Category Archives: nerdery public
SIX OF THE BEST… cliched narrative devices
The actual title of the column is a bit longer. It’s about narrative devices that have become so cliche that you really can’t use them in your writing anymore. Which is frustrating.
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Tagged alias, buffy, chekhov's gun, cliche, cozy catastrophe, family drama, firefly, game of thrones, i am your father, idiot plot, it was all a dream, iZombie, little detail, narrative device, oh you like that character, pop-culture reference, sherlock holmes, spoiler alert, squid in the mouth, supernatural, the oa, turkey city lexicon, white room syndrome
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SIX OF THE BEST… columns I wrote in 2016
Let me tell you about the columns I wrote in 2016. They were great columns. The columns had great topics, and they were really great. They’re going to do great things in the future.
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Tagged 45th president, best of, breasts, chuck tingle, fantastic beasts and where to find them, health insurance, kdka, presidential election, quotes, second wedding, selfie generation, two dots, verbed by the adjective noun, wedding, wedding planning, write what you know, writing
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SIX OF THE WORST… questions I was left with after watching The OA
All things considered, Netflix’s The OA should’ve been right up my alley. But I was left with many, many questions.
SIX OF THE BEST… sequels coming to theaters in 2017
Let’s talk sequels!
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Tagged batfleck, episode viii, guardians of the galaxy, infinity war, justice league, Kingsman, Logan, ragnarok, rogue one, sequel, sequels, the force awakens, thor, wolverine
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SIX OF THE BEST… questions to ask your nerdy friends after seeing Rogue One
As expected, I saw Rogue One on opening night — which is Friday, despite all the new metrics that only count Thursday opening box office receipts as a measure of success. Anyway, after seeing it and digesting it, I decided that, while … Continue reading
SIX OF THE BEST… reasons to show fewer movie commercials
You might have heard that a little movie called Rogue One is coming out on Friday. If you haven’t, you clearly haven’t been anywhere near the media for the past… oh… year or so. Pretty much since the Monday after The Force … Continue reading
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Tagged batman v superman, clickbait, collateral beauty, cover girl, eight minutes, Entertainment Tonight, hunger games, jyn erso, movie, nissan rogue, rogue one, simon pegg, spiderman: homecoming, star trek, subway, the force awakens, the undiscovered country, trailer
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SIX OF THE WORST… self-promotion fails
I suck at self-promotion.
SIX OF THE BEST takes on Fantastic Beasts and Pokemon
This week’s Six of the Best column is spoileriffic, so if you haven’t seen Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, you shouldn’t read it. If you have, though… read on! Last week, my daughter and I collaborated on a Six … Continue reading
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Tagged alolan raichu, bowtruckle, chamber of secrets, credence, dawn of justice, ensign ro, fantastic beasts, fantastic beasts and where to find them, furfrou, graves, grindelwald, harry potter, honest game trailers, kowalski, litleo, magearna, modesty, newt scamander, niffler, nitpick, obscurus, pokemon, reparo, Scooby Doo, sun and moon, sylveon, tina goldstein, ugly guy hot wife, volcanion
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SIX OF THE BEST… presidential election screwups
Regardless of what you think of the most recent US presidential election, you should be able to agree that there have been screwups in elections past. Here are six of the best of them.
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SIX OF THE BEST… things newer writers should avoid doing
This really should be a “worst”, not “best”, but I can only work with what I have. Anyway, don’t do this.
SIX OF THE BEST… Criminal Minds villains
After 12 years, there are bound to be some great villains on any TV show. But Criminal Minds makes a living off its villains. Here are six of the best of them.
SIX OF THE BEST: second books and pro-wrestlers
I was on vacation last week, so I didn’t post this, but here are my two most-recent Six of the Best columns: SIX OF THE BEST… second books in a series: books that don’t fall victim to the sophomore slump. … Continue reading
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SIX OF THE WORST… things about health insurance
Health insurance sucks. Well, okay, insurance itself doesn’t, but the system certainly does. Here’s me bitching about it.
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Tagged anaesthesia, braces, cdhp, co-pay, deductible, fsa, gambling, grandfathered plan, health insurance, hsa, insurance, lab fees, lasik, lifetime maximum, obamacare, physical therapy
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SIX OF THE BEST… books I discovered by accident
I know I’ve mentioned in the past that I subscribe to an e-book library that often gets pretty big dumps of books for borrowing. It’s not quite like going to the bookstore — you can’t just walk through the aisles … Continue reading
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Tagged book, books, bucky fucking dent, e-book, embassytown, friday, ghosts of engines past, grimspace, headcrash, holy cow, judge benjamin superdog, library, not quite the classics, please don't tell my parents i'm a supervillain, ready player one, saints astray, santa olivia, soon i will be invincible, things my girlfriend and i have argued about, wolf in white van
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Book Review: “Silencing Sharks” by John Hope
It can often be quite a surprise when you find out that someone you know has written a book. It’s even more of a surprise when you find out that your first college roommate has written a whole lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged deafness, hearing, john hope, middle grade, nervous farts, peter benchley, review, shark, sharks, silencing sharks
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SIX OF THE BEST… efficiency-increasing Chrome extensions
I’ve been using Google Chrome for many a year now, and while some complain of its resource hogging, I still feel like it’s the best browser for me. Google already knows all of my personal information; might as well let … Continue reading
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Tagged adblock plus, chrome, extension, flash, flashblock, gmail, goo.gl, google chrome, rot13, sndlatr, the great suspender, tinyurl, ublock, YouTube
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SIX OF THE BEST… musical episodes
Do you like musical episodes? I like musical episodes. SIX OF THE BEST… musical episodes
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Tagged buffy, buffy the vampire slayer, fan fiction, Futurama, galavant, grey's anatomy, honest trailers, les miserables, musical, musical episode, once more with feeling, psych, psych the musical, song beneath the song, supernatural, tad cooper, the devil's hands are idle playthings
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SIX OF THE WORST… examples of corporatespeak
I used to run a blog that lampooned corporatespeak. I mined my archives for this week’s column. SIX OF THE WORST… examples of corporatespeak
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SIX OF THE WORST… things about social media (for writers)
I hate marketing myself. SIX OF THE WORST… things about social media (for writers)