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Thursday, June 21, 2018

2018 Hugo nominees: Movies

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This year, I had actually seen all the Hugo nominees for longform dramatic presentation on the big screen. (Why don't they just call thi...
Sunday, June 17, 2018

2018 Hugo Nominees: graphic stories

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For a really thoughtful look at the 2018 Hugo Award nominees for Best Graphic Story, I highly recommend my Skiffy and Fanty crewmate Stephen...
Friday, June 8, 2018

Hugo podcast nominees, and other favorites of mine

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The 2018 Hugo Awards finalists for best fancast (podcast by fans) are The Coode Street Podcast , presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. ...
Monday, June 4, 2018

Hugo/Nebula Shorts

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I've started devouring the Hugo Awards packet for this year (voting in 2018, written in 2017). I'm going to try to write a post each...
Sunday, June 3, 2018

Roundup of My Podcasts: 2018

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I decided it's time to create a new podcast roundup for 2018 instead of making people scroll down to my post from early 2017, that I jus...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Month of Joy: The Order of the Air by Jo Graham and Melissa Scott

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I'm actually cross-posting this in June but back-dating to January because that's when the post I'm talking about here actually ...
Sunday, January 14, 2018

Audiobook: The Child of the Moat

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I'm pleased to announce that LibriVox has released the second audiobook in which I've participated: The Child of the Moat by Ian Ber...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Movie Review: BladeRunner 2049 ('As Clear As Dreaming')

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I reviewed BladeRunner 2049 on the Skiffy and Fanty website soon after the movie premiered. It was not a perfect movie, but I did think it w...
Monday, July 3, 2017

Wonder Woman review

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I wrote this review of Wonder Woman on the Monday of opening weekend, but I'm cross-posting here to keep it with my other creative endea...
Monday, February 27, 2017

Roundup of my podcasts

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I've been a big fan of podcasts as a medium since I discovered them about eight years ago. There's a huge variety of them, from fact...
Saturday, July 9, 2016

Gaining experience in audio editing

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I've been on a couple of episodes of the Hugo-nominated Skiffy and Fanty (i.e. Science Fiction and Fantasy) podcast before, but this is ...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Civil War review, with Captain America context and mild spoilers

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After the hot mess of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War was a heartening return to form for the Marvel Cinematic Universe,...
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Monday, January 11, 2016

My Continuing Cross-Time Crush on "Hamilton"

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I can't claim any brilliantly original insights about "Hamilton," since so many good writers have already shared their raves ...
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Friday, December 18, 2015

The Force Awakens: Fanservice Galore, Some Cool Stuff, and Some Bothersome Bits (SPOILERS)

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People clapped when the Lucasfilm logo signaled that the trailers were over and Star Wars: The Force Awakens had begun. People (including m...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Mind Meld: What Makes the Perfect Short Story?

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I recently participated in another Mind Meld at the SFSignal website with about 20 other writers and editors. This was the question posed by...
Friday, September 18, 2015

FOL at the CFLC Spelling Bee, 2015

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The Cape Fear Literacy Council holds a spelling bee for adults every year as a fundraiser. The 28th Annual Spelling Bee for Literacy was he...
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Friday, July 31, 2015

My 2015 Hugo Awards Ballot

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Tonight (July 31) at midnight PDT is the deadline for voting in the Hugo Awards , which celebrate science fiction and fantasy. I'm short...
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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Mind Meld: Writing in Another Author's Universe

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For anyone who missed it, I participated in a Mind Meld at SFSignal with a number of other writers and editors, which was published on May 2...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Serendipitous moments: Libraries, Renoir, and Vreeland's Luncheon of the Boating Party

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Earlier this year, I was at the library looking for an audiobook to entertain myself during a long drive. To my disappointment, I had alread...
Monday, January 26, 2015

Podcastle Best of 2014 nominations

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I posted last week about Pseudopod's nominations; this week, I'm sharing what I wrote on the Escape Artists forum about my nominatio...
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