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Lost Classic: Finding ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’
Two of my favorite movies from 1984 are Ghostbusters and Gremlins. I turned twelve that year and both movies were aimed squarely at me. But it was a banner year for classic movies that geeks love. Along with those two, there were the other big hits I love – Indiana Jones and the Temple of…
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Classics We Might Honor in 200 Years
While I was visiting England earlier this month, I went to an excellent ‘Sunday Roast’ at The High Flyer, a restaurant named in honor of a horse that was born before my own country! While it’s easy for Americans to marvel at the deep history of places we visit overseas, this made me think of…
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Review: Nobodies (by Alanna Schubach)
A very well written debut novel that kept me intrigued from beginning to end. I think that if I wasn’t me (perhaps due to body swapping?), I might give it five stars. But I don’t think we can escape who we really are, so I’ll have to acknowledge that this book wasn’t really for me.…
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Short Story Contest Story
My wife sent me a link to a list of writing contests. When I opened it, the website popped up its own weekly contest that uses writing prompts (reedsyprompts). One of the prompts struck a chord. This was Wednesday morning and the contest deadline was Friday night. I didn’t have time to write on Wednesday…
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TV Classics in 500 Years?
Is there anything more popular than the TV show Friends? Well, by the ratings it was the most watched series of only its 2001 to 2002 season. It had the fifth most watched finale of any TV show (the ever depressing M*A*S*H is number one). So, sure, there are more popular things in the world…
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Review: Frontlines (Book #8)
Centers of Gravity by Marko Kloos My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read the whole series, so there is no question I enjoy Markos Kloos and this world. This wasn’t the best or the worst of the series so it’s a bit hard to rate and review. Furthermore, books 7 and 8 (this one)…
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What Makes Something A Classic?
We see it in Star Trek and other sci fi media, references to the popular culture of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Are these references to be avoided or embraced when writing of the distant future? They connect with the reader (at least with our contemporary readers) and can provide moments of levity or…
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Authorial Website
It marks me as Gen X to wish for the website utility of bygone years. It feels like only ‘The Socials’ provide true reach, but they are often a false hope. So here I launch a website for myself and my nascent career as an author, following the best advice from the gurus of the…
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Arthur P. Dutton 