Tag Archive | movies
Space for Rent: Video Games as Art
Tweet of the Day: “The Thing in the Crypt”: The Interactive Adventure Game! ——– This is a derailed post. Let me explain. Right now, on my wordpress draft folder sits a post titled “Space for Rent: I Failed the Bechdel Test” which has to do with, what else, the Bechdel Test, why I failed it [...]
Space for Rent: The Problem with Normalization
Tweet of the Day: Race in Space: A Question ——- This is the second post on the subject of what I call “normalization“. If you know of a better word, please let me know. I hate to flail in ignorance. But what is “normalization” (at least in this context)? Simply put is when a behavior, [...]
Sunday Tweet: Elements of Style
Tweet of the Day: Elements of Style (Comic) This will be a short post. The excellent Polenth Blake at Polenth’s Quill wrote an equally short post around a panel of the xkcd webcomic. She was curious about the stylistic reasons of drawing certain stick figures with hair while most of them did not have it [...]
We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Post….(SPOILERS)
Tweet of the Day: Writing Life: On Muses and Writing ——– Yes, I saw it. (SPOILERS) The last movie. (SPOILERS) As if the big spoiler warning didn’t tip you off. (SPOILERS) Just in case: SPOILERS!!!OMGPONIES!!111!!!! Now that we got that out of the way….. Verdict: It was good. Not exceptional mind you, I think that [...]
Re-Post: The Last Bout
Tweet of the Day: AW June Blog Chain: Setting the Scene ——– The afternoon sun beat down on Hadrian’s exposed skin. The harsh light glinted of the naked steel of his sword. The roar of the crowd washed over him. He was their favorite, their champion. He ignored it all by counting the clanks as [...]
Weekend Roundup: June 12th – 18th With Potter News!
Tweet of the Day: How To Write Engaging Dialogue ——- I’m sure you heard about Pottermore by now. Who hasn’t? There even a countdown clock and everything. Just one itty bitty detail. No one knows what Pottermore is, except for Rowling. And there is the last movie (see trailer below) so this will be the [...]
Sci-Fi: How Alien is Alien?
Tweet of the Day: Fueling Fiction with Nonfiction ——- Aliens are a staple of science fiction. The reason why heroes travel across dozens of light years to reach new worlds is to meet the inhabitants, and sometimes to sex them up as well. However, aliens do present a bit of problem. And what is the [...]
Current Affairs
Not much to report. Putting the final touches to the first draft of my WIP. I can already smell the re-write, but that will have to wait until January at the very least. A warm congratulations to all the NaNo winners out there. You deserve it. Playing WoW right now (World of Warcraft). The folks [...]
My 30 Days of Writing-Days 29/30:End of the Line
Sorry for missing yesterday’s deadline. But in a strange way, answering these two questions in the same post brings a bit of symmetry to the end of this meme. So lets get to it, shall we? 29. How often do you think about writing? Ever come across something IRL that reminds you of your story/characters? [...]
Story Seeds
What are the sources of your inspiration, they ask (whoever happens to ask the question, btw)? And I always reply: music and images. But how does that work exactly? How do you turn a piece of music or an image into a story? The answer lies in the picture above. Yes, it does! Someone saw [...]
