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Mel

Dec 26, 20171 min read

Jandar of Callisto

Back in 1972, I picked up a copy of this book in Pearl's Swap Shop in Seminole, Oklahoma. You could get paperback books for a dime there....

Mel

Dec 24, 20174 min read

Writing Pulp Fiction

When I was growing up, I read a lot of pulp fiction. I just didn't know it at the time. From Sherlock Holmes to Tarzan to John Carter of...

Mel

Dec 23, 20171 min read

The Greatest Showman

Chandler and I saw the trailer a few months ago and knew we had to go see the movie. We couldn't talk my wife into it, which was...

Mel

Dec 23, 20171 min read

Fantastic Four Movie?

If the proposed acquisition of 21 Century Fox by Disney goes through, I hope this means that a Fantastic Four movie won't be far behind....

Mel

Dec 23, 20171 min read

Fiction Formula Plotting

Deborah Chester, who was taught by Dwight Swain and Jack Bickham (both of whom need no introduction to anyone who's immersed in the craft...

Mel

Dec 23, 20171 min read

Doc Savage Fantasy Covers

I grew up reading Bantam's Doc Savage series in the early 1970s. They were camp and fun according to college students, but I discovered...

Mel

Dec 22, 20171 min read

Bass Reeves--American Hero

hanks to Ron Fortier, Air Chief of Airship 27, a new pulp publisher, I got the chance to add to the adventures of real-life United States...

Mel

Dec 21, 20172 min read

LitRPG--Videogames in a book!

This kind of fiction is new to me, but it feels really familiar. I've done a lot of novels based on gameworlds, but LitRPG is basically a...

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