So I’m working through six years of Lost, watching for dropped threads, plot twists, and red herrings, when it occurs to me that what made the show so engaging was the fantastic agglomeration of characters. Well, besides the hundreds of … Continue reading
Sue Lange
Say what you will about Netflix’s new model for serving up an entire season in one fell swoop, it works for me. I watched the series over the weekend and sticking with it for the duration helped me discover its … Continue reading
You read that right. I’m holding a contest where you could win a free ebook or music CDS. It’s a washing machine contest and that’s all you need to know at the moment. Details will be in the February Book … Continue reading
The Singularity Anthology. Had to get that one. The Singularity Theory is not much talked about outside of science fiction and futurist circles, and that’s a shame. It’s a very real entity, not just some fabulist’s dream. It’s a way … Continue reading
A couple of years ago I discovered what I thought would be the loneliest beach in Costa Rica. I decided I had to go there and so began an online search for accommodations. Being a lonely beach, it did not … Continue reading
A couple of years ago, a bunch of us BVC authors attended a conference down in Florida. At one point during dinner, the socially adept Jennifer Stevenson thought we should go around the table and confess our guilty pleasures. “What … Continue reading
Back in March and April, I announced the Princess Dancer video project. I went on and on about how exciting it was to be working with professionals, how dizzying the days leading to the shoot were, how heady being on … Continue reading
If you are hip, in with the in crowd, or otherwise just marginally aware of what goes on in the universe, then you already know what a great and beautiful thing the Book View Cafe newsletter is. For the rest … Continue reading
Why are these two movies reviewed together? Do they have anything in common besides the fact that they are products of Hollywood’s genius? No. Why mash ‘em up, then? Because I happened to watch them back to back and they’re … Continue reading
This latest issue of Cascadia Subduction Zone is one of their best, IMHO. The emphasis this time around is on the creative process with visual art taking center stage. Two essays stand out: Kiini Ibura Salaam’s “Painting and Writing: My … Continue reading