Just finished watching a thought-provoking sci-fi film based on a Robert Silverberg short story. The movie stars Leslie Odom, Jr & Cynthia Erivo as lovers whose lives are disrupted by the time-traveling vacations of their uber-rich friend, played by Orlando Bloom. Seems he still loves Cynthia’s character after their divorce and is trying to go…
It’s the first Wednesday of the month, so it’s time for another Insecure Writer’s Support Group post! This month’s question: Is there someone who supported or influenced you that perhaps isn’t around anymore? Anyone you miss? My family never really understood me or my creative needs, so the fact that my parents are gone doesn’t…
You’ll remember that I’m working my way through the Wheel of Time series again while Amazon shows their version (which is veering wildly from the original story). For New Year’s, I’d like some suggestions for great books to read in 2022. What are your favorite sci-fi or fantasy novels of all time? What have you…
It’s 2022 … do we dare hope for a Happy New Year? The Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions are: What are your 2022 Resolutions? Mine are #1 and #4 … and hopefully that will lead to #2…
It’s the first Wednesday of the month, so it’s time for another Insecure Writer’s Support Group Post! Not feeling very insecure at the moment because I finished NaNoWriMo (and I have the t-shirt to prove it). But I will answer this month’s question: In your writing, what stresses you the most? What delights you? When…
As I said last time, I’m rereading the series and watching the new Amazon Prime show about Robert Jordan’s universe. I have to point out from the get-go, they’ve changed quite a few things from the stories. To start with, they’re all 20 instead of teenagers. Perrin (middle of the back row) is married. Rand…
Amazon Prime is working on an adaptation of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series so I’m rereading the books. They’re old-school epic fantasy novels–all 20 of them! They’re not quite as engrossing as Tolkein, but well-written nonetheless. I’m enjoying my reread and reminding myself of the story line and characters. It will be interesting to…
I finally found the time (in between trying to make my daily word count for NaNoWriMo) to watch the new incarnation of Dune. The film was directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, and Eric Roth. Of course, it’s based on the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert. This version, Part One of…
It’s once again time for our Insecure Writer’s Support Group post! November Question: What’s harder to do—coming up with your book title or writing the blurb? I actually have a harder time writing the blurb, believe it or not. Its hard for me to condense my synopsis down to a logline that will attract a…