Writing about writing and reading
I wanted to see this movie, based on this graphic novel, because it looked like an original idea, and we usually get about one of those per year among the tide of super hero sequels, remakes, reboots, and brand name movies. It was pretty original, and had lots of elements I hadn't seen before. It …
Continue reading "Valerian and the city of a thousand planets (2017)"
Is very pretty when the sunlight hits it at the right angle. I've noticed this while making my coffee in the morning the past few days. The first time I was just staring, wondering how I never noticed steam in my life until now. But I guess steam + sunlight isn't so common an occurrence, …
I've been a bit stuck for the past few days, but the next scene has come to me. Thanks muse! Now I feel the floodgates will open again soon... Sometimes I feel like (given my limited experience writing novels) the first 20 or 30% of writing is pulling things out of thin air. Then the …
What a delicious banquet! Spoilers of course... I find it hilarious that after six seasons of building up the importance of the wall, and how its mankind's last defense against the night, and how critical it is to keep it armed and so on--the zombies just walk around it. (according to the Hound's vision, anyway) …
After humans are extinct, birds will be the next to conquer the world with their minds. We've already seen that ravens and crows can understand death, solve complex puzzles, and remember human faces--now it seems they can plan for the future at least as well as a human child. What would a world ruled by …
Jonas David 