SIX OF THE BEST… movie sequels in 2017, revisited
I was checking my Facebook "On This Day" page this morning* and a link to my best projected sequels of 2017 column came up. For funsies, I re-read it, and as it turns out I [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… rules for naming your characters
With NaNoWriMo just around the corner, I'm sure many of the writers in the crowd are working up their outlines and prepping for the marathon task of writing at least 1667 words per day through [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… methods of faster-than-light travel
Depending upon what your favorite sci-fi universe is, you probably have a different mental picture of what faster-than-light travel looks like. I've read and seen a lot of sci-fi over the years, so I think [...]
SIX OF THE WORST… Enterprise design problems
Matt Jefferies should be a household name to Star Trek fans. As art director of the Original Series, he's the one who came up with the general look of the USS Enterprise -- and that [...]
SIX OF THE WORST… things about the Abramsverse
If you didn't know there was a Star Trek reboot series, helmed (for lack of a better word) by JJ Abrams, then you probably don't live on the planet Earth. And even though the latest [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… columns I wrote in 2015
The thing about writing a weekly column is that -- and let's be honest with ourselves here -- not every one is a home run. Sometimes they're base hits, sometimes bunts, sometimes even a sacrifice [...]
SIX OF THE WORST… parts of the Star Wars movies
I already have my plans made to see The Force Awakens. I'll be going on the Saturday or Sunday after it releases, if you're interested. And, as befits my status as "guy who writes lists [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… movies I own but haven’t watched
As I sat here this week trying to figure out what to write, my eye naturally fell upon my DVD rack. It's quite a collection: TV serieses, anime, films, and probably a documentary or two [...]
Fire the Star Wars Canon!
A long time ago in a country far, far away... I was a little kid when the first Star Wars movie came out. These days it's known as Part IV: A New Hope, but back [...]
SIX OF THE WORST… ways you can ruin an otherwise-good idea for a genre fiction story
In celebration (or something) of NaNoWriMo, I've written a series of columns full of writing advice and tips. This is one of them. It's NaNoWriMo time, when thousands of people try to bang out a [...]