Writing
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Amreica is Grate!
Ah, the art of writing! From elegant multi-volume novels to a well-distilled Tweet, the written (and spoken) word is lauded with…
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Harry Potter and the Consequences of Overthinking Children’s Literature
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve spent much more time lately thinking about Harry Potter than is typically…
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In Defense of Fanfiction – A Convert’s Tale
Fanfiction has a pretty bad reputation. Part of it is earned, but a lot of it is just because it…
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Life in a Gas Cloud – a short story
I had the delight of being on a panel about the possibilities of megafauna in space, at Dragon Con this…
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Becoming a Hufflepuff or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Badger
I was born a Ravenclaw, or so I told myself. When Harry Potter came out, I was neck deep in…
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Book Review: Dandelion Seeds
One of our Mad Art Lab alumni, Steve DeGroof, recently wrote a book basically by accident. It was mentioned in…
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Art of the Gaps 2: Extraterrestrial Life?
Happy New Year! Part of being human is having the drive to question the mysteries of the world around us.…
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