March 16, 2016Book Championship Tournament, Books, Fantasy, Geeky Stuff, Science Fiction Book Championship Tournament – Round 1 Ever wondered what would happen if some of the best sci-fi and fantasy books squared off in a tournament to see who […]
March 7, 2016Characters, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Stories 9 Aggravating Characters in Sci-fi and Fantasy We’ve all been around people we couldn’t stand. For whatever reason, they annoyed the heck out of us. This holds true for […]
February 29, 2016February 29, 2016Announcements, Books, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Blog Birthday Party It’s time to PAR-TAY! Thank you for coming. 😀 *races around handing out Turkish delight and goblets of fruit punch* I can hardly […]
February 24, 2016Characters, Fantasy, Geeky Stuff, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction A Letter to Spec-Fic Characters Today I’m going to be sentimental. Perhaps emotional. Definitely personal. Characters are the lifeblood of any story. Everything else—plot, setting, theme—is the […]
February 15, 2016Geeky Stuff, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, TV Shows The Problem With Doctor Who Doctor Who, for all its glorious attributes, suffers a single, glaring problem. A problem that, to my annoyance is intrinsically part of […]