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Thoughts on the RWB’s The Handmaid’s Tale

Based on a Novel by Margaret Atwood

That’s what it says on my ticket

When I got there, my brain immediately went, “Maybe a ballet based on a science-fiction speculative fiction novel with a theme of oppression – specifically women’s reproductive rights wasn’t the best birthday present for mom.” But she loved it. She wasn’t familiar with the source material, but she got the idea. (And before anyone yells at me about being selfish– I’d forgotten they were doing this – I walked into buy the ticket...

Dragon! / Moar Goodreads thoughts

Sorry for the promise of discussions and dropping off the face of the earth – between this cold, my ACLS course and family goings on, I’ve been a busy little goomba. Also, been planning for C4 Comic Con so that’s been taking up a huge chunk of my time – here’s the finished picture of the dragon I commissioned Ingrid Glaw to do for the con (B & W), scaled down to fit most browsers:

And here’s the picture colored by the very talented Jazmyn:

So I played around with it, here’s some of the rejected...

Censorship and Book Reviews

With all the wankery that I’ve seen in regards to book bloggers in general, I want to thank you book bloggers for being honest with your thoughts. I know it’s hard – especially if you’re drawing fire for that honesty. I think society could do with more book discussions.

For me, as an author with a small-publisher, those of you who are willing to review my book and be honest about it, you’re giving me a huge gift. (And those of you who can’t because you’re back-logged, busy, I get it, and I ap...

NO

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1499741-important-note-regarding-reviews

Let’s say, for instance, that most of those Authors Behaving Badly posts are crap – oversensitive crybabies that take things too seriously spoiling for a fight. I don’t think that’s reason to censor it.

Come on, fellow authors – Goodreads is a site for readers. Let the ones who cause trouble have their fun. I don’t like the idea of banning books – let’s not ban the discussion, even if that discussion isn’t to our likin...

An Interactive(?) Girl in the Tower

I stumbled across this in a discussion yesterday – I tried to download it to my phone this morning, but it says it’s no longer available. I watched the ‘game’ below, I think it’s missing a part at the very end. Still, how many times did you beat the game on the first try?

It’s more of an experience than a game, playing with the other side of the rescue the princess of the average game. It’s interesting someone made this – granted, when I was a kid, I was way more empathetic to the captured, an...

Autumn Blog Hop/ ABC’s of Reading

I just participated, so if you’re feeling sad that summer’s over, or you happen to love the autumn season, go and check it out. I used the term Autumn, even though it’s definitely Fall around here – technically, the snow can start to fly any time in October, though lately we’ve been getting it late November, which is awesome on account of Halloween costumes.

Okay – with the exception of A, I will not mention Burroughs, Lewis, Butler, or Orwell. GO!

ABC’s of Reading

Taken from I’m not sure where,...

Daily Book Challenge: Day 30

Day 30 – Your favorite book of all time

I’ve talked about this book and this author a lot already – as said with The Screwtape letters, this is the sort of book that makes me work, but unlike Screwtape, there’s a lot of reading between the lines.

Our story is about Orual, an ugly-queen who lodges her complaint against the gods, which in her time would have been hubris. Orual is the sister of the mythological Psyche, who was famed for her beauty and compared to Aphrodite. Aphrodite would have no...

Daily Book Challenge: Day 29

So I’m behind again – cannot finish on time, as that would be yesterday, but I’ll make the next post go in a few hours, so I’m not coming up with an excuse. I had a tension headache two nights ago – yesterday, I was rewatching Les Miserables last night on call while I was sketching, so no real excuse other than I just didn’t feel like it.

Day 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked

I don’t normally follow reading trends, I’m more likely to read small-press books and I honestly don’t care what...

Daily Book Meme: Day 28

Day 28 – Favorite title

Picked because it’s also my favorite cover of the series.

I suck with coming up with my own titles. I’ve had finished books sitting there for a while before I came up with a title – come to think of it, I’d already written ¾ of Tower of Obsidian before I came up with a title beyond, “Historical Fantasy – Untitled”, which, by the way, I wrote the latter-half of the novel mostly first (I wanted to swap with Ron, so I had to go back and write the beginning because we swap s...

Daily Book Challenge: Day 27

Day 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending

Spoilers! This is Post Red-Wedding. Here’s some pictures I took today while walking my dog at the Assiniboine Park; you can’t yell at me if you don’t look below. Don’t keep reading post pictures if you’re waiting for next season or still reading the book:

Joffrey’s Death, and all the aftermath that followed Tyrion afterwords, up to “Shitting Gold.” Let’s just say that those of us who have read it, are going to be cackling at the tv-show onl...