Author: Shiri Sondheimer

April 14, 2015

Let’s Talk Tools: The Livescribe 3

Like many writers, I am somewhat old school in my first draft habits. While I certainly partake in, and enjoy, the ease of the laptop...

April 14, 2015

Teaser Tuesday!

Hero Handlers: Origins #1 The Handler is now available for free here. Hero Handlers: Origins #2 Shadow Archer drops 4-21. Hero Handlers is available for pre-order...

April 13, 2015

Well. This is Rather Surreal…

Shaman, my first “book” was published electronically only. Which was cool and satisfying and an achievement, and so on. I never held it...

April 13, 2015

Review: Daredevil

Hubs and I just reactivated our Netflix account after a long hiatus. We didn’t discontinue because we had any issues; we simply weren’t using it enough...

April 12, 2015

Sentenced: Shiri’s 4-22-15 Edition

Right out of the gate… It was the first public execution in several years, and thus, despite the cold drizzle, a rather unwieldy crowd...

April 11, 2015

Dispatches from TableTop Day

April 11, 2015

Now Entering Shiri’s Eyeholes: The Mechanical

Steampunk + alt history. Not pseudo-Victorian convention but, rather, Holland-rules-the-world alt history. Alchemy. Clockwork rebellion. That, even just a few pages in is tinged with...

April 10, 2015

Customer Profile: The Chupcacabra

Whatever you do, do not call this guy Chupa Chup. Not is error. Not in jest. Not as an insult. He will suck your blood. He...

April 8, 2015

Shiri’s Review: Snow Crash

I have an odd relationship with cyberpunk. I love the concepts. I love the conceits. The authors who create these books are some of the...

April 7, 2015

Now Entering Shiri’s Eyeholes: Knight’s Shadow

The second installment of Sebastien de Castell’s Greatcoats series doesn’t come out in the US until June. I opted not to wait and ordered a copy...

Watch this space, new episodes coming soon!!! March 13, 2017
When we decided to put the podcast on hold there was always a hope that we would be able to start it up again. Well, that day has come. We are going to change the format up a bit, more details about that as we record new episodes. And, to get everyone's appetite whetted, we […]
Hiatus... April 5, 2016
Luke here. This blog and the podcast that it exists to support are a labor of love. In a crazy week, sitting down and recording an episode or banging out some blog posts is one of the things I look forward to the most. That being said, the two of us are crazy busy, and […]
58: Going Places March 21, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri take a ride in the Midnight Taxi Tango. Next, we journey into the television version of The Expanse. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrgh.
57: Altered Procedurals March 7, 2016
57: Altered Procedurals This week, Luke and Shiri talk Vertigo’s Sheriff of Babylon. Next, we talk the new X-Files and Lucifer. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrr and Arrrrrrgh.
56: Inglorious, Hateful Assholes and the Person Who Writes Them February 8, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri bid farewell to two legends, David Bowie and Alan Rickman. Next, we talk Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight and Inglorious Basterds. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrgh.
55: The Game Has The Feet… January 25, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri talk Conan Doyle’s original procedural superstar Sherlock Holmes. Next we enter the mind palace of The Abominable Bride. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrr and the Arrrrrgh.
Episode 54: Staaaaaar Waaaaaars! (prepare for spoilers) January 11, 2016
Episode 54: Staaaaaar Waaaaaars! (prepare for spoilers) This week, Luke and Shiri talk The Force Awakens. That is all. Lot’s to talk about. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrrr and the Arrrrrrrrrrrgh.
53: Us and Ms. Jones December 28, 2015
53: Us and Ms. Jones We had a whole fancy episode planned, but we end up mostly just talking about Jessica Jones and then end, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrgggghhhhh.
52: The Expanse and Flipside of Fairyland December 14, 2015
52: The Expanse and Flipside of Fairyland After a “What We’re Excited About” Lightening round, Luke and Shiri leap out into The Expanse to discuss Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey. Next, we splat into Scottie Young’s I Hate Fairyland. We end, as always, with the Grrrrrr and the Argggghhhhh.
Turkey stole our episode. November 30, 2015
Well, we have been running without a safety net around here for a bit. And, it has finally caught up with us. In the past we have kept a buffer. Just one or two episodes already recorded and ready to go. In case work, home life, NaNoWriMo, or the celebration of turkeys interfered with the recording of […]