Prediction: 300: Rise of an Empire
Shiri’s Prediction: First, let me say I’m glad to see Xerses’ giant, golden underpants getting work. Next, let me say: WHY, HADES, WHY? I liked...
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Episode Four: Birds, Ice Cream and Process
Shiri and Luke discuss Chuck Wendig’s Blackbirds and whether or not a character can be an independent agent if she knows the future. Next, we...
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...
That Which We Are Reading
Shiri: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelly (1818). (In the style of Kay Thompson’s Eloise) Here is what I like: monster books with actual...
Prediction: Hannibal, Season 2
This is a graphic trailer. I am not kidding. I am not exaggerating. If may be upsetting. There is blood. There are dead bodies. The...
Let’s Talk Process #1: The Bulletin Board
Pantser or planner is one of the first things one asks when one meets a fellow author. It’s the writer equivalent of sniffing a new...
Prediction: Only Lovers Left Alive
Shiri’s Prediction: First, I feel it’s only fair I fully disclose my horrible fangirl crush on Tom Hiddleston. And maybe I have one on...
Why Downton Abby is a Feminist Show and Why You Should Care
Apropos of Episode 3: (I haven’t started series four yet, so the below will be based on seasons 1-3. I reserve the right to revise.)...
Episode 8 Prep
I saw Kubrik’s The Shining for the first time when I was a freshman in college. I was terrified. So terrified I didn’t pick up the...
That Which We Are Reading at the Moment
Shiri: The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russel (1996). I believe I’ve started this book on at least two other occasions; this is the first time I’ve...
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