Alpha Mommy Freaking Madness

Alpha Moms of the world unite. You now have your very own cable channel where you can (s)mother until your eyes roll into the backs of your heads. Alpha Mom TV is all about (s)mothering. As if it weren’t already a 24/7 job. Why does this make me angry? Why doesn’t it make me feel [...]

Ready For Action, Danger Boy

Watching now: Aeon Flux Trailer The movie version of Aeon Flux is coming out in December and Charlize Theron is playing Aeon. Can’t wait! Watching the trailer made me realize how much Aeron influenced the creation of my main character in Bloodstar. Theron’s line at the end of the trailer sums up my main character [...]

The Heroine with a Thousand Faces

An interesting read for any writer examining myths and folk tales: Evolutionary Psychology 3: 85-103 The Heroine with a Thousand Faces: Universal Trends in the Characterization of Female Folk Tale Protagonists Jonathan Gottschall, First Year Program, c/o English Department, St Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, USA. with fifteen St. Lawrence University undergraduate students: Rachel Berkey, [...]

Finally, one just has to shut up, sit down, and write.

Holy Giant Desk, Batman. Italian sculptor Giancarlo Neri constructed this monument called The Writer, a 30-foot structure that overlooks Parliament Fields in Hampstead Heath. In a time when writing involves word processors, online critique groups and other technology that separates the writer from the page, this monument reminds us that writing is a solitary process [...]

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