A Dance of Dragons: Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Mass Market Welcome to the bookstore, where conversations such as this can happen: Customer: Hi. I know this book just came out, but can I get it in paperback? Me: I’m sorry, ma’am, but it’s only available in hardcover. Customer: Well, I saw it at Target and they had it in […]
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Dear Sherry: Going in Circles – Speculative Chic
Dear Sherry, I’ve been battling with a novel manuscript for almost ten years. How do I decide whether to abandon it and consider it a learning experience, or whether I should suck it up, buttercup! — and work through it? I know how important it is to finish a manuscript to know if it’s a […]
Dear Sherry: Bleeding Heart Fantasy Author – Speculative Chic
“Dear Sherry” is an opportunity to ask for advice on writer’s/creativity block, time management, the process of writing, and more. Sherry Peters is a Certified Life Coach who works with writers at all stages of their writing career looking to increase their productivity through pushing past the self-doubt holding them back. Her fiction has won the […]
How Many of Us Are There? Orphan Black Rewatch Episodes 1.01 thru 1.05 – Speculative Chic
Sarah Manning Sarah Manning is punk-chic. She’s standing on a train platform, shouting into a pay phone. One thing is clear: she’s demanding to see her daughter, but the answer is no and a dial tone. In the meantime, there’s a woman on the platform who keeps catching Sarah’s eye. She’s pacing, in distress, and […]
Fallen to Earth: The Trials and Tribulations of The New 52’s Supergirl – Speculative Chic
Back when Greg Berlanti first announced that he was making a Supergirl TV show, I realized something very important. I knew embarrassingly little about Supergirl herself. Sure, I knew that she was a Kryptonian, and Clark Kent’s cousin, but beyond that? Yeah… not so much. To rectify this, I found myself hitting up my library, […]
My Favorite Things: Awesome E-Readers, NSFW Memoirs, Award-Worthy Novellas, and Star Trek at 50 – Speculative Chic
They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, a weekly column where we gab about the greatest in geek. This week includes a comedic memoir about growing up nerdy, a Lovecraft-inspired novella, a favorite e-reader, and […]
Dear Sherry: Should Know How, but Don’t – Speculative Chic
“Dear Sherry” is an opportunity to ask for advice on writer’s/creativity block, time management, the process of writing, and more. Sherry Peters is a Certified Life Coach who works with writers at all stages of their writing career looking to increase their productivity through pushing past the self-doubt holding them back. Her fiction has won the […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron and Why I Fell Out of Love with Joss Whedon – Speculative Chic
My relationship with Joss Whedon came to a sudden end in 2015 after 20 years, but I felt like I had to clear the air and present my side in this article. Warning, there will be Whedonesque spoilers. AP Photo/Matt Sayles © April 12, 2012 In 2015, I walked out of Avengers: Age of Ultron […]
Resident Evil Rewatch: AKA I Hate Zombies, Why am I Watching This Again (and Again) – Speculative Chic
So, a few things you should know about me before we embark on the rewatch of one of my favorite movie series. 1) I don’t like zombie movies. 2) I don’t play video games. Not out of dislike, but out of shame. I am that gamer — the one that can not use a controller […]
Dear Sherry: Lost in the Marketing Mire – Speculative Chic
“Dear Sherry” is an opportunity to ask for advice on writer’s/creativity block, time management, the process of writing, and more. Sherry Peters is a Certified Life Coach who works with writers at all stages of their writing career looking to increase their productivity through pushing past the self-doubt holding them back. Her fiction has won the […]
Anatomy of a Harry Potter Release Party – Speculative Chic
If you’ve ever been to a Harry Potter Midnight Release Party, then you know how awesome they can be. Bookstores that range from independent to corporate-run didn’t take long to realize how popular Harry was, and they’ve been rocking the midnight releases ever since. But what exactly goes into these events? And how does a […]
Listen Up! Double Review of The Message and The White Vault – Speculative Chic
It’s December so here’s my random gift for you. A two-fer podcast review, both of which are podcasts I highly recommend. Seriously, go listen to them! Let’s start with The Message. The official premise: The Message is a new podcast following the weekly reports and interviews from Nicky Tomalin, who is covering the decoding of […]
novella – Speculative Chic
December 4, 2018 Do you enjoy a side of complicated social questions with your fiction? Do you have an opinion on the ongoing issues of the anti-vaccination movement? Are you a reader of medical thrillers? Have I got the book for you! Kingdom of Needle and Bone (2018) Written by: Mira Grant Genre: Sci-fi/thriller/horror (don’t […]
January 2019 – Speculative Chic
January 31, 2019 Let me get two things out of the way. First: I know Lucifer is based (loosely!) on The Sandman, the graphic novel by Neil Gaiman (illustrated by a multitude of artists). And I know the character was spun off into a series of his own with the awesome Mike Carey writing. (Have […]
