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5 Things LOST can teach us about storytelling

Because I am not going to post about “Super Tuesday” I’ve decided to celebrate the return of my favorite TV series. Lost has, IMO, managed to do just about everything right so far, and the premiere last Thursday seems to Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 18 years ago
rants

Turns out, Bob’s not all that happy to see you

I suppose this will come as a surprise to everyone, but apparently Bob’s been duped. All that Enzyte he’s been taking hasn’t done squat to enhance his maleness. In fact, according to the Cincinati Enquirer, when former Enzyte exec James Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 18 years ago
appearances

Signing Books

For those interested, and who’re in the area: I’ll be signing books at the Gray & Co. booth @ the Cleveland Home & Garden Show at the IX Center (directions) on 2/8/08 from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. BOOTH LOCATIONBooth #379. Enter Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 18 years ago
politics

Now I wish I collected baseball cards

Thanks to The Smoking Gun website, I now know that Tops is including presidential candidate trading cards in their sets of baseball cards. . .

By S Andrew Swann, 18 years ago
internet

I didn’t want to know this existed

But now that I do, I’ll share: American Idol Slashfic. I wonder if I should be worried that this doesn’t really surprise me?

By S Andrew Swann, 18 years ago
asshat

And the asshat for today is. . .

Paul McGuinness, manager of U2. Ok, we get it, music piracy = bad. But, do we think that either a) Making ISPs responsible for policing net traffic for copyrighted data or b) Taxing ISPs to compensate artists (read: compensate the Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 18 years ago
internet

Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam. . .

Many moons ago I posted about a spam query letter I got. (Not to be confused with the spam book promotion I received recently.) Just to reprise, the query was about “A Best Seller waiting to be published – Discover Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 18 years ago
horror

Plot vs Character: aka The Emotional Zombie

I finally got around to seeing 28 Weeks Later on DVD, and it’s a great zombie flick and one of those rarities; a sequel that is a considerable improvement on the original. Not that 28 Days Later was a bad Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 18 years ago
intellectual property

In case you weren’t sure what plagiarism isn’t.

The whole Cassie Edwards flap continues to ripple outward, leaving blog posts and long comment threads in its wake. One of the things it has unearthed is a widespread misunderstanding of what plagiarism actually is, leading to some rather eloquent Read more…

By S Andrew Swann, 18 years ago
book covers

And he gets +4 vs. Furries

I saw a post on Lynn Viehl’s blog and I just had to follow suit and use the online Trading Card Maker for one of my most popular characters. . . (Pic is from the Japanese Ed.)

By S Andrew Swann, 18 years ago

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