I am fascinated by OITNB. The characters are the definition of diverse and unflinchingly real. The storylines range from whimsically crazy to homicidally heavy. As a writer and a storyteller, I learn from studying it, but as viewer? I consume. As far as I can find, there’s no official drop date for s4. I had ...
The last day of November is a day of powerfully mixed emotions for me, or has been for roughly the last ten years. November is the home of that equal parts awesome and terrifying endeavor, NaNoWriMo. NaNoWriMo, for the uninitiated, is short for National Novel Writing Month. Now, this is a bit of a ...
Some people celebrate today as Halloween and that’s cool. But the real holiday? NaNoWriMo Eve. If you’re not familiar with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), it is, in a nutshell, a creative challenge wherein participants attempt to write a 50 thousand word (or more) novel in the 30 days of every November since 2000. Now, ...
I started this entry several times, mostly in my head, trying to figure out how to approach it. In the end, as the con was two weeks ago, I decided to listen to Shia and The best way seems to be a highlight reel, as no one should be subjected to the blow by blow ...
I’m going to make a confession that has strained two real life relationships and usually garners ugly comments during reblogs: I still carry a bloody big torch for RTD era Doctor Who. I’m not saying RTD is without his flaws, but I appreciate his DW game. I had only heard of Torchwood in passing, but ...