Mark Murata's Suburban Fantasy

A contest is coming up for aspiring writers. We are to write a short synopsis of a finished novel, then add the first two sentences. The w...

It may surprise readers (and wannabe writers) that legally, writers do not sell stories. That’s how it’s described in everyday terms, such...

I don’t have much time for a post this week, so here is some really bad dubbing for the movie 300.   On second viewing, they did m...

Okay, OR10 is not a planet, it’s a small body in the solar system. But it’s big enough to have it’s own moon. So The Planetary Society all...

Rutger Hauer, the great Dutch actor, just passed away. We’ll get to Blade Runner in a moment, but first I strongly recommend Ladyhawke . ...

The official trailer for the movie Cats is out, and the reaction is not pretty. Movie reviewers say they’ve never seen backlash against a...

This is a little late, but I had a pleasant time in a park in Bellevue for the 4 th of July. (Bellevue is a suburb of Seattle.) First...

So the news is out that some people vandalized the Cloud Gate in Chicago, more affectionately known as “The Bean,” by spraying graffiti on ...

Word is officially out. There’s a new Batman! The dark knight will be played by Robert Pattinson. Uh, Robert Pattinson? photo ...