We all know how difficult family can be. Our siblings know all of the buttons that will drive us insane, no matter how carefully we try to cover them up. There's something about a comment from our mom and dad -- even though they might swear it's innocuous -- that feels like a judgement passed … Continue reading (Personal) Ashes In The Mouth
(Friday Fiction) A Formal Introduction
This week I wanted to focus more on a graceful exit for my stories. A lot of them just stop, or I hastily construct a way for things to end when I feel the need to wrap things up. To be honest, it's kind of sloppy and I need to get better at it. Most … Continue reading (Friday Fiction) A Formal Introduction
(Reviews) DisneyFest: Zootopia, Finding Dory, Moana
2016 was the best year for Disney animation in a very long time, and it pleases me to no end that I'm able to say that. Walt Disney Animation began the year giving furries their new generation-defining obsession in Zootopia, which was also an all-around excellent film; in June, Pixar Animation rebounded with their best … Continue reading (Reviews) DisneyFest: Zootopia, Finding Dory, Moana
(Writing) Clarion Write-A-Thon, Week 3
During week 2 of the Clarion Write-A-Thon, I set a goal for 15,000 total words written and $200 raised for the Clarion Workshop. How did I do? Well, I got up to 11,951 words and raised $175 so far; I didn't hit either goal, but that's all right. It just means that I need to … Continue reading (Writing) Clarion Write-A-Thon, Week 3
(Friday Fiction) The Wayfarer House
Now that the 20th anniversary edition of Changeling: the Dreaming has dropped, it's time to start re-establishing the setting! Hooray! C20 updates the Kithain for the modern world, progressing the story from the classic World of Darkness and cleaning up a lot of the squishier ideas that never quite got hammered out in 2nd Edition. … Continue reading (Friday Fiction) The Wayfarer House
(Reviews) DisneyFest: Big Hero 6, Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur
2014 was a bit light for Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Studios. Between the two of them, they released only Big Hero 6, which turned out to be enough -- it was that year's highest-grossing animated film and won the Best Animated Feature Oscar. It also just so happened to be an excellent movie. Pixar … Continue reading (Reviews) DisneyFest: Big Hero 6, Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur
(Writing) Clarion Write-A-Thon, Week 2
This summer I'll be participating in the Clarion Write-A-Thon, a fundraiser for the Clarion Workshop. What is Clarion, you ask? Why, it's the pre-eminent six-week intensive for budding writers in sci-fi and fantasy and it's going on RIGHT NOW. The Write-A-Thon takes place during the workshop as a way to encourage writers to...well, do what … Continue reading (Writing) Clarion Write-A-Thon, Week 2
(Personal) Mission Statement
This is an amazing world, inhabited by amazing people. We don't have to go very far to see an animal or plant that does something incredible, if we stop to think about it. All around us, there are countless people each with their own rich inner worlds and intense, beautiful, heartbreaking stories. I think the … Continue reading (Personal) Mission Statement
(Reviews) DisneyFest: Wreck-It Ralph, Monsters University, Frozen
Remember five years ago? It was 2012 back then and we all thought we were going to die in some really weird global cataclysm because the Mayans had deemed it so. Woody Harrelson would go down outside his camper van at Yellowstone, and the only people who would survive are John Cusack and his plucky … Continue reading (Reviews) DisneyFest: Wreck-It Ralph, Monsters University, Frozen
(Review) The Shame Locked Away in Giovanni’s Room
The Paris in James Baldwin's novel Giovanni's Room is a kind of hell in which desperate men step on each other to climb out of the hole they're in, never realizing it's possible to help lift one another out of their predicament. Fear motivates everyone; they're afraid of anyone finding out who they really are … Continue reading (Review) The Shame Locked Away in Giovanni’s Room
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 