one.
Back in fifth grade, I was given the name "C...
