Josh Roseman's Blog, page 17

If you haven’t yet picked up your copy of The Clockwork...

If you haven’t yet picked up your copy of The Clockwork Russian and Other Stories, maybe these Amazon reviews will help you with your decision:

If there is a common theme, it’s one of the stories leaving you wanting more, imagining more, picturing the greater context.

A solid collection of short and very short stories, several of them featuring main characters who don’t fit the usual mould for protagonists: autistic, grossly overweight, dog, clone, villain.

His style is a fine example of well...

I’m performing the role of Sergeant Ramon Bradley in...

I’m performing the role of Sergeant Ramon Bradley in Greetings From The Ninth Sector by Rish Outfield.

Originally I was slated to play Corporal Otterson, but the production went in a different direction. Still, part of my performance can be heard in this promo for the episode.

"With the Oscars being awarded this coming weekend, I thought I would talk a little about “great”..."

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With the Oscars being awarded this coming weekend, I thought I would talk a little about “great” movies. I try to make a point of watching movies that are generally considered great, in hopes that I’ll like them. I mean, everyone else is saying they’re great, right?

But here’s the thing: sometimes, the cultural zeitgeist is just wrong.

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- SIX OF THE BEST… “great” movies that I just didn’t get - The Nerdery Public

"While I’m by no means a car aficionado, I do enjoy looking at different types of cars to see what..."

“While I’m by no means a car aficionado, I do enjoy looking at different types of cars to see what the interiors look like. I tell myself that it’s because I’m trying to decide what I want when I eventually do get a new vehicle, but mostly I think it’s just the design wannabe way in the back of my head that’s curious about how these things work, at least from a user interface perspective.”

- This week I’m talking about SIX OF THE BEST… things about older cars on The Nerdery Public. Basically...

"Pop-up Twitter accounts are viral self-aggrandizement: accounts that (probably) aren’t officially..."

“Pop-up Twitter accounts are viral self-aggrandizement: accounts that (probably) aren’t officially affiliated with the product, brand, news story, or other thing, but are still out there to get retweets and engagements in hopes that maybe the person behind them will someday release a book or a link to some sort of product or service.”

- From my latest column, SIX OF THE BEST… pop-up Twitter accounts, at Nerdery Public.

In my latest column, I take on SIX OF THE WORST… Two Dots...

In my latest column, I take on SIX OF THE WORST… Two Dots obstacles. They might not be what you think.

"People write what they want to be true, because that’s what they know: they’re stuck in boring or..."

“People write what they want to be true, because that’s what they know: they’re stuck in boring or dysfunctional lives and they want out.”

- From SIX OF THE BEST… reasons not to write what you know.

"“Stand Up” is that good. I won’t spoil the premise. Roseman is proud of this one, he notes. I think..."

““Stand Up” is that good. I won’t spoil the premise. Roseman is proud of this one, he notes. I think he should be. If this piece isn’t expanded into a full-length book, it at least needs to be optioned by a production company into a film. If either boon does not befall it, then I’d call that a loss not just for genre fans, but anyone who enjoys a good story. It’s easily the best tale here, in my opinion, charging out the gates past a stable full of strong horses. That it hasn’t been published...

SIX OF THE BEST... things that seemed like a good idea at the time

SIX OF THE BEST... things that seemed like a good idea at the time

SIX OF THE BEST... columns I wrote in 2015

SIX OF THE BEST... columns I wrote in 2015:

I like to think I write enough columns each year to do a top-six list. So I made one.