Greetings, Martians. I promise this somewhat enigmatic title has a good explanation! Basically, this is a tag where you choose five swoonworthy characters from movies or television and explain why you find them swoonworthy, allotting no more than five sentences apiece. The tag originated with Thoughts All Sorts and Realweegimidget Reviews, but I was tagged... Continue Reading →
The Smashing & Dashing 2022 Character Awards
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, munchkins! Once again, it's time for the Smashing & Dashing Character Awards, where we honor the most lovable, most intriguing, and most frustrating fictional characters we encountered in the past twelve months. This tag was originally created by the lovely C.G. Drews @Paper Fury, and I've kept it up... Continue Reading →
The “Brideshead Revisited” Deep Dive No One Asked For
When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, "Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away..." Greetings! After a lengthy absence, I have returned, brimming with good cheer and A.E. Housman quotes, to give you the Brideshead Revisited deep dive none of you asked for. We're going to talk about... Continue Reading →
#Five Fall Favorites
Happy fall, everyone! I'm sliding in at the end of the week to participate (unofficially) in the #Five Fall Favorites blog party, hosted by the lovely Kate (Willis) Hoppman @Once Upon an Ordinary! Today's prompt is "Top Five Historical Fiction Finds," and we all know I can never resist the temptation to gush about historical... Continue Reading →
Pleased to Meet You, I’m a Morally Gray Character
"These guys will literally sit down in a tavern, take a swig of some Strong Drink,™ reach across the table to shake your hand, and say, 'Pleased to meet you, I'm a morally gray character.'" My brother, who is wise, made the above observation recently. I'd been pondering the issue of morally gray characters for... Continue Reading →
“Miss O’Reilly’s Nemesis” Release Day!
Hello again! I have another free story available TODAY with Havok Publishing! "Miss O'Reilly's Nemesis" is the sixth episode in my ongoing time-travel series, "The Green Room Files." In today's adventure, sparks fly as Miss O'Reilly crosses paths with an old antagonist... "Miss O'Reilly's Nemesis" will be free to the public today only, Wednesday, September... Continue Reading →
The Pride and Prejudice Wars
Return with me, if you will, to a distant time nearly lost in the mists of history... the early 2010s. It was a wild and primitive age, the 2010s, when warring tribes of conservative Christian girls fought pitched battles over Pride and Prejudice on the Internet. When defending the wrong Mr. Darcy in the wrong... Continue Reading →
“Miss O’Reilly’s Advice Column” Release Day!
Hello again... I have a free story available TODAY at Havok Publishing! "Miss O'Reilly's Advice Column" is the fifth episode of my ongoing time-travel series, "The Green Room Files." Can the long-suffering Miss O'Reilly clean up Hernandez's mess before the timeline collapses? Read on to find out! I'll be releasing another Green Room Files story... Continue Reading →
Legends of Western Cinema Week – Tag!
Howdy! It's that time of year again... time for me to fill out the Legends of Western Cinema Week Tag using only Western books, not Western movies, because I'm weird like that! You all know me by this point; you know I'm an avid book lover and a reluctant movie-watcher, so I don't think anybody... Continue Reading →
Stop What You’re Doing and Read Terry Pratchett
Yes, you heard me, buckaroo. Stop what you're doing and read Terry Pratchett. Close this post and go pick up a Terry Pratchett novel. What's that? You're still here? Oh wait... I forgot. Silly of me. There are over fifty Pratchett novels, including forty-one books in the Discworld series alone, and naturally, you're a little... Continue Reading →