Last night Star Trek: Into Darkness played for the first time in public theaters for the general public. One of the big questions is: Who exactly is Benedict Cumberbatch playing in the movie. I've enjoyed speculating along with many of my friends, but I have been avoiding anything…
Well, here we are. Almost two weeks and over 11,000 words later, and we arrive at the final post. What a wild ride. Hope you all had as much fun following along with this as we did writing it. Yeah, it got strange, then stranger, and then down right…
Well, it's back to me again. This thing has gone in places I never expected. To see my post that started this strange and awesome journey, go here. To see a complete list of the participants and their posts in the story, go here. Now, for my next…
Since I'm heading off to the Tulare County Renaissance Faire this weekend, I suppose I should make my post about the San Jose Fantasy Faire. Second year for this event, and with a few minor bumps here and there, it was a really nice show. It's…
April 27th is "Tell a Story Day," and a group of writers has gotten together to celebrate by writing a group story. You can see the participating authors at the event page at www.genreunderground.com. I get the honor of starting the story off and setting the…
Just got back from the San Jose Fantasy Festival, played with my baby girl, recapped with my wife, and had a few moments of down time before opening my computer to catch up on everything I missed while at the faire for the weekend. My post wrapping up the event…
Two days later, (okay, a week, but this took longer to write than I thought it would) I seem mostly recovered from WonderCon without having lost most of it to the clutter that fills my brain in everyday life following any event. I've decided I'll be…
It’s Tolkien Reading Day, and so I thought I’d dust off this old paper I wrote years ago for a Literature of Science Fiction and Fantasy class I took a while back. I’m going to “polish” it up a bit so that it’s less academic and…
"Who is your favorite writer?" If' you're a reader or a writer, you probably get this question a lot. Next is probably, "what's your favorite book?" And how many of us can actually narrow it down to one - in either…
I read Memory of Light, the final volume of the mega-series The Wheel of Time, a few weeks ago. I set out to write my review the next day, and then reconsidered. For this one, I felt I needed to wait a bit before delving into this. It would be…
