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Twenty years of reading, watching, writing, and asking questions. Explore my latest essays, book and movie reviews, and dispatches from the world of The Chronicles of Purgatory Station.
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Fables: Cubs In Toyland (Vol. 18) by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham – A Book Review
Perhaps the most satisfying Fables volume I’ve read in some time, Cubs In Toyland is also the most emotionally potent. In this edition, Bigby…
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S. by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst – A Book Review
This is a book unlike anything else I have ever read. There are two stories within this work. One is surrealistic and focuses upon…
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The Big Picture
I’m at a stage in my life now when I don’t get any one thing done at any one time. I have to “chunk”…
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The Slash: The Fastest Read Alive
Revision is a laborious process for me. I know I’m supposed to love it like I love my broccoli, but by the third or…
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Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell – A Book Review
Though aimed primarily at young adults, I can attest as a grizzled thirty-seven year old that I adored every single thing about it. I…
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Romeo and Juliet (2013) – A Movie Review
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Unfortunately, Juliet, this is not always the case. The 2013 cinematic adaptation of Romeo…
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Dialogue Versus Description
Because I much prefer to read dialogue rather than description, it seems only natural that I also use far more dialogue in my writing…
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The Lego Movie – A Movie Review
Though there are a million perks to having children, one of them is that you get to go to kids’ movies without anyone giving…
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