Archive for June 2016
6.26.16 ‘It’s not like someone is on set and calling me “sugar tits”‘
These are the stories I want to tell and will push my view of women forward: Allow them to be crazy and shout to the world that we’re women but we’re also having these crazy existential crises you all are having now.
Read More6.25.16 When was the last time you cleaned….
After a wash or two I said, “Honey, do you notice how the washing machine smells a little … mildewy?” Boy, howdy how right I was.
Read More6.19.16 ‘Finding Dory’ does have a bad guy. But it’s not who you think.
Finding Dory isn’t about evil humans who stole her away for some horrible research experiment, precipitating her short-term memory loss. But it does have a bad guy.
Read More6.13.16 ‘Til the world turns upside down’
Hamilton comes along at a surly time in American history. We are at a stage where we no longer trust our captains, where we believe everything below decks is made of barnacled, rotting wood. Where we have two people running for the highest office in the land – one Hamilton himself never achieved – one of whom will help steer the course for our country’s future as the world slowly turns upside down.
Read More6.8.16 Guest author L.J. Cohen: Integrating her past with a novel future
The expression of an injury shouldn’t function solely as a plot point, used and then discarded, but needs to serve a larger purpose in terms of overall story, characterization, and stakes. Having a background in rehabilitation, anatomy, and physiology helps me add a degree of realism to the story, essential even if I’m telling a tale of sentient space ships, plasma weapons, and worm hole travel.
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