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Avengers: Infinity War
I enjoyed Avengers: Infinity War, but not unreservedly. It has brilliant, beautiful moments, and it does some daring and wonderful things with character and story, but there are reasons why audiences...
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Death by Cliché 2: The Wrath of Con
My writing group has been critiquing, and to some degree workshopping, the Death by Cliché series with their author, Bob Defendi. I’ve enjoyed the process immensely, even just reading the first full...
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Cheap Sins, Fresh Wrath
Sins of Empire, by Brian McClellan, is on sale for $2.99, likely as part of a dastardly ploy to lure readers of fine flintlock fantasy into the acquisition of Wrath of Empire when it releases on...
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Deadpool 2
Deadpool 2 was more fun and less uncomfortable than 2016’s Deadpool. At least for me. YMMV, of course. The film unmistakably earns its R-rating, so it’s not one to bring the kids to. That said, it does...
View Article“How to Write Funny,” this Saturday
This Saturday, May 26th, I’ll be teaching an online workshop called “How to Write Funny.” The focus of the class will be how to refine and improve your written humor using some very intuitive...
View ArticleYet Another GDPR Post You’ll Probably Ignore
Your mailbox is probably full of messages talking about updates to privacy policies. Today, May 25th, is the deadline for websites to comply with GDPR legislation, and I think GDPR stands for Go Do...
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June 6th: “Five Billion Years, Four Panels”
I posted the inks for the June 6th, 2018 Schlock Mercenary installment over at the Schlock Mercenary Patreon a few weeks ago. Last week I posted the colors, sans dialog, as a work-in-progress treat for...
View ArticleIntroducing KNAVES, For Which I’m Writing An Introduction
I’m writing, right now¹, an introduction for Knaves, an anthology of anti-heroic villainy, tales of comeuppance and come-hither, which is in its last 24 hours on Kickstarter. As of this writing it’s a...
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Incredibles 2
Before I begin my review, a public service announcement: Incredibles 2 may trigger seizures in sufferers of photosensitive epilepsy¹, and may in other ways afflict anyone who is sensitive to flashing...
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
This morning, as I’m preparing to buy tickets: Me: “Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom?” 15yo: “Ugh” Me: “Ugh?” 15yo: “Why does that movie even exist?” Me: “People running from dinosaurs!” 15yo: “We’ve seen...
View ArticleSketching is Done, Still So Busy
Yesterday evening I finally¹ finished the last of the numbered sketch editions for Random Access Memorabilia (book 13), and then promptly bemoaned the fact that I didn’t feel “done” with stuff because...
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Ant Man and The Wasp
Ant Man and The Wasp is set just prior to the events of Avengers: Infinity War¹, which allows it to revel in the same comedy/adventure realm as Ant Man and Thor: Ragnarok. It excelled at said revelry....
View ArticleSome Words About This Thing I’ve Been Making
I began creating Schlock Mercenary in March of 2000. That’s 18.25 years ago. It’s 91% of two decades. It’s longer than half my children have been alive. It’s longer than a lot of things. Book 18,...
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I Will Be On A Ship
This September I’ll be at WXR 2018, the Writing Excuses Workshop and Retreat, which will sail from Galveston Texas on a really big ship. The event begins on September 22nd, and wraps up on September...
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GenCon Indy! Munchkin Tavern! Worldbuilders Party!
I’ll be at GenCon Indy this week. I’m sharing space with Jim Zub (Skullkickers, Avengers: No Surrender, Wayward) at booth 1649 in the exhibit hall. It’s a huge place, so here’s a map: We’ll have loads...
View ArticleBack from GenCon, Bound for WorldCon
I just returned from GenCon Indy, which I quite enjoyed, but which exhausted me. Next week I head to San Jose for WorldCon 76, for which I must be well-rested. It needs to be a quiet week here. I’ll...
View ArticleWorldCon 76
I’m in San Jose this week for the 76th annual World Science Fiction Convention. I’m not exhibiting, my schedule is light, and I’m Airbnb-ing instead of staying in the convention hotel(s), so it’s a...
View ArticleAnd Now, Six Weeks of Being At Home…
Last week I started a blog post about how, now that my convention travel was out of the way, I would be able to get busy with other things. So busy was I, in fact, that I never actually published that...
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Keliana Tayler in the Schlock Mercenary Store
The Schlock Mercenary store has new stuff in it, including art prints from Keliana Tayler. Keliana recently graduated with a degree in illustration. She has been doing commissions and covers all...
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T-Shirts On Demand
Thanks to the generous support of our Kickstarter backers, we can now provide you with t-shirts on demand. Each design and style has been tested by us (I wore one all day yesterday) to ensure that the...
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