Monthly Archives: March 2007

A while ago I was trying to plot a story which was (and is still) giving me some trouble and suddenly my brain plotzed. I had one of those mental crises where I realized I didn’t know something I thought … Continue reading →

queenoftheskies mentions The Writer’s Five, a new LiveJournal community that posts five questions for writers each week on Wednesday. I feel a pressing urge to post something here besides YouTube videos, so I’m in. These questions are all about a … Continue reading →

I know it seems like this blog is becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of YouTube, but a friend brought this video to my attention, and since it is both useful and beautiful– Oh, no it’s not. But it is the … Continue reading →

A mash-up of the 300 trailer, transforming it into family fun for all ages. I would pay big money to see this movie.

This meme has popped up in a few places that I know of. Steve Goble’s recent resurrection of it inspired me to make my own (not especially original) list. Things I Never Want to See Again in Fantasy Fiction 1. … Continue reading →

Howard A. Jones, Managing Editor for Black Gate, has set up a LiveJournal for the magazine. In the first entry he sketches some sword and sorcery musings. Looks like it might be a promising venue to kick some ideas around.

…is the music of Altan on St. Patrick’s Day, or St. Hubert’s Day, or any particular day. Bo Mhin Na Toitean /Dark Haired Lass Ta Mo Chleamhnas A Dheanamh

In a recent post Sean Stiennon mulls over the perennial issue of showing vs. telling with his usual wit and concision. What he said got me thinking, and one of the things that occurred to me was that the oft-cited … Continue reading →

On balance, I liked 300. I decline utterly to interpret it as a political allegory for the war in Iraq, or whatever Procrustean bed of pseudosymbolism some commentators are trying to fit it to. It just doesn’t seem like it’s … Continue reading →

As far as magic goes, in fantasy fiction, is less actually more? I’ve been mulling this over lately, apropos a thread at the Black Gate forum (starting about here). On the one hand, I think a magic-intensive narrative faces the … Continue reading →