Space Milkshake
Space Milkshake: A Movie Review, or, An Appreciation of Sci-Fi Comedy Current trends in genre movies lean toward zombies, war, and the Apocalypse, but I’d like to take a moment to appreciate the...
View ArticleA Duotrope Replacement, & It Looks Good
Like many I was disappointed (if not terribly surprised) to see Duotrope go to a paid subscription model. This market database and submissions tracker is a great service, no mistake, but the...
View ArticleI Like a Little Fiction with My Science
I finally got to see The Martian this past weekend, and if you’ve been following the reviews at all my reaction will come as no surprise: it was great. What’s that, you’ve been busy/off the grid/media...
View ArticleThe Options Are Limitless!
I ran through a number of possibilities for today’s installment of #ThingsILike. Allow me to take you on a tour: (tl;dr? Limitless is awesome:) Option #1: Delightfully Precocious Investigative...
View ArticleHere’s to Kick-Ass Ladies
Today is International Women’s Day, and I’m feeling fine. If you’re interested in learning more about the sorts of women who are often shunned by history, check out this sampling of women who dared...
View ArticleAnother First
I am pretty sure that today will be the first snow-free day at our house, and I spotted the first flowering violets out back. All good news! I could talk about the first Soviet Lord of the Rings...
View ArticleA Damn Shame
The sun is out and while it’s not exactly warm, the world is bright and beautiful. I’m working on a number of project ideas and am about to help Mr Man dissect the fridge. (brief break for said...
View ArticleMuch Better, Thanks
I may have understated things a little yesterday, when I said that my bug bites were just “extremely itchy.” They were driving me crazy, especially the freakishly large spider(?) bite that made my...
View ArticleHow Smoked Oysters Changed My Life!
* Editor’s Note: Welcome to Lunchtime Clickbait, where we test oddly specific headlines establishing implausibly sweeping claims for oddly specific life strategies. * * * Sure, it’s only been two...
View ArticleOne More Day!
Tomorrow is the book birthday for Writers of the Future Volume 39, which includes my story “Piracy for Beginners” and much more. The publishers went all out, with 544 pages plus a full-color gallery...
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