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Zombies: a series – Countdown

August 27, 2010

In 2 months, 4 days and 12 hours, the dead will walk… onto your TV screen! Premiering on Halloween night, AMC TV’s presentation of “The Walking Dead“, which long-time readers may remember is my favorite zombie book, has all of the makings of becoming my favorite visual zombie experience as well.  Veteran (and venerable) screenwriter [...]

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Zombies: a series – Zombie Humor

July 30, 2010

Cover of Shaun of the Dead Cover of Zombieland [Blu-ray] No, this post isn’t about shuffling dead taking center stage at the local pub’s open mic night.  Rather, if you like your zombies mixed with a little bit (or a lot) of humor, then the recent  Zombieland and the venerable Shaun of the Dead have [...]

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Is A Good Mystery Hard To Find?

July 23, 2010

Cover of Crooked House (Minotaur Mysteries) As a child, I grew up admiring and reading such super-sleuths as Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown. My tastes changed as I grew older and I found myself drawn to true crime novels where the only mystery was what made a person crack and commit such heinous acts as [...]

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DVD Review: The Book of Eli

June 30, 2010

Image by scriptingnews via Flickr This is a Spoiler Alert people!  This movie has a bit of a ‘twist’ ending which I will talk about.  If you haven’t seen it and don’t like spoilers you might want to watch the flick before reading this. Anyway…I was born and grew up during the Cold War.  Ah, [...]

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Reading Like a Writer

June 25, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Can creative writing be taught? It’s a loaded question, and one which Francine Prose, the author of the 2006 book Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them, tackles in the opening passages. Given the popularity of creative writing programs across [...]

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