s less easy to understand is why he thought that the clown he picks, ludicrous to the point where you suspect he might be mentally ill, was a good choice of opponent. Talk about low-hanging fruit. But I would say that even engaging in the conversation is already losing – whether the ...
Holding a book in her hands, she was standing below the lights staring directly at me. I understood that she must’ve seen me looking like an idiot and whistled. I froze for a second as I don’t usually know what to do in such situations. Then, she smiled and waved. I waved back...
The Coen brothers are best known for making movies of slow, brooding violence. This movie leans more toward the brooding side of that equation, perhaps because it focuses on the tormented inner world of a writer unable to write under pressure. Set in 1941, it follows a New York playwright’...
That’s another decision that came out of last year’s retreat: To form a family book club for which we had a list of books that were being turned in to movies in 2014. We read, “Labor Day” (one of our favorites) “The Fault in Our Stars,” (also excellent) “Divergent,”“Th...
My friend (a true fantasy conoisseur) had been raving about Mr Sanderson for a long time. I am a little slow to act on recommendations sometimes, but when I began the first book in the Mistborn trilogy,The Final Empire, it was as if a switch had been thrown inside of me.Thiswas ho...
I didn’t even know noir was a thing until I started reading Megan Abbott and reading interviews with her and seeing how she talked about the genre. But it’s weird, because even though I hadn’t read noir, I think I knew its aesthetics from watching TV and movies. As far as novels...
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Besides games, I also wrote about books (Megan Whalen Turner’sQueen’s Thiefseries), and movies (Dune: Part 2). On a technical note, I switched to a new theme, GeneratePress. Upcoming releases There’s only one game release on my radar, the imminentCivilization VII. ...
So, the first thing you need to do is consider what group of children you want to gear your book toward. Once you’ve determined an age, you’ll then want to consider a few key elements about that age group that will influence your writing, such as: ...
It was as if I, an adult woman, could not read stories about adult women, lest I be caught admitting to wanting to read stories where women were safe and cared for, and loved most reverently by their significant other. I bought my first romance book during those first long few weeks ...