Book Review: The Silent Gondoliers by S. Morgenstern
“Where The Princess Bride was lightheartedly brutal, this story is gently whimsical, well-complemented by Paul Giovanopoulos’s zany drawings.”— San Francisco Chronicle The Silent Gondoliers is […]
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Movie Review: Dreamcatcher
Stephen King should put William Goldman in his will. Many of you probably know Goldman better as the novelist and screenwriter behind The Princess Bride. […]
Book Review: Fair Peril by Nancy Springer
Fair Perilby Nancy SpringerAvon Books, 1996 Okay, I admit it. Despite (or perhaps even because of) the glowing review blurbs that decorate the front pages […]
Menstruation For Men
It’s hard to properly imagine an uncomfortable, aggravating biological condition that affects organs you simply don’t have. It’s probably as hard for your average guy […]
Shaving tips for vampires
“I hate ’em when they ain’t shaved.”— Severen in Near Dark Shaving is very important to the sophisticated vampire. Nothing destroys the mood of seductive […]
How To Get A Goth Out Of A Tree
Teddy was up on a low limb of the oak, clinging to the trunk and sobbing in terror. His thin body trembled in the cold […]
Movie Review: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
My husband and I found Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow to be a fun film. My mom would have gotten a kick out […]
Movie Review: Underworld
My husband and I rented the 2003 vampire/werewolf action flick Underworld this evening, hoping for a bit of fun, entertaining eye candy. And while this […]
Is the publisher just a middleman?
“The publisher is just the middleman!” I’ve heard many an aspiring writer make a statement to this effect. And, really, who can blame them? We […]
What can happen if you accidentally plagiarize
Most of us first encounter the notion of plagiarism while we’re in school. Countless schoolkids unwittingly become plagiarists when they write their first few research […]
Book Review: The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror
The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror is an anthology series of — you guessed it — fantasy and horror that St. Martin’s Press has been […]
Pitching for Star Trek
From a writer’s standpoint, one of the most interesting aspects of the mid-90s Star Trek shows (Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) was […]