Easy to Please (My love of splody and sappy cinema)

While I’m queuing up my next batch of book reviews, I’m going to share some thoughts on movies—what I have watched and enjoyed, watched and hated, and later this week, some of the weirdest stuff Netflix has dropped into my mailbox. I’ve had a Netflix account about twelve years and in that time, I’ve watchedContinueContinue reading “Easy to Please (My love of splody and sappy cinema)”

Reading Challenge Update (March)

This could be a very short post. (Hah!) I didn’t actually read anything from any of my current challenges in the month of March. But…I thought I had. Yep, that’s right. I read a different book, thinking I had listed it. Not such a difficult mistake when you consider the fact that at last count,ContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenge Update (March)”

The World Gone By

(A ramble about the Landmark beta, among other things.) My writing partner Jenn and I submitted a manuscript to a publisher on Monday. Project codename: Space Boys has consumed us since the beginning of February and after hitting the submit button I suffered the usual bends as I arose from the quagmire of stress thatContinueContinue reading “The World Gone By”

Why Am I Still Playing Assassin’s Creed III?

Because I’m bloody-minded, or maybe just idiotic. Really, there are so many other ways I could spend my time. I have hobbies that don’t elevate my blood pressure, cause me to swear compulsively and drive me to thrash a pillow against the end of the bed. My gaming computer is tucked into a nook inContinueContinue reading “Why Am I Still Playing Assassin’s Creed III?”

Writing Outside the Lines

I like writing outlines. Putting facts in order appeals to my sense of, well, order. I didn’t always feel that way, however. In school, I thought they were one of those evil necessities. I always knew what I wanted to write, so why did I need to write about what I wanted to write? WhyContinueContinue reading “Writing Outside the Lines”