Space Games

I was so hoping to give a mini review of Battleship today, but I haven’t seen it yet Next time, maybe!  I’m on pseudo-vacation right now.  Pseudo, because I came home to visit sick parents, but I’ve still had the opportunity to hang out with friends and engage in one of my favourite activities – [...]

Upcoming Release – Alien ‘n’ Outlaw

Whoo! I finally have cover art and a blurb for the sequel to Spice ‘n’ Solace!  It’s coming from Carina Press in early July, and I can’t wait.  Also, this makes this blog post a no-brainer, which is excellent, since I’m pretty sure I’ve misplaced my brain sometime this week. I also think Croco Designs [...]

Tips for Building Your Next Space Prison

Hubby and I saw Lockout on the weekend.  I was skeptical, because the premise was – to my mind – ludicrous. Prison revolt… in space!!!  Actually, that bit was fine.  It was the fact that all the prisoners were in stasis for the entirety of their incarceration. Depending on your point of view, the purpose [...]

Prometheus

I have to admit, things are still unsettled on the family front, so I haven’t had a lot of time for being online or prepping blogs.  I’ve somehow managed to write 8K words in the past three weeks, which is a terrible pace for me, especially when I’m not doing anything else like editing or [...]

Aimless and Haphazard

The ability to download your personality into a hologram. Going into stasis until conditions improve. Getting sucked into a virtual reality game that’s better than life. These sound familiar?  Yep, I’ve had the kind of week – well, two, actually – that make me wish I could literally dive into one of my favourite books.  [...]

Surface

Netflix, in its infinite wisdom, suggested hubby and I would like Surface, a show that only lasted one season, but it had an interesting premise – the discovery of sea monsters — so we thought we’d give it a try. It wasn’t hard to see why it didn’t last, and it had nothing to do [...]

A New Planet

Saw this on Twitter yesterday — “New breed of steamy alien planet found“, from MSNBC.  The article is brief, but considering how many ideas began whirling around in my head, that’s actually a good thing.  This new planet is apparently made up of a high percentage of water, but they also go on to say [...]

Battleships and Aliens

The hubby and I recently saw a trailer for the new Battleship movie.  I wish I could remember which movie it preceded, because I recall thinking the two didn’t match.  Regardless… we’re watching a trailer for this bigger than life action movie.  With Alexander Skarsgard and Taylor Kitsch, so there’s some awesome scenery Anyway, they [...]

Coming Things

Happy New Year everyone!  Anyone started planning their end of days (according to the Mayan calendar) blowout bash?  Yeah, me neither.  Anyone wrecked their resolutions yet?  I haven’t, but then, I didn’t make any this year… mostly because I never keep them So… anyone wondering why I’m posting the cover to Spice ‘n’ Solace?  (Besides [...]

Sci-Fi Orgy

Ha – that got your attention, didn’t it?  But I meant *reading* orgy.  I messed up my back a couple of weeks ago and I’m still not able to sit at the computer for as long as I could previously.  It’s played merry hell with writing schedule, but I’ve managed to read a lot more.   [...]