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Jupiter Ascending

Jupiter Ascending is like the dream you might have, if you fell asleep on the couch after a heavy meal, probably involving alcohol (not beer, though; or even wine–too common. Absinthe or chartreuse), in a room with an Art Deco book on the coffee table and a Matrix poster on the wall, where your roommate […]

A Tribute to Moira Queen

Warning: Spoilers for Arrow seasons 1 & 2 As a lifelong geek, when I became a mother I didn’t have access to many good examples of motherhood in the stories I enjoyed. Most of the moms in stories are absent (died in childbirth is a popular one), clueless, or vaguely benevolent (and then murdered by […]

Action is Character

So, we’ve all been sick with various permutations of winter crud around here, which means not a lot of sleeping and almost no creating, so in order to warm the drawing hand back up (and get some cool fencing poses for future drawings) I decided to sketch some of the duel from The Princess Bride.�� […]

Question of Time Giveaway Final Hours

Hi guys! Just a quick reminder that the Question of Time giveaway ends tonight at midnight EST, so if you’d like to win a free e-copy of Joanne Renaud’s marvelous time travel novella, just sail on over to the giveaway post and leave a comment. Also, if you haven’t taken advantage of the FREE pirate-airship-dragons-and-intrigue […]

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, to all you lovely people out there–however few or many!�� What is your favorite part of the holiday?�� For me–well, I have a lot of favorite parts.�� I love the traditional Christmas hymns, like “O Come All Ye Faithful” and “Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming,” and I’ve even gotten a little bit […]

The Angry Noise of Impatient Fans

So yesterday I read Patrick Rothfuss’s The Slow Regard of Silent Things, an odd, slantwise, e.e. cummings-ish little novella about the beauty in broken things and the quiet joy and dignity in setting one’s home to rights. It’s a very Advent-appropriate book, for those of us who attend to such things, a book of waiting […]

A Question of Time Interview and Giveaway

We’re still pumped about A Question of Time round hereabouts; Donna Thorland, author of Mistress Firebrand, said of it: “A time travel romance for the 80s girl in all of us, Renaud’s debut packs the emotional punch of your favorite John Hughs movie and will send you rummaging under the bed for your high school […]

Book Review: A Question of Time

Today, I’d like to introduce to you, my reader(s?), one of my favorite stories, a go-to comfort read when I’m feeling down and need an injection of happiness: Joanne Renaud’s time-travel romance novella, A Question of Time, available from Champagne Books. (Full disclosure: Joanne is a friend of mine, and I had the honor of […]

Free Story: The Blue Dress

Hi-ho, everybody!�� Just a quick reminder, or announcement, that my short story “The Blue Dress” is available for free on smashwords in the format of your choice.�� This story first appeared in Dark Valentine Magazine, a fabulously cool but short-lived e-zine, in 2010.�� Here’s a sample: Beside the fireplace of a secure little cabin, deep […]

John C Wright on Interstellar

Since I still haven’t sat down to write my Interstellar review (or rather, my look at Interstellar as the culmination of Christopher Nolan’s art so far and the redemption of the one flaw of The Dark Knight Rises–stay tuned! Maybe!), I’ll just put some links here so you can go read the inimitable John C […]