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November 19, 2014
Nopalgarth by Jack Vance
Jack Vance is one of my favorite writers. The man could come up with the most outlandish ideas and turn them into great stories. Nopalgarth, which is basically a novella, is a prime example. What if there were invisible creatures squatting on your head that fundamentally altered your perception of the world? And what if …
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November 18, 2014
Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
John Brunner is always good for an interesting read. As a writer, he stewed up plots that, to my mind, are rarely matched in originality by other more celebrated writers. As much as I admire Brunner and his work, reading The Shockwave Rider was a real struggle despite the fact that I suspect the novel …
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Songs of the Dying Earth – Jack Vance
Jack Vance has been one of my favorite writers ever since I first read his short story “Nopalgarth.” I immediate read my way through everything of his I could find, and when I finally encountered The Dying Earth, my mind was blown. The merger of science and magic and the idea of an Earth so …
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Seven Kindoms – Catchy Goth Metal Band
Thanks to Spotify and eMusic, I’ve run across a great goth metal band called Seven Kingdoms. Sounds a bit like Battle Lore, but with a streak of glam metal in it. The songs are surprisingly catchy for a metal band. I find myself singing along surprisingly often, and I’m not really a sing along kind …
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Scrivener and the iPad
Like a lot of writers, Scrivener is my go to app for writing. There simply is no better way to write and manage a long project like a novel. Unlike traditional text editors like Word or Pages, Scrivener is a binder of individual text documents. The way I use it, each scene in a chapter …
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November 6, 2014
Adventures of Superman
Watching the George Reeves Adventures of Superman. In one episode, some gangsters figure out he is Clark Kent. Can’t have that getting out, so he takes them up to a mountain in the arctic and leaves them there while he goes off “to get them food.” Naturally, they fall to their deaths trying to return …
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October 31, 2014
Happy Halloween!
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October 16, 2014
Pumpkin carving time!
Picked up the pumpkins. Got some HUGE ones! The carving begins tomorrow.
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October 10, 2014
Line of Defense #4 “The Walk”
The latest chapter in the Line of Defense comic series begins this week! What happens when a GALCOM soldier shoots his commanding officer? He’s given a choice: execution by firing squad, or “The Walk.” Find out what happens when Rabbit is dropped behind enemy lines with nothing but his wits to defend himself. The series …
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October 3, 2014
A Hero’s Death Illustration
Sketch and pencils for an illustration to accompany the short story in A Hero’s Death graphic novel
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