From the monthly archives: January 2010
Kage Baker, author of The Company novels and the brilliant The Empress of Mars novella, died this morning of cancer. More details can be found here.
I loved her work and always meant to read more of it. If you like science fiction, I highly recommend it. Check her books out
Clothes Make The Character
Chau’s medium was fire. She sculpted it, with the help of two specially designed bracelets. The bracelets shot out flame from Chau’s wrists, and she moved her wrists–her whole body, really–in such a way that changed the shape of the flame. He sculptures were unique, [...]
Clothes Make The Character
Reggie’s mother had told him that his cape was not magic. It would not allow him to fly, despite being the same color red as Superman’s cape. He should not try to jump off the roof, or a tree, or the cliff face down by [...]
No comments or prompts for our historical detectives last week. Not genre enough, maybe? An easy enough fix….
If you’re like me, not only do you enjoy a well-designed tie, but you are also anxiously awaiting the next IRON MAN film. While I do not own a necktie made of steel and LEDS–though [...]
Writing is a lonely business. Even if you listen to this podcast and even if you have lots of friends or collaborators and even if you have a writing group and an agent and an editor, it’s still best for 99% of you to write alone, in a quiet area, with no distractions.
Last week [...]
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Great Detectives – Gladiator
“Do you miss it, Gaius?” Titus raised his hands to the empty coliseum, receiving the cheers of thousands of imaginary spectators. “The roar of the crowd? The thrill of victory? The feel of a sword in your hand?”
“I used a [...]
I was playing Dragon Age, a video game RPG with wonderful characters and storyline, when it hit me: I was getting really into the romantic part of the game, where you give gifts to people you want to woo and go through detailed dialogue trees with them, when I realized that I had never [...]
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Great Detectives: Midwife
“I don’t know why you brought me here,” Sally said. She eyed the dead man uneasily. “I’m no good when they leave this world. I do my best when they come in.”
“You’re the only one I think of,” Charity said. “I would be cold myself without [...]
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