Author: Luke McCullough

March 22, 2014

That Which We Are Reading

Luke’s Reading List Into the non-fiction this week. This one caught my eye at the library. I think some of the most interesting storytelling being...

March 11, 2014

Let’s talk tools #4: travel

There are times when you can retire to your writing nook with a fine steaming beverage of hot caffeinated writing fuel. You sit down in...

March 8, 2014

signals from the house of chaos: another winter passes

Rough year so far. I have to say I am not a fan of two-thousand-and-fourteen. Starting off, my sleep schedule is pretty messed up. Now,...

February 12, 2014

Let’s talk tools #3: Typewriter(s)

I have chronicled my rough draft process before (here), but the interesting bit in that process is the typewriter. Now, I am not a Luddite...

February 5, 2014

Let’s talk tools #3: Analog writing implements

It took me a long time to accept that paper and good old analog writing implements, a.k.a. pens and pencils, are still far superior to...

January 30, 2014

Let’s talk tools #2: Notebooks

Notebook Fetish I love notebooks. Real notebooks, none of these mini-binders/day-planners pretending to be notebooks that my podcasting friend might like (see here). I have...

January 25, 2014

Let’s talk tools #1: The Commonplace Book (a.k.a. Swipe Files)

Ideas are cheap. Here, have a few: Carnivorous apes from the Monkey Way Galaxy. A world of dogs that keep various breeds of humans prized...

January 7, 2014

Thoughts on canons

Great quote on the value of a canon: This is where canon formation can be helpful. A loosely defined canon helps suggest not only what...

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 […]