The Middle of the Dark

This is a tough post to write. I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  I love Joss Whedon.  A lot of people love the current direction of the comic series, which is canon and often has matched the quality of the television show. I do not love where this comic book is going. The pregnancy/abortion storyline that sprang up recently seemed to offer a true evolution for the series and for Buffy herself.  I thought the approach was a little too literal but it offered an enormous opportunity.  The last two issues have squandered that opportunity, and frankly, the series' credibility with me as a reader. I'm a writer and it's not my intent to judge the merits of other writers, especially ones as gifted as Joss Whedon.  So this will be the last of any such post where I do anything other than offer what I'm reading/seeing as a prompt or guide for my own writing or yours.  If there is a lesson here, it's simply not to play games with your reader.  I feel that the last

Back in the 80's the supernatuarally cool Nick Cave wrote his own dictionary . The only thing that would have been better than that would have been if he had made up his own words. Which of course, some people do, and you can too .  For example: rebel, rebel (noun): a torn dress So take this as a lesson - don't settle for those dogmatic tomes from Webster's. English is yours! Take it back.

As you may have noticed one of my hobbies is collecting Star Wars toys .  My very good friends at JediDefender have joined forces with me for a giveaway of my novel The Book of Elizabeth .  Take a look and if you enjoy Star Wars toys and good conversation, go ahead and join the forums!  This is my favorite place on the internet. Thanks again to Jesse and everyone on the outstanding JD staff!