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 [...]
Vampire Month: The Twilight “Saga:” Short on Heroic Achievement and Prose
The Twilight Saga broke me, let me tell you why. It’s not because I’m the Zombie Honey. It’s not because I can’t accept some romance with my vampirism. And, it’s not because I don’t appreciate [...]
5 Things Fifty Shades of Grey Did Very VERY Wrong.
I told my editor I was going to write this article and his response was, "Only five?!?!?!" I'm trying to keep this shit light, yo. My love for all things Fifty Shades of Grey is [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… ways to spend this weekend instead of seeing Fifty Shades of Grey
By now you've probably seen some sort of advertising for the "romantic" film Fifty Shades of Grey, based on the novel by E.L. James, based on her fan fiction of the Twilight series, except that [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… things about being Mark Oshiro (part 2 of 2)
You may remember last week (part 1) when I introduced you to Mark Oshiro of Mark Reads/Watches, a man who is literally living the dream: his full-time job is watching TV and reading books, and [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… unconventional vampire abilities
Most of us are aware, at least in the broadest sense of the word, of what a vampire has that a human doesn't: greater strength, greater speed, the inability to subsist on food (needing blood [...]
Life as a Closet Geek
I didn’t grow up a geek. I grew up with a Super NES. I rocked at some Star Fox. Super Mario World was my game. I had PC games, too! Wolfenstein 3D and Duke Nukem [...]