marcusgipps regularly reviews books he sees come across his desk, and he's not afraid to review OGNs and comic collections, so if you haven't seen his LJ and you're a similar kind of reader you're really kind of missing out. (I was pointed to his journal by Neil Gaiman because I pick up the feed from his main site through officialgaiman, so you've got a couple of options ( Read more... )

Tomorrow night, I want to watch Sci-Fi Channel's new mini series, Tin Man:

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I've been writing today, and I'm encouraged. I've got something worth finishing, and it may lead to other things, which might lead to a completed work. We'll see. It's still early ( Read more... )

All right, let's establish right off the bat that I'm not a reviewer, I won't be going into any depth (probably not ever, but never say never, right?) on anything I let you know I've read or watched or heard. I've been reading recently about how to ask critical questions of books in order to learn more about how to write stories, but that doesn't ( Read more... )

Since I finished Al Gore's book, The Assault on Reason, (which isn't really about the media so much as it is the overall attack on just plain thinking for yourself and reaching out for information in every way possible, not just depending on cable news) I've been supremely pissed off. If the things he says about the Bush Administration are true, ( Read more... )

BOB EDWARDS' BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD R. MURROW AND THE BIRTH OF BROADCAST JOURNALISM. I know I've mentioned this a couple of times before, but I don't think I gave any reasons why this book was so good, and ultimately so important to the future of America, if only people cared enough to read it. Edwards is the former Morning Edition host who is now ( Read more... )

Up through my twenties, I was an AVID reader, going through Stephen King or Anne Rice or Robert Heinlein in five days or so. Over the last five years or so, my reading has been greatly diminished in favor of trying to make comix, write stories, and advance at my day job. I've read maybe a dozen books in that time, maybe less ( Read more... )

It's craziness in the Ajasont household with the end of the school year. We've both got events left and right and will be working many extra hours from now until Memorial Day. Easter will likely be the last breath of peace and quiet until then. Add in the Secret Project that's taking shape and has the best chance to actually happen of anything I ( Read more... )

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