July 2014
She's Kick-Ass With Her Pick-Axe
I have played Tomb Raider since its debut and initially planned on skipping the 2013 release when talk of a rape scene arose. Having played Lara since 1996, I had no desire to see her raped if I failed in my game play. Rape isn't a game. But then the game was on sale, and […]
Black Bra, White Tee: The Fault in Our Lucy
Yes, spoilers. (We aren't even going to talk about the science, because science isn't why you're going to see this film. You are probably going to see ScarJo kick butt. ScarJo's performance is strong, without question--but we're going to talk about, oh em gee, the female character.) When I got my first bra, I remember […]
Rings of Anubis, Chapter One
CHAPTER ONE Paris, France ~ October 1889 Virgil Mallory came into Eleanor Folley’s life during the autumn of her thirtieth year, a time when she should have been perfectly content to be with her father, books, or specimens from the field. Hers was not the life of a nun, she assured people (indeed, many […]
Well
When you're a writer -- No, wait. When you're human, and want something over the course of your entire life, you spend a lot of time thinking what it will be like should you acquire said thing. Maybe it's a lollipop. Maybe it's a free-standing mixer. Maybe it's an entire cheesecake all to yourself. Maybe […]
Blue
I grow amused that I don't play blue more regularly in Magic the Gathering, given how magical (!) swimming is proving to be for me this summer. Over the course of the spring, I've been struggling with an idea for a new novel. Having the basic idea wasn't a problem -- oh, I had settings […]