Failing again. Failing better.
My parents had told me it would be a good thing to have a family friend working as a supervisor in the hospital lab. My tests might get some priority, and Mr. Jim would be sure to triple-check them. But after a week in the hospital, the lab had yet to provide us with any…
In case you missed it, exactly a month ago, I drove up to Baltimore for a signing by Brandon Sanderson, Harriet McDougal, Kate Reading, and Michael Kramer. However, I apparently never learned how to read correctly, because I was a month early. The signing, in honor of A MEMORY OF LIGHT (you can read my…
For many of us, this is a three-day weekend. So if you don’t already have a book or three to read, here are a few articles to keep you entertained, now that we have no football any more, baseball and March Madness haven’t started, and there are only so many hockey games. The first is…
The new “Oblivion” international trailer has been released. Check it out below. This trailer definitely reveals more than the first teaser, but I can’t help but think the movie will be a disappointment. It looks like a mashup of previous genre hits–obviously The Matrix, but I also think Blade Runner (is Cruise a clone or…
When I recently interviewed Myke Cole (Part One, Part Two), he stressed the importance of good beta readers. He said he has been lucky to have a handful of people he can rely on, and he lives in fear of the day when they get sick or hurt or angry with him. I have a…