Mark Murata's Suburban Fantasy

This Borders closed some months ago What can I say?   The Borders bookstores are closing.   Earlier this year, people in the know said the...

Rupert Murdoch's third wife Wendi is a former volleyball player.  Keep that in mind as you watch what happens when someone tries to thro...

The constant mantra out there among writers is “show, don't tell.”   That is, don't just tell the reader that a spaceship feels cra...

In Memoriam Anna McKinnon 1979-2011

I have cleverly inked out the name of the defendant and shown only part of her face, so you cannot possibly guess whom I am referring to.   ...

Maybe we're in a dead zone As promised in my previous post , here’s my entry on why zombies have become so popular.  Obviously, the ‘7...

Nothing hurts a zombie like a recession On Saturday, I went to the Seattle 2011 Zombie Walk, which ended up breaking the world record for p...

Rachel Brooks has an interesting blog post on whether eBooks will replace paper books.  She came to a similar conclusion as my June 7 post ,...

If you’re ever in the Seattle area, I highly recommend you visit Woodland Park Zoo, which shows how fun a zoo can be.  The above peacock w...