Do you hear the world groaning? It’s faint, easily drowned out by the business and busy-ness of our lives. Truth be told, I think we often do our best to ignore the groaning when we do hear it. We want to pretend like it’s not happening or that it’s a…
Every now and then, my mind starts to drift in a fanfiction sort of direction, when I wish that I could hop into someone else’s playground and do some storytelling. There have been times when I’ve indulged myself, and today is another one of those days. If I could, I…
Netflix can be both a blessing and a curse. I call it a blessing because it’s allowed me to sample and experience all sorts of wonderful things. I watched the first five seasons of Dr. Who plus the first two of Sherlock thanks to instant streaming. I was able to…
As a lot of you know, the publisher who has released all of my novels thus far was bought and eventually rebranded. It’s been interesting watching the transition…well, not exactly from the sidelines, but not from the line of scrimmage either. I’m not exactly sure what sports metaphor I should…
Last week, the first trailer came out for Ridley Scott’s new movie, Exodus: Gods and Kings. I’ll admit, I didn’t watch it right away, but I’ll explain why in just a little bit. I finally got around to it. And here it is, so you can see it for yourself:…
It’s been a while since I posted a video game review, and I’ve been sitting on this one a while. If you haven’t heard of it yet, well… you’ve missed something really special. It’s 1982. You are a lowly peon in an Eastern European country (definitely not the Soviet Union.…
Two steps forward, one step back. In some ways, I think I did some good work this week. Right now, the GenShip project is at 19,777 words, meaning that I added around 4,603 words. That’s right, I said “around.” Because earlier this week, I did a little editing pass over…
The other day, I was tooling around YouTube (as I am wont to do from time to time) and I stumbled across the following video review of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars. I’ll admit, the video’s title (“I Dislike ‘The Fault in Our Stars’”) caught my attention. I…
Last week, I spent some time musing about the Ark of the Covenant, spinning through some theories about where the sacred box may have wound up. My money is still on it being destroyed by the Babylonians. It just makes theological sense to me that it was destroyed. It’s a…
Well, this week was better. I was able to chisel out a little more writing time and had some productive sessions. As of right now, the GenShip story is at 15,174 words, meaning I added 5,926 words to it over the past week. Good, but not full speed. I really…