I just returned from the premiere of the Black Panther! Each showing today was sold out and the lines for the tickets were at least 100-150 people! I barely made in on the last showing, snatching 2 out of 6 remaining tickets. Despite that the theater was filled with loud pigs and the surround sound […]
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PRESS RELEASE: PUNDIT FOR ‘BLACK PANTHER’ AND ‘SHAPE OF WATER’
PRESS RELEASE ATTN #podcast #radio #youtuber #scifi shows: Sci-fi author Ellie Maloney will be viewing two world premiere films #BlackPanther Feb15 & #ShapeofWater Feb22. If you need a contributor for your panel discussion contact here. #moviereview #interview #filmreview #pundit #pressrelease
Hugo Award vs Jalapeno Fiction Award: A Call For Guest Posts
Thousands of science fiction fanciers anticipate August 20, 2016 more than Christmas and Birthday altogether. This is the date when the Hugo Awards will be selected from the shortlisted candidates. From over 4000 submissions this year, only 85 survived the initial voting (that’s five per each of the 17 categories). We all know Hugo Awards. […]
New X-Files and Muslim-Hating
[Updated]. I am a huge fan of the “X-Files”. When the news of the revival arrived, I was ecstatic. In anticipation, I signed up for a Facebook fan group and participated in all the chatter about everything, from Scully’s immortality theory, to the color of her hair. When the show finally aired, I resisted the […]
New X-Files, Fox and Muslim-Hating
I am a huge fan of the “X-Files”. When the news of the revival arrived, I was ecstatic. In anticipation, I signed up for a Facebook fan group and participated in all the chatter about everything, from Scully’s immortality theory, to the color of her hair. When the show finally aired, I resisted the urge […]
“Paradox Alice” 2012 Sci Fi Movie Review
Tonight I bought a sci fi movie without reading about it (went by the feel of the cover), and boy did it surprised me. Written and directed by Eric Dapkewicz, this low-budget debut pushed every boundary I could think of. In the year 2040, a disaster destroyed all the water supply on Earth causing global wars […]
Why “Jupiter Ascending” Appears Suicidal: Lessons For Writers on Plot, Structure, World-Building, Character Development, and Genre Boundaries
Imagine that your novel gets a $176 mil. movie budget. Once you recover from the expensive champagne and endorphin induced hangover, you suddenly realize that your story is half-baked at best! Huge gauges peer at you from the pages of your manuscript in plot (characters do things for no apparent reason), structure (climatic sequence […]
“Paradox Alice” 2012 Sci Fi Movie Review
Tonight I bought a sci fi movie without reading about it (went by the feel of the cover), and boy did it surprised me. Written and directed by Eric Dapkewicz, this low-budget debut pushed every boundary I could think of. In the year 2040, a disaster destroyed all the water supply on Earth causing global wars […]
Why “Jupiter Ascending” Appears Suicidal: Lessons For Writers on Plot, Structure, World-Building, Character Development, and Genre Boundaries
Imagine that your novel gets a $176 mil. movie budget. Once you recover from the expensive champagne and endorphin induced hangover, you suddenly realize that your story is half-baked at best! Huge gauges peer at you from the pages of your manuscript in plot (characters do things for no apparent reason), structure (climatic sequence […]