Good news, everyone! A new show has come to Netflix...and it's already cancelled. That's right, NBC's Great News has come to Netflix after the show already bit the dust. Funny how they didn't realize that

This post was co-published at talanhorne.com. Hi. It's a sad reality that, for any kind of work, there will be at least one part of it that is not fun. When your work is getting a thing published, the

This post was co-published at talanhorne.com. Sorry. So very very sorry. Sleepy and Weak I was having dinner at my sister's house, and her three daughters were present. The eldest daughter was trying to

Netflix truly has given us some new and innovative entertainment options, including a host of anime offerings, foreign films, original shows, and, most importantly, video game adaptations that don't suck.

Did you know that the Netflix app on most mobile devices includes a "download" option? It's useful in a few choice situations, such as when you are 30,000 feet in the air, in coach, with no other

For better or for worse, stories tend to fall into a set of familiar templates. And this is especially true with movies, as they tend to stay faithful to the various Hollywood formulae. And when Hollywood

They took his life. They took his land. They took him where he cannot stand (though, since they already took his life, there weren't many places where he could stand). But they couldn't take the sky from

This post was co-published at talanhorne.com Last Thursday---October 4th---broke a record on this website. On that day, talanhorne.com got its highest volume of web traffic ever, with 265 unique views.

Do I hate myself? Really, I have to ask: do I hate myself? Because I like to think that the answer is "No, of course not." It seems like such an easy conclusion to reach. And yet...I have evidence

This post was co-published at talanhorne.com. Over the years, I've made many changes to this blog. The site has reinvented itself a number of times. Going from a hand-built site that had a beautiful front

This post was co-published at talanhorne.com. On my publication journey, I've found it useful to have many irons in the fire. Oh, those poor cows. Until an agent asks for exclusivity (usually by requesting

You know I love a good mystery. And it's no surprise that serial television is perhaps the best form for a mystery to take. It allows the truth to slowly unfold itself over a period of episodes, deepening

This post was co-published at talanhorne.com. Working to get a book published has been a valuable experience. And when I say "a valuable experience" I don't mean some intangible value that cannot

WE DID IT! After many years, millions of man hours, and countless casualties, our dream has finally come true: we have reached peak Keanu. Many attempts have been made to distill him into his purest form.

This post was co-published at talanhorne.com. It's been a good week. And the best part of that week was the progress I made. I can't tell you much about what is happening, but I am making some modest,

This post was co-published at talanhorne.com. Because mine are...apparently. Or, at least, I find myself having to confront that possibility, and I want to explore the idea here. (By the way, I won't be

English Hi chess fans! :) Yes, I have kept you waiting for quite a while for my now finally finished new chess puzzle, but I hope it was worth it and this quiz meets both the aesthetic demands of the chess

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Ah, memories. Memories...are such temporary things. And this shortness of memory can be very useful, especially if you are writing a TV show. As an example, for the sake of everyone out there with amnesia,

This post was co-published at talanhorne.com. I don't know what. And I don't know whether it will be good or bad. But there's a definite atmospheric shift going on. Perhaps it's just me, or perhaps other