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Fixing the Prequels: Finale

The Fixing the Prequels series was never, as I’ve noted many times throughout, a project for me to complain about the much-hated films. My goal was always to acknowledge the Prequel Trilogy’s very real problems by suggesting ways they could … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas

Time for another one that I feature most years, but there’s a reason. This song, and this performance, are so sublime that just about all performances of the song ever since have left me cold, for a very big reason. … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!

Here’s something different, at least as far as Christmas music goes: a string quartet by Arcangelo Corelli, which was apparently composed “for the night of Christmas”. Corelli lived from 1653 to 1713, putting him slightly earlier than JS Bach (they … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas

What’s a month-long music feature without some film music? Here’s a suite from Alan Silvestri’s score to The Polar Express.

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“Shiny in the Black”: A FIREFLY Christmas! (part three)

Continuing my repost of this Very Special (but Not Blossomesque) Episode of Firefly. part two part one “Weapons on the ground!” the voice shouted. “Now!” “Do it,” Mal said. He shot a look at Jayne, whose expression of disgust tended … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas

Alison Krauss and Yo Yo Ma perform the “Wexford Carol”.

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Check out the author page!

I now have an Official Amazon Author Page! That is all. Carry on.

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Where STARDANCER came from!

This post is cross-posted from ForgottenStars.net, and slightly spoilery for the book. So, where exactly did I get the idea for Stardancer? Easy answer. I got it from a lot of places. (This is long, but I hope it’s at … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas

Here’s a song that doesn’t seem to show up on too many Carolers’ lists these days, for some reason: “Good King Wenceslas”, performed by the Irish Rovers.

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Weird Shit Writers Tweet

I had this brief exchange on Twitter the other day. This is what makes writers the best kind of folks to hang out with on Twitter. OK, to the shower. That's where I am an expert plotter! #amwriting — Kelly … Continue reading

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