I cannot tell you how many times I’ve woken up or half woken up with what I was certain was an absolutely amazing idea, only to have it evaporate into nothingness by the time I got to my computer to write it down. It’s the most frustrating sensation in the world, and I felt like …
Movies I’m Looking Forward to in what’s left of 2019
So now that all the big movies I was looking forward to this year have come out - Spider-Man: Homecoming was the last one I was really excited for - the movie releases for the rest of 2019 seem pretty sparse. Or so I thought. I pulled up a list of 2019’s upcoming movie releases, …
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Things to Ask Your Beta Readers Part 3 – Immersion
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I’ve always thought that is grossly unfair to words. A picture might get details you’d need a thousand words to capture fully, but with well-chosen words you can do so much more. In a thousand words I could tell you the history of a world, …
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Far From Home – The MCU Still has a Villain Problem
So over the weekend, I got to go see Spider Man: Far From Home. Like Endgame, it’s another Marvel movie that’s really hard to review without spoiling anything, so here’s my thoughts before we get into this post, which is going to be about the broader Marvel Cinematic Universe. If you want a more detailed …
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Things to Ask Your Beta Readers Part 2 – Analysis
Welcome back to our ongoing series about things to ask your Beta readers. Check out last week’s post, questions about characterization. This week, we delve into the nuts and bolts of your book - the plot, the conflicts, and the structure. I’m focusing on this in order of what is most essential for a story. …
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Things to Ask Your Beta Readers Part 1 – Characterization
Today is the one-year anniversary of Weird Theology, my first ever published novel! It’s been an incredible journey, watching how my first book has grown and hearing back from people that enjoyed it. The sequel, Strange Cosmology, will be published at the end of the summer so I’ve been spending a ton of time with …
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Spider-Man Franchise Review – Quality Bell Curve
With a new Spider-Man movie coming out in soon, I think it’s fitting to do as I did with the MCU and X-Men and take a look back on the franchise so far. This is something that I’ll probably do again in the future, although if you think I’m going to do it for all …
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