Mark Murata's Suburban Fantasy

If you ever get a chance to see Marissa Meyer, author of Cinder , take advantage of it.  She is a dynamic and entertaining speaker.  ...

At last, a set of high-quality Star Trek bloopers. "Engage.  No, don't engage.  Energize."      Previous ones looked...

I assume you all heard about the meteor that exploded over Russia on St. Valentine’s Day, injuring over a thousand people.  I’m go...

Do you really want to badmouth your boss on an anonymous blog?  Here in Seattle, a barista badmouthed his boss and bragged about givin...

How important is a good title to selling a book?  Well, let’s look at some of the foibles of the movie business when it comes to finding a...

A guy is frightening.  A gal is forced to stay with him.  He must somehow transform so they can be together.  Is this Beauty and the Beast...

The actual Batmobile from the original Batman TV series sold for over $4 million this week.  Below is my photo of that same vehicle, ...

The Lost Stars: Tarnished Knight by Jack Campbell.  Whether or not you’ve read Campbell’s Fleet series, The Lost Stars: Tarnished Kni...

I decided to scrap 1½ chapters from my current work, a mashup of The War of the Worlds .  The writing was pretty good, but not great.  ...