Photo Credit: Joseph E. Lake, Jr. / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 I never met Jay Lake, the closest I came was spying…
Countdown to “Second Harvest” Release
In just three days my short story Second Harvest will finally see the light of day. To quote Jerry Garcia and the Grateful…
It’s All About Character
I had two opportunities this past week to listen to people that make a living from their writing talk about…
Chocolat (2000)
Chocolat (2000) directed by Lasse Hallström tells the story of a insular French village in the late 1950s that finds…
Penmonkey Gut Check
One of the authors I can rely on for a much needed kick in the pants when it comes to…
The Man Who Cried (2000)
Director Sally Potter wrote and directed this story about a young Jewish Fegele Abramovich and her struggle to reconnect to…

Last Stop with the Playwrights’ Junction
This past Monday night I sat in the audience at the Sudbury Theatre Centre with my fellow playwrights, family members,…
Goodbye 2013 and Hello 2014
Back in Time by nicholasjon – License:CC BY-NC 2.0 Human perception of time is a funny thing. With the passing of…
Transcendence Trailer
Earlier this year I had heard Johnny Depp was working on a new science fiction movie called Transcendence but details…
Depp in Review – Year Two
It’s been almost a year since I foolishly declared that I was going to spend the next 365 days revisiting…