The Novelist

This feels a little weird. I’m a novelist (who should probably be working on his latest book) writing a review about a new video game…about a novelist trying to write his latest book but keeps getting distracted by other things. It’s kind of meta, I guess. That’s the correct usage…

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Freaky Fun Friday Part I — Staci’s Gone Missing!

This is post 2 of 12 in the series “Freaky Fun Friday” My random ideas for a found footage horror movie. Freaky Fun Friday: The Return Freaky Fun Friday Part I — Staci’s Gone Missing! Freaky Fun Friday Part II — Retracing Staci’s Steps Freaky Fun Friday Part III —…

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Star Wars Collides with John Hughes

So, true confession time, my wife and I are kind of opposites when it comes to our taste in movies. As you can probably guess, I’m into all things geeky and sci-fi and fantasy. For my wife, not so much. She was shocked when we were dating when I admitted…

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Wordcount Wednesday

Well, here we go, folks. Here’s my update on my many and various writing projects. Failstate #3 This is off to the publisher. More details to follow, I’m sure. Kynetic Novella Not as much progress as I’d like to have made, but right now, I’ve written 5,118 words. I like…

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The Monster in My Bookshelf

I’m cross-posting this from Speculative Faith. I hope no one minds. I wanted to talk about the monster on my bookshelf. It’s been glaring at me lately. And growing. Oh, yes. It’s growing ever larger. It’s my to-be-read pile. I know, I know, we all have them. That stack of…

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Hearthstone

Wow, I’ve been on a blogging tear recently. Maybe I’ve had too much saved up. It could also be that, while I didn’t blog for six-plus months, I did keep reading and writing. Oh, and playing video games. Lots of them. But I tried Hearthstone only recently. It’s only in…

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What’s the Soundtrack of Your Life?

It’s amazing how much difference a soundtrack can make. Recently I stumbled across an interesting way to appreciate movies: the re-cut trailer. It works like this: you take footage from one movie, and then splice it together in a way that makes it appear to be in a completely different…

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And the winners are…

I know I’ve been keeping an eye on the contest for the past week, and I’ve been blown away by the response. Thank you all for entering, but unfortunately, only three people were able to win. So, without further ado, here are the winners: The Grand Prize winner, an autographed…

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Fantasy Reflections: Magical Objects

My friend and fellow author Gillian Bronte Adams asked an interesting question over at her blog yesterday. It was thought provoking, to say the least: When I saw that question, I immediately thought of the One Ring, but let’s face it, that wouldn’t be any fun, what with being chased…

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