Mark Murata's Suburban Fantasy

Redmond, Washington is the home of Microsoft, berry picking, and zombies. I’ll let you guess which is the scariest. For zombies, the R...

Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery: The U.S. Exploring Expedition was penned by Nathaniel Philbrick, well-known for In the Heart...

I previously blogged about DeepFake videos . At that time, they could not also fake people’s voices. (There is fake voice and lip-movement...

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...