Did someone say synchronicity? I just read the first TPB collection of Greg Rucka’s Wonder Woman run a few days ago, and now a huge swath of southern California is on fire. Here’s what the Flash and Diana had to…
Category: writing
Best Logline EVAR
Here’s the official marketing blurb for the movie Rogue (2007): “An American writer (Michael Vartan) goes on a wildlife boat tour in the Australian wetlands and is pleased to see that leading him into the wilderness is a hot tour…
Yeah, That’s Fair
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Also Overheard at PAX: Rated-MA Edition
If you’re under 13, it’s past your bedtime. Seriously, kid, get outta here. “My name is Wil Wheaton, and Jack Thompson can suck my balls.” – from the start of his keynote speech (download MP3) “Any corporate lawyers here can…
Izzard and Hitchens: Separated At Birth?
Comedian Eddie Izzard on religion, from his 1999 show Dress to Kill: And Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, at Google last week: All things being equal, I’d rather pay to see Izzard than…
And speaking of food…
We saw Ratatouille tonight, and it did not disappoint. D didn’t enjoy it quite as much as I did, because–in her words–“It’s a rat!” Which I found amusing, because she and the protagonist rodent both enjoy heightened olfactory senses. She…
Jane Espenson’s Writing Exercise
I’m doing Script Frenzy this month, which means writing a 20,000-word screenplay in 30 days; and the magic words “quantity, not quality” also appeared in Jane’s “I Guess He Really Can’t Drive” blog post yesterday. So here I am to…
Ancient Greek Espionage (and Girl Power)
From Cary’s translation of Herodotus’ The History, Book VII (Polymnia), Chapter 239: When Xerxes had determined to invade Greece, Demaratus, who was then at Susa, and had heard of his intention, communicated it to the Lacedæmonians; but he was uanble…
Dead Die Hard
Thanks to Kung Fu Monkey, I’ve had the Die Hard song running through my head for several days. So this week, I dipped into my laserdisc collection (yes, they still work, thanks for asking) and watched Die Hard, Die Hard…