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Apologies to the instagram folks, I know the links don't work. This is just a post on my writing, what's I'm working on, and why I've been less active lately.

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Superman 2025 brought me back to 1989

I went into Superman 2025 with no expectations. Why was Guy Gardner in the trailer? How come they’re only showing footage of the superdog rescuing him? All these signs made me think Superman 2025 would be a mediocre flop. If you read any posts on X (Twitter) you’d think this movie was a disgrace to the Superman legacy. They disparaged the bright colors and thought David Corenswet was inferior to…

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A Bitter Winter 2nd Edition is live!

I know it’s way too early in the year to talk about A Bitter Winter 2nd Edition but it seems winter has come early. This was a personal passion project I took on when I needed to clear my head of horror fiction. 2nd Edition is not a relaunch, or a reboot, or an attempt to boost sales. In fact, it has nothing to do with revenue or profit. A Bitter Winter 2nd Edition was my chance to tell the…

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A new edition of A Bitter Winter is coming soon

Happy new year everyone! Sorry I didn’t post a new blog in January. I planned on writing a review of Apple TV’s Shrinking and how you absolutely need to watch it, but I got sidetracked due to starting a new job. Although I’m enjoying my new, more senior role, the job has occupied a lot of my time and has made it difficult for me to keep the blog updated. If you’re not a part of my newsletter, I…

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Advent Train Stories: The Sister of Melted Wax

Welcome to the Advent Calendar Story Train, where you can read through 24 stories under the theme Surprise. “My child.” The queen emerged from her sacred chamber. “I wish to speak with you.” The servant refused to believe that the holiest mother of mothers wanted to speak with her in private. The living incarnation of God wanted an audience with a lowly Sister of the Melted Wax? She had…

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Alien: Romulus plays all the Greatest Hits

Alien: Romulus by first-time franchise director Fede Alvarez, is a throwback to the classic Alien formula. However, some creative decisions did not sit well with fans of the franchise. I personally didn’t mind it, but there’s been a huge uproar over bringing back characters from previous movies. Characters previously played by dead actors. The story. Without going into too much detail, Alien:…

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How to write a marketing blurb part 3

This is going to be a little embarrassing, but that’s what happens when an older you reflects on the “a long time ago�� version of you. Back in 2015 I started the first post in “How to write a marketing blurb.” It was an in-depth post covering the mechanics and brainstorming session of a marketing blurb. I don’t want to link to it because it’s so embarrassing, but it’s a learning opportunity for…

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Civil War by Alex Garland is more like a Civil Dud.

Civil War by Alex Garland is a film that imagines a dystopian America caught in a second Civil War. California and Texas have united to create the Western Forces while Florida, Alabama, and a few other states form the Florida Alliance. There are apparently two more alliances, but the film doesn’t bother to introduce them. I had to check an online article to find out more information. Before you…

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Tokyo Vice season 2 loses what made season 1 so great.

Tokyo Vice is a show on Max (formerly HBO Max) that follows the story of Jake Adelstein (Ansel Elgort) a young American journalist who relocates to Japan in order to make a name for himself. He works for the biggest Japanese newspaper in town called the Meicho Shimbun and quickly has to learn that the things he could do in America would never fly in Japan. Supposedly, this show is based on true…

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Happy Leap Year!

Ninjas! I couldn’t resist an opportunity to post my typical Thursday blog on Leap year. So here it is. I’ve been MIA for the month of February because I was going through some medical issues. I originally wasn’t going to post a blog either but I don’t want to miss out on having a blog post on leap year. There is a bit of a time crunch as I wasn’t able to focus on my blog -at all- during this…

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"I don't need to be good, just remembered."

I recently watched this documentary on the making of the video game Blasphemous. Blasphemous was enthralling. It is the only 2d platformer that combined horror and Catholicism in a video game. Towards the end of the video, one of the game developers shared something profound. “I’d like us to be, maybe not the best, but the most remembered.” This statement deeply resonated with me. I watched…

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Release Dates and Displates and a Happy New Year!

Ninjas, There was no November blog post because my website was under maintenance for backend upgrades. As a result, December’s blog post will contain DOUBLE the news. Let’s get started. My guest appearance on The Merry Writer podcast with hosts Ari Meghlen and Rachel Poli If you’re a horror fan and you want to know a bit about the craft and secrets of writing horror, this is the episode for…

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It's my birthday and here's how I'm going to celebrate!

Ninjas, I’ve completed 39 rotations around the sun, and I can’t say I feel any different than the thirty-eight that came before. There are more grey hairs, more unwanted bumps, and a belly I can’t seem to shrink. My wife wanted to drag me to all sorts of fun events. I declined and said my perfect day would be to take off from work and stay home to relax and recharge. THEN, on Saturday, take my…

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TMNT: Mutant Mayhem better than the original?

Is TMNT: Mutant Mayhem somehow better than the original? Read my review to find out.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is a brand-new entry and reboot of a franchise that existed before cell phones and the internet. What you may be surprised to know is that TMNT was NOT created in Japan. It is actually the product of Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, two Americans. They weren’t professionals when they created TMNT, they were amateur nerds who wanted to write their own…

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Summer Update 2023

It's been a busy 2023 summer, here's what I've been working on.

S’up ninjas! If you’re not subscribed to my newsletter, you may have been wondering why this blog hasn’t been updated since June. I informed my subscribers I would be taking a short hiatus to work on my writing projects. The hiatus is over and you missed on some cool artwork of Cindy, Jadie, and a secret unannounced character planned for a later book. If you don’t want to miss out on this…

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Succession why should you watch a show about awful people?

I thought we all hated the rich? Succession is a show on HBO Max about three siblings squabbling for control of Waystar Royco when it becomes apparent their father Logan Roy can no longer lead the company.Logan has to decide which one of his incompetent kids has the killer instinct to carry on his legacy. Basically, the Murdoch family – Fox News TV show. Why would anyone want to watch…

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Does Everything, Everywhere, All at Once deserve its Oscars?

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once is the most insane, off the wall, completely bananas movie I had ever seen and it’s a really, really long title. From now on, I will be referring to Everything, Everywhere, All at Once as EEAAO. Should you watch it? Let’s dive into what all the buzz is about. Streaming on: Paramount+ with Starz upgrade as of this writing. So, even though you have broken my…