Seeds I Can Borrow

Every idea, great or small starts with a seed. Sometimes it’s a comment, other times it can be something you’re witness to. That little spec...

You'll Go Blind...

In the course of researching my new novella (which is now, praise all gods and little fishes, done), I came across an interesting tidbit he...

HEXED?

Last night I was finally able to catch an episode of the new series Hex, which appears on the BBC America channel. It was some of what I exp...

Clones

I've had my fill of clones lately. Not only did we have Attack of the Clones a few years ago, but I just finished reading SL Viehl's...

George Lucas Always Wears Plaid

As I was busy doing dishes yesterday, my hubby came into the kitchen and without preface states, "You know, I think the Jedi were a bun...

WHO is the hero?

Lynda’s post from yesterday got me thinking about Dr. Who and naturally about romance...since I look for romance everywhere. I wasn’t disapp...

Dr Who & the Daleks

A few weeks ago, I saw an episode of Dr Who on the SciFi Channel. In this episode was featured a version of the old The Weakest Link game sh...

Playing With Dolls

I had a weird dream the other night. I was sitting in a park with a case of Barbies and playing with them like I did as a girl- though as a ...

When In Doubt Act It Out!

During edits on Take Me in Your Heart I reached a point where I couldn’t move forward. So I called in reinforcements (ie. my boyfriend). “Jo...

Princesses in Peril

I'm currently writing a futuristic where a princess needs to be saved by the heroine as the main story plot - with bounty hunters, merce...

Sci-Fi Day at Ciar and Leigh's!

Ciar Cullen and Leigh Ellwood are holding a Sci-Fi Day today on their loop CiarandLeigh . Drop in to talk about your favourite SF books, TV...

Fandom = Fundom!

A few weeks ago, I spent a mad, mad few days wearing pantyhose on my head. This is not that abnormal for me, and before you ask why while sl...

Guilty Pleasures

As a lifelong SFF&P fan, I get a lot of strange looks from ‘regular’ people when I talk about the books, movies and TV shows I love. Whi...

Ideas, ideas, ideas!

Once, long ago, I took a college level creative writing class. The instructor, Professor Larry Pike, was more a poet than a fiction writer b...

Spinning Plates - The New Frontier

I've always been a plate spinner. To have my arms and legs extended, sticks vibrating, wobbley china rotating, makes me feel as if I...

Heroes: Torture Me or Torture Me Not?

How could I see X-men: The Last Stand and not think, “Man, what torture!” There are of course a few men among the X-cast who fit this bill (...

Alpha Females and Action Heroines

Someone recently posted this article about the alpha female, which set me to thinking on whether action heroines must necessarily be alpha ...

If there are X-Men among us...dibs on Wolverine!

So what if the Yahoo article is depressingly realistic. That's not what I'm here for. Another word for SF fiction is "Specul...

The Da Vinci Diet

The other day while I was in the supermarket I saw on the cover of Woman’s World with the headline: Hidden inside the best seller, the secr...

Welcome!

Greetings all you science fiction, fantasy and paranormal romance lovers. This tiny spot in the Webverse is reserved for discussion and prom...