SF Signal’s Newest Mind Meld: My Top Five Anime Films
The fine folks over at SF Signal asked me to contribute to their newest Mind Meld on the top five Anime films. I mistakenly assumed they meant movies as opposed to television, so I’d probably change a few things now. Still, the ones I did pick are all excellent movies. They are: Howl’s Moving Castle […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: A Thank You
Today is an important day in the United States. It’s the day we celebrate the life and struggles of a great man some of you (or most of you) have heard of before: Martin Luther King, Jr. But, today, I’m not going to celebrate. I’m going to say thank you. Thank you, Martin Luther King, […]
Two Quick Things: A Story and A Movie
Two big things to discuss about what is happening this week and today. First, as you undoubtedly know there was a massive earthquake in Haiti and all sorts of bad things are happening there. Crossed Genres is asking people to help acquire donations by posting stories online for free with a donation button pointing to […]
Reading Resolutions: Enhanced and Revamped
Earlier this year I laid out some New Years resolutions for 2010, some of them related to reading and others related to writing. But Laura Miller over at Salon.com (and Larry over at OF Blog of the Fallen) wrote something that made me think that maybe I should be a little more challenging and, perhaps, […]
2010: Looking Back and Looking Forward (Resolutions)
Well, it’s the New Year, and things are gearing up to be rather exciting for 2010. I’m going to be changing a lot of things (on this blog, in my writing life, and in my personal life), for one, and, as I mentioned here, I’m going to be quite busy. But, a good way to […]
Top 20 Posts For 2009
Well, lots of other folks are doing it, so I thought I would to. Here are the top twenty posts of the year for The World in the Satin Bag. Oddly enough, some of these posts were top posts last year, and have been at the top since I posted them. Don’t ask me why. […]