New Podcast Up: We Go To Mars!
In this podcast first, we attempt to record the podcast from two different locations. I don’t know. We think it may be a success. You be the judge. Anyway, on this podcast we discuss Weir’s best...
View ArticleNew Podcast Up: Drive the Batmobile to Mars
On this episode we wrap up our discussion about “The Martian” since both of us had a chance to catch the film. We discuss the differences between the film and the book from a writer’s perspective...
View ArticleNew Podcast Up: A Spectre of Bad Tropes
On this episode we discuss those overused tropes that often get used in modern fiction or film and how to avoid them. What are some good tropes and what are some old tropes that can be turned upside...
View ArticleNew Podcast Up: Screenwriter/Novelist Drew Chapman
On this episode we had the privelege of interviewing television writer and novelist Drew Chapman. Drew has been in the screenwriting business for many years. He has written for Disney’s “Pocahontas”,...
View ArticleNew Podcast Up: 15 Things About 2015
In this episode we take a look back at 2015 and discuss 15 things that each of us thought were noteworthy in the realm of fiction and media. We also discuss the things we thought were not that...
View ArticleNew Podcast Up: Sensitive Suicide Squad
In this episode we discuss two children’s books: “A Birthday Cake for George Washington” by Ramin Ganeshram and “A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, For Families, One Delicious Treat” by Emily Jenkins. One...
View ArticleNew Podcast Up: R Rated Rant
This episode is devoted to our lament over the fact that Marvel has gone down the rated “R” road with Deadpool, which we feel is really un-necessary. Marvel will now make a slew of these kinds of...
View ArticleNew Podcast Up: What Are You Reading?
On this episode we take a break from the writing to read. Sort of…I mean we are writers after all… Studies show that writing ability is directly tied to reading ability, and the best thing for a writer...
View ArticleNew Podcast Up: A Heaping Plate of Bat-Crow
Well…we saw it. Batman vs. Superman. …and it’s no secret that we originally hated the idea of Batfleck, but after seeing Affleck in the role, we are going to have to eat a ton of crow. The fact is that...
View ArticleNew Podcast Up: Star Wars – The Bluray
On this episode we get our grubby mitts on the Force Awakens bluray and talk about its lack of special features. We also discuss other television writing of merit and what we can learn from these tv...
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