I'm back in Toronto, just in time to give you all my predictions for this weekend's NFL post-season action! MATCH-UP This game is remarkable for spotlighting two of the most unremarkable teams to make this year's playoffs. Sure, the Chiefs were great - for about five weeks at the beginning of the season, but like…
January 4, 2018: Your Gaming Recommendations!
Today on twitter, someone brought this article to my attention again: Dark Matter is Basically a Mass Effect TV Show I say again because I posted a link to the article when it first appeared back in July of 2016. But rereading it got me to thinking. I've never been a gamer only because I…
January 3, 2018: Best Comic Book Covers of the Week!
These were my favorites... Arctica, vol. 4: Revelations (cover art by Manchu) This one has a bit of a Stargate vibe. What do you think? Black Panther Adventures (cover art by ?) These Black Panther covers have been consistently great. Wish they were equally good at giving credit where credit is due. Vortex #3 (cover…
January 2, 2018: Montreal Days!
So we've been in Montreal a little over a week and I've spent the better part of that time eating. Mom, as always, pulls out all the stops (and ingredients), and I've been fairly inundated with culinary delights: homemade pasta, eggplant parmesan, breaded veal cutlets, spicy peppers, roast lamb, cookies, friendship cake. If I'm not…
January 1, 2018: Happy New Year!
My resolutions for 2018: 1 - Eat healthier 2 - Work out more 3 - Get another show off the ground 4 - Visit Japan 5 - Get that damn condo 6 - Spend more time with friends 7 - Watch more shows 8 - Read 9 - Write 10 - Revenge How about you?
December 31, 2017: The Top 30 Books of 2017!
2017 was a banner reading year for me. I read anywhere and everywhere: on set, in bed, at red lights. All told, I blazed through a staggering 265 titles on the year covering a wide variety of genres (science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, thrillers, crime, non-fiction, and general fiction). Over half of those were 2017…
December 30, 2017: Dark Matter Season 3 Awards – Part 3!
Concluding our Dark Matter Season 3 Awards with recognition of our amazing main cast and their performances big and small... MELISSA O'NEIL (TWO) BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE It's hard to believe Dark Matter was Melissa O'Neil's first t.v. role, even more surprising if you'd actually seen her amazing audition for TWO. From the moment I watched…
December 29, 2017: Dark Matter Season 3 Awards – Part 2!
Continuing our Dark Matter Season 3 Awards, we move on to the category of Best Supporting Performance By A Recurring Actor in Dark Matter's Third Season... JEFF TERAVAINEN (LT. JOHN ANDERS) Jeff's role on Dark Matter really blossomed over the show's three year run. Had we done a fourth season, it would have expanded even…
December 28, 2017: The Dark Matter Season 3 Awards – Part 1!
Dark Matter's season 3 finale marked the 279th episode of original scripted television I produced for the syfy Channel. That's 279 television hours over 13 years, 4 different shows, and 15 seasons! And, in recognition of our longstanding working relationship, syfy treated me, my show, and its fans like a family... . * * Yes,…
December 27, 2017: Best Comic Book Covers of the Week!
My favorites... Spiderman #793 (cover by Alex Ross) Black Panther: Long Live the King #2 (cover art by André Lima Araújo) Captain Marvel #127 (cover art by Phil Noto) Doomsday Clock #2 (cover art by Brad Anderson and Gary Frank) Fantomah #4 (cover art by Djibril Morissette-Phan) Gasolina #4 (cover art by Mat Lopes and…
December 26, 2017: Victory as sweet as a double chocolate mocha!
Feast your eyes! Aint it glorious? The Snow Monkeys are 2017 League of Accommodations fantasy football champions. Final score... In all fairness, it's all thanks to Todd Gurley and the Carolina Panthers D truly stepped up for my Monkeys. Ah, victory tastes as sweet as a double chocolate mocha! So, I'm blazing through my final…
December 25, 2017: Let’s all rejoice for tis the season!
And by all, I mean everyone regardless of political, gaming, or religious affiliation. And by rejoice I mean celebrate. And by season, I mean my fantasy football League of Accommodation's post-season playoffs that culminated yesterday in a win for my Snow Monkeys, thus allowing them to secure their first championship since 2011. Okay, technically, it's…
December 24, 2017: Classic SF Authors Who Shaped My Imagination!
I grew up a voracious reader. In elementary school, I shared my classmates' love for comic books - but, unlike my fellow classmates, I also had a passion for science fiction. It was a habit my mother fed, often surprising me with the books I would read through the summer months. From early July to…
December 23, 2017: The Ten Types of Writers You’ll Find in a Writers’ Room!
THE BIG IDEA-ER: This individual comes into the room with a vision, a big idea, sometimes a single visual, occasionally a cool plot twist, and will move heaven and earth to see it realized. In the hands of a pro, it will all come together in glorious fashion, but a lesser writer will drag the…
Best Books I Read In 2017 That Weren’t Published in 2017!
In advance of my BIG Best Books of 2017 blog post, I give you the Best Books I Read In 2017 That Weren't Published in 2017! Memory of Water by Emmi Itaranta Global warming has changed the world's geography and its politics. Wars are waged over water, and China rules Europe, including the Scandinavian Union,…