Finally, people are starting to agree with me that the American convention doesn’t make sense. With the rise of self-publishing, maybe we can eradicate this scourge once and for all. Logical punctuation: Should we start placing commas outside quotation marks? … Continue reading
Tag Archives: writing
Hunk of Text Cut From QSS Revision
As I mentioned in a previous journal entry, I’ve been diligently working on revising my novel, Que Sera Serees, so it’s in fine shape when I release it on Kindle. If it seems like it’s taken a while…well, there is a good reason for that Continue reading
The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 45 – Nuclear Reality Imitating Art
I’d be lying if I said this excerpt from The Connor Wars F0401 – “Chronicle” (pp 23-24) wasn’t often on my mind as images and videos of the deteriorating situation at the Daiichi nuclear facility have been released. Continue reading
On Recent Blogs, the Dish on My Roof, and Writing
It’s been a weird, time-consuming span of weeks here at the casa. An unfortunate side-effect of this has been a recent reduction in blog posts. What can I say except that I hope the end result will be worth it. Continue reading
Creating a Good Female Superhero For Hollywood
You hear the lament all the time about how Hollywood can’t make a good female superhero movie/television show. While not exactly true, the fact remains that Hollywood is much less persistent in seeking a successful formula here than it does with the male superheroes. Continue reading
The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 44 – Extra04
As most of you have noticed, I recently posted a new Connor Wars episode. I thought I’d take a moment to share a few thoughts about it as well as other notions about what may yet come. Continue reading
The Connor Wars EXTRA04 – “Allison Wonderland”
Here is the fourth extra little something I’ve written for The Connor Wars. The fanfic that picks up where the second season finale of Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles left off. Continue reading
The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 43 – Thinking About Cam and Ali
Reflecting on Cameron and Allison’s perspective on their relationships as well as my perspective, as a writer, on my relationship with them. Continue reading
The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 42 – Six Months Done…Or Am I?
It’s been about six months since I finished up season 4 of The Connor Wars. Since I’ve obviously not been posting about that as much as I was, I thought y’all might like a bit of an update. Continue reading
Armchair Script Doc: Supergirl
We watch a movie featuring one of our favorite actors and it simply doesn’t quite work. I find that most of the time the problems can be traced back to the shooting script (not necessarily the script the writer actually intended). The movie I’m taking a look at this time: Supergirl (1984) Continue reading
TIB @ 1 E+3
Some thoughts on TIB with this, the one-thousandth entry. I’ve written a lot of words here over the years. Continue reading
The Connor Wars EXTRA03 – First Draft: “A Thousand Miles”
Here is an extra little something from the Connor Wars archives. The fanfic that picked up where the second season finale of Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles left off. Continue reading
The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 41 – How To Do It
I thought I’d take a few moments and give my thoughts on Terminatory production items. As this is a “Writer’s Room” entry, I think it’s fair to say there will be some thoughts on TCW as well. Continue reading
The Connor Wars EXTRA02 – “Fate” (alternate ending pages)
Here is an extra little something I’ve written for The Connor Wars. The fanfic that picked up where the second season finale of Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles left off. Continue reading
Stuff (via squid314)
As has oft been said: the difference between good fiction and real life is that good fiction has to make sense. squid314: Stuff.
