Unpopular Writing Tip: Keep Your Day Job
Every writer says it at some point. Actually, just about everyone in the arts–writers, musicians, actors, and so on–says it, maybe multiple times. Every day: “One day I’ll quit my day job and do...
Author: cds
Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
OK, so my blog’s been quiet, and I’ve been sporadically chatty on Twitter. Where am I? What’s going on??? I’m still around, but I’ve been busy. I have ideas for blog posts, including some...
And Now for Something Completely Different…
… a woman who makes Spiderman look… normal. This is Aries Susanti Rahayu from Indonesia. She recently became the first woman to speed climb 15 meters in under 7 seconds, and this is how...
Kanye and Celebrity Christian Conversion
Among the stories buzzing around social media this weekend was the release of Kanye West‘s latest album “Jesus Is King.” Recently, Kanye has opened up about his faith to the point where he has...
Tip for Writers: How to Practice Rejection while Honing Your Craft
First, a disclaimer (or acknowledgement, depending on whether or not you like what I say): I owe the fundamental premise behind this tip to Jeff Somers, author of WRITING WITHOUT RULES (a book every...
Book Review: THE BEATLES: TUNE IN (ALL THESE YEARS, VOL. 1) (Extended Special Edition) by Mark Lewisohn
Yet another book about The Beatles? There are literally hundreds of books, maybe thousands, about the Fab Four. What’s so special about this one? I think that’s a perfectly legitimate question, and one that...
Terrance Dicks, 1935-2019
If you survey the history of Doctor Who, there are a handful of names that crop up time and again as being critical to the show’s development and success. Terrance Dicks is among those...
Who Review: The Parting of the Ways
The Doctor materializes the TARDIS on the Dalek ship where Rose is held captive, piloting it such that Rose ends up inside. Outside the TARDIS, the Doctor confronts the Dalek Emperor, who seems to...
Who Review: Bad Wolf
Returning from the hatchery on Raxacoricofallapatorius (see “Boom Town”), the Doctor, Rose, and Jack are mysteriously teleported out of the TARDIS. The powerful beam renders them unconscious, and when they wake, they find themselves...
Who Review: Boom Town
Blon Fel-Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen, also known as Margaret Blaine, is back. She survived the Tomahawk missile attack on 10 Downing Street (see “World War Three”), and now she’s Mayor of Cardiff, and plans to...
