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Stories have the power to stir up hope in us as they allow us to change and connect with each other.
My professional experience provides me with a strong collection of storytelling skills. As a writer, I am skilled and enthusiastic about creating content that audiences engage with and understand clearly. And in my role as a copy editor for more than five years, I've helped many authors convey their stories clearly and effectively.
Apropos of my upcoming wedding, my matron of honor threw me an awesome geeky bridal shower last weekend. Read our recommendations for how to host a similarly themed party!
Have you seen #LiteraryCakes trending on Twitter today? Books and cake are both awesome things to geek out over, so this may be the best hashtag game ever. We are excited to share a sampling of our favorite ways people are celebrating their combined love of books and baking online.
We posted part one of this interview last week. Here's the rest of our conversation with Javier Grillo-Marxuach! The Prose and Cons: You recently posted a picture on social media from a new project. Is that going to be a comic book? Javier Grillo-Marxuach: There's a writer named Naren Shankar, who was a writer on Next Generation.
In addition to celebrating comics and superheroes, Comic-Con is a mecca for creators and lovers of science fiction. Javier Grillo-Marxuach created The Middleman comic book and TV series. He wrote on television shows including Lost, Charmed, and Helix.
We just got back from San Diego Comic-Con, and we can't wait to share what we experienced. One of the awesome panels we saw took place at the off-site Conival at Petco Park. Geek and Sundry, Nerdist, and Amy Poehler's Smart Girls all had programming there this year.
It's Preview Night at Comic-Con 2015, and we're all rushing to memorize the convention schedule like it's the night before a final exam. We want to experience every possible moment of joy, soaking up news and interviews from our favorite creators and celebrities.
Hitch turned 10 this year, which makes it a great candidate for today's post. As in most rom coms, the main characters chase a happy ending with the people to whom they feel attracted. On another level, the movie is about how we find and recognize love.
Today, in honor of my birth year, we're celebrating three essential science-fiction movies from 1982: Blade Runner When people talk about young Harrison Ford, they usually think about Han Solo or Indiana Jones, but his character in this movie (Rick Deckard) is pretty awesome too.
With today's U.S. release of Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, it's the perfect time to tell you who our favorite Avengers are. Sandra's Pick-Black Widow As far as the MCU goes, I have to say Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) has a special place in my heart.
All the talk online about the Full House spinoff this week made me think about other sitcoms of years past, and today I'm highlighting Boy Meets World, which ran on ABC from 1993 to 2000. For me, the characters in this show formed my ideas of what great friendships are like in high school and college.
James Spader's delightful film and television roles are worth celebrating and studying. In addition, Spader's skills and talents enhance the eloquence and complexity of these characters.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C. Clarke, science-fiction author Whether they're considered magic or science, here are five technologies from fiction that I would love the chance to use: Elven Cloak from the Lord of the Rings Series I don't expect my life will include the same types of struggles that the characters in this series faced.
The first weekend of April will be here sooner than we know it. This year, that means it's time for WonderCon Anaheim! WonderCon was held in Anaheim for the first time in 2012 (after relocating from San Francisco), and it was also the first of many cons I have attended with my now fiancé.
As a teenager, I looked up to the fictional character Kelly Kapowski, so I naturally followed Tiffani Thiessen's career following her Saved by the Bell years. The actor is our pick for Woman Crush Wednesday this week, and it couldn't have come at a better time.
A couple decades before Dean Cain was cast on Supergirl, he portrayed Clark Kent and Superman in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. As mentioned in my bio here on the site, the 1990s show on ABC was one of my first fandoms. This incarnation of the Superman universe and mythology was the first one that I really considered mine.
Snacks and drinks give us the energy to be creative, so I was happy for the opportunity to share my enthusiasm for some of my favorites in this week's 5 Fandom Friday. Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies Confession: I have a sweet tooth, and these cookies satisfy it.
Leonard Nimoy passed away this morning at the age of 83. According to the L.A. Times, the cause of death was end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. My heart feels heavier after typing those words. When I saw the news of his passing this morning, I was simultaneously saddened by the loss and warmed to see the tributes to him online by friends and acquaintances alike.
This fun, updated take on a high school movie was released on February 20. If you've seen the trailers for this film, you already know that the titular acronym stands for Designated Ugly Fat Friend. Through the course of the film, Bianca (Mae Whitman), the main character, discovers her place in the high school social order and breaks up with her best friends.
The much-anticipated premiere of Marvel's Agent Carter aired on Tuesday evening, and it was worth the wait. In the two episodes that kicked off the season, the titular character, Peggy Carter, is adjusting to life in New York after Captain American (Steve Rogers) goes down in a plane c...
For those of us looking for holiday movies to enliven our existing traditions, there are many to choose from. Nine years ago, writer-director Shane Black gave us the delightfully quirky movie Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and it fits squarely into this category. Robert Downey Jr.
This week's Woman Crush Wednesday goes to Cobie Smulders. She's probably most recognizable for her roles as Robin Scherbatsky on How I Met Your Mother and as Maria Hill in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. These confident, intelligent characters are simultaneously relatable and inspiring.
On Sunday, September 28, Once Upon a Time kicked off its fourth season by introducing characters from the movie Frozen to the existing world of the fantasy series. As an enthusiastic fan of both, I was cautiously optimistic to see how the universes would interact with each other.
An essay that originated from a writing challenge submission in 2010, revised and posted with permission.
Handcrafted soda arrived at selected Starbucks locations this week. It’s a perfect time to listen to these songs celebrating the wonder of visiting a coffee shop.
The New Art Film Festival offers an opportunity to see several new films for the first time in Champaign-Urbana (for FREE).
Enigmatic 9th century illuminated manuscripts brought to life on the big screen for an animated adventure? You'll want to see this.
My top three tips for your first time attending Roger Ebert's Film Festival in Urbana-Champaign.
Did you know that the words penned by poets and leaders centuries ago, recorded in Psalms, provide an opportunity to enrich our spiritual lives today? Note: This is one of my favorite short-form pieces that I've worked on.
