Check out the end for free books and special offers from indie authors. Join the newsletter to get a free short story, news, and updates on my work and releases. Project Hail Mary is still all over a lot of my subreddits, especially the crafting ones. Embroidery, cross-stitch, crochet, all still coming out with Rocky and… Continue reading Understanding Movie Adaptations: Where the HELL is my MCU-flavored Black Alien Goo?
I, like many others, saw Project Hail Mary last week. It was one of my favorite books of 2021, so I had followed the development of the movie closely. It was both a wonderful movie in its own right, and, I feel, a good adaptation. It fell well within all the parameters that I’m looking… Continue reading Project Hail Mary and the Covert Pretension of Sci-Fi Readers
Who is Venom? What is the Venom symbiote’s “name?” Why even ask this question? Why do we care? Because the fandom community around this character has very strong opinions around who and what “Venom” is. There’s a hostile undercurrent in regards to nomenclature that claims, with certainty, that only the bonded host and symbiote as… Continue reading You Can Call the Symbiote Venom: A Textual Analysis
With the recent addition of Deadpool to Marvel Rivals, my various queer comic subreddits have raised the question “is Deadpool ACTUALLY pansexual?” meaning is it “canonical.” Is it “in the comics?” And this raises the question of how do we do character analysis within an expansive, multi-contributor lore? The first two obvious and interconnected hurdles… Continue reading Deadpool Needs to Kiss a Dude for Real: The Shifty Nature of Canon
With the new season coming out and the sort of emergence of the new DC movie continuity, I was like…oh, I should watch Peacemaker. I had seen The Suicide Squad and Creature Commandos, so it was an easy show to roll into, already being familiar with the character. Binged it up through the first episode… Continue reading Peacemaker: The Deconstruction of a Pathetic Asshole
There was this trend of conversation on BookTok for a bit, but outside that I still occasionally see conversations about wanting a book rating system similar to the MPAA or ESRB. I've said in a TikTok before, and I'll say again, "no you don't." Especially not in the current climate when so many books are… Continue reading I Don’t Need to Tell You Censorship Laws are Bad, but Do You Realize How Bad They Really Are?
I’m a fantasy and science fiction writer, so, of course I study worldbuilding. As opposed to the worldbuilding itself, I rather like to examine the implementation of it. My favorite style tends to be “I’ll tell you what you need to know for the next little bit, then move on.” I don’t particularly for long… Continue reading The Summer of Capes and Worldbuilding
If I talk about a “graphic novel” vs a “comic” in a very casual way, you’d probably generally understand what kind of distinction I’m trying to make there. At the same time, comic book writers haven’t always had a positive interaction with the term “graphic novel.” Alan Moore is famous for relegating it to a… Continue reading We Need the Term Graphic Novel to Actually Mean Something
It’s a very weird time to be a Venom fan with the current All-New Venom run. I’m genuinely enjoying it, curious to see where it goes, and think there’s some very clever use of language. Two of my favorite symbiotes, Toxin and Sleeper, got some panel time, and there’s clearly something happening there with SCAR.… Continue reading Media is More Fun When You Don’t Waste Time Hating It
Last week, J.K. Rowling revealed her ass, yet again, around a UK supreme court ruling. This ruling being that, when referencing the Equality Act, “women” specifically means “biological women.” Effectively, legally stripping trans-women then status of “woman” in regards to the application of the protections of this act. And I’m seeing people not quite understand… Continue reading You Really Need to Move on from Harry Potter, I’m So Serious
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