I've never set out to write horror. It's not a genre I read, nor do I want to read it, so when I have a reader inform me that I've written it.... I assure you, it's quite by accident. Nonetheless, life is sometimes horrifying. What I do set out to capture in a story is... Continue Reading →
Review: Avengers Endgame
Opened with heartstrings jerked, hard Move to flashbacks I shall love Marvel forever for Pepper’s character development That's the end of my review for today. No, I am not spoiling it for the rest of you! But I will talk about the whole series arc, and what it gives me, the writer, as well as... Continue Reading →
Story Arc, Marvel Movies, and Human Wave
So on release day, my kids dragged me to watch Captain Marvel. It wasn't a hard drag, as overall I've enjoyed the Avengers movie arc. I have not seen all of the movies, have definitely not watched all of the TV series spin-off, but I've seen enough to be Team Cap all the way, and... Continue Reading →
Reprint: Happily Ever After
This post was originally published at Cedarwrites on Nov 8, 2014. Sorry about the repeat, guys, but the Daughter-thing has a physical therapy appointment at 7 am on a Saturday. And I was down with a migraine yesterday. Someday I'll have the eptitude to write the posts ahead further, but this week was not that... Continue Reading →
Writing Under Duress
No, I don't mean that anyone is forcing me to write. Frankly, my muse isn't even talking to me right now, although my Evil Muse has been trying to help. He's rather good at it, so I have flickers of productivity… Just not enough. Because the duress is outside life stuff interfering with my ability... Continue Reading →
Why is there so much Gray Goo?
It’s pretty much a given that we Human Wavers (Waving Humans? Only if the human in question doesn’t mind being waved around like a really ratty flag) don’t like Gray Goo. For that matter, declining sales from the mainstream suggest pretty strongly that not many other people like the stuff either. It’s gray, it’s gooey,... Continue Reading →
Talking to the other side
And no, I don't mean dead people. I mean non-writers and writers whose usual fields aren't the ones we frequent. Why? Well, between the furor that seems to have finally died over Sarah's analysis (and anger) over a non-fiction author's assumption that fiction is easy - just making things up (and therefore more amenable to... Continue Reading →
Surfing the Human Wave
Okay, thanks to the amazingly interesting combination of Lunacon (pico-con-report - fun, membership is declining, the management hopes there'll be a next time), moving house, and a certain kilted raccoon and his "friends" I've been mostly out of touch for a while. And what do you do while I'm gone? You go and start a... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the real world
by Amanda S. Green For those of you looking for Sarah's workshop, she sends her apologies. Between not feeling good this past week and having to leave earlier for Denver this weekend than she expected, she wasn't able to polish her post for today. She said to tell you that she will put the next... Continue Reading →