If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen the link to the article that made me consider this, Alyssa Rosenberg’s piece in response to the then-upcoming Ender’s Game movie and the documented homophobic actions of its author, Orson Scott Card. Although artists express themselves through their art, that doesn’t…
Back in the day, when I was an eager Harry Potter fan anticipating the next book, J. K. Rowling’s interviews intrigued me. The authors of the series I’d loved before were all dead; no one could post C. S. Lewis’s answers to fan questions online or ask E. Nesbit what…
(I promise that title is the worst and only pun in this blog entry.) Sherlock Holmes is one of the world’s most popular and iconic characters. He is re-imagined for every generation and niche. He’s a child; he’s an old man; he’s a she. Sherlock Holmes is a delusional drug…
(In Which Sarah’s Campfire Imagery Gets Out of Control) For most writers, random ideas are a dime a dozen. I read the news, I watch a TV show I almost like, I daydream a kick-butt action scene where I use hockey and my PhD research to fight off Moriarty, and boom: I…