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Mel
Dec 27, 20171 min read
Radioland Murders
I have no excuse for this one. I just loved it the first time I saw it, and I've watched it over a dozen times. Sherry cringes every time...
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Mel
Dec 27, 20171 min read
Castle Panic
We play a lot of games at home, so Christmas usually brings us a new selection. This year Chandler got a copy of Castle Panic. He'd...
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Mel
Dec 26, 20171 min read
Jandar of Callisto
Back in 1972, I picked up a copy of this book in Pearl's Swap Shop in Seminole, Oklahoma. You could get paperback books for a dime there....
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Mel
Dec 24, 20174 min read
Writing Pulp Fiction
When I was growing up, I read a lot of pulp fiction. I just didn't know it at the time. From Sherlock Holmes to Tarzan to John Carter of...
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Mel
Dec 23, 20171 min read
The Greatest Showman
Chandler and I saw the trailer a few months ago and knew we had to go see the movie. We couldn't talk my wife into it, which was...
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Mel
Dec 23, 20171 min read
Fantastic Four Movie?
If the proposed acquisition of 21 Century Fox by Disney goes through, I hope this means that a Fantastic Four movie won't be far behind....
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Mel
Dec 23, 20171 min read
Fiction Formula Plotting
Deborah Chester, who was taught by Dwight Swain and Jack Bickham (both of whom need no introduction to anyone who's immersed in the craft...
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Mel
Dec 23, 20171 min read
Doc Savage Fantasy Covers
I grew up reading Bantam's Doc Savage series in the early 1970s. They were camp and fun according to college students, but I discovered...
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Mel
Dec 22, 20171 min read
Bass Reeves--American Hero
hanks to Ron Fortier, Air Chief of Airship 27, a new pulp publisher, I got the chance to add to the adventures of real-life United States...
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Mel
Dec 21, 20172 min read
LitRPG--Videogames in a book!
This kind of fiction is new to me, but it feels really familiar. I've done a lot of novels based on gameworlds, but LitRPG is basically a...
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