I bet aliens in a galaxy far, far away are looking at our movies going these humans think we’re douche-bags. Had to get that out. Anyway, if you’ve read my reviews before you know I don’t go into movies with high expectations. As long as I’m entertained and forget about the world outside the theater, the movie’s a…
The beautiful thing about fantasy wiring is nothing is impossible. I said something along those lines in Fantasy Worlds and Modern Technology. But, old habits die hard. In my current work-in-progress, one of my characters wields a scythe. Before researching, I imagined it looked like this: Nothing wrong with that. Right? I thought so until…
You know those passages that make you excited to be a writer. Those descriptions you have to read twice maybe even three times because they are just that good. As a lover of all things horror and dark, I get excited about chilling line and passages. “A kind of nervous restless which haunted me as a fiend.” (Poe M.S Found in…
Why is it, in the 21st Century where we eat, sleep and breathe technology, we, fantasy writers, still build tech free worlds? Urban Fantasy doesn’t count. From the books I’ve read in this subgenre, the setting is familiar. It’s like an alternate version of a places we already know. I’m not looking for anything advanced…
You know what’s harder than building a world from scratch. Destroying it and then rebuilding it. I know, kind of a depressing topic but, I’m a dark fantasy writer. We gotta go there. With New York in the path of yet another “once in a life time” storm, it’s really hard not to think about the end…
“In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.” For years now, I’ve come across this phrase, Cthulhu Mythos, but never the definition. It must be one of those things everybody knows. Authors have been using it in articles and blog posts, often, but they’ve never taken the time to define it and, me being…
We writers research…a lot. It’s unavoidable. No matter what you write, you need to look something up. We know you can’t automatically trust anything you read or see on the Internet but you need to vet books as well. How do you determine if a resource is reliable? Date This is more for printed materials but it can be applied…
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters was about what I expected. Fun. Entertaining. Total Mind-dump. It’s one of those movies you go to when you don’t want to think about anything. It’s pure entertainment nothing more. The plot was shallow and predictable, the characters two-dimensional, the witches slightly comical looking but, it worked for the story….
I was a bit apprehensive going into Mama. Haunted house movies usually have the same plot. Child sees ghost. Child tells parents. They don’t believe them. Child insists ghost is real. Parents get angry. Mom, who usually stays home all day alone, notices things are amiss. She tells her fears to dad who dismisses her….
I love, love magical ability. Sometimes, I imagine using my ability as I’m walking to work. The issue I had with my series is how to dish out unique abilities to a cast of over 30 without completely overwhelming the reader. All my characters are experts at molding the Power one certain way, and not…
