Brother Osric's Scriptorium

Ladies and gentlemen, let me proudly announce that the estimable Elisabeth Waters has passed the 50,000-word finish line, making her a winner in the 2009 National Novel Writing Month. Reviving Fate is officially a going concern. To prepare for it, I strongly recommend that you read Changing Fate, published by DAW Books and available in [...]

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“Personally, I believe color television to be impossible. Since it obviously exists, I shall act as though I believed in it. We must do the same with this Energy Damper.” — Illya Kuryakin, in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Dagger Affair, by David McDaniel In the world of Metamor City, magic and technology evolve side [...]

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[Remastering] was a wise decision. Not only has Mr. Morris chosen voice actors who have the skill to deliver the lines well and to fit together in an ensemble, the addition of vocal variety and sound effects both magnify the story’s greatest asset, which is spectacle.

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Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. — Salvador Dali Would that I knew the context of this line, found in many quotation lists. In isolation it’s a good thought, enough so that I’m willing to risk ripping it out of context thus: I happen to be (gasp!) over fifty. That in [...]

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Placemats at local diners contain all kinds of strange and wonderful tidbits. Consider the following quotation found beneath the plates at The Nook in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, in an ad for the nearby Market Street Wineshop: Wine is, above all, pleasure. Those who would make it ponderous make it dull. … If you keep an [...]

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Where there is no meaning, there is no being. — Vera Nazarian [Note: The above was initially used as the epigraph for the Scriptorium.] So what about that quotation up there? Well, it makes sense — even if you violently object to it — if we consider it in light of who and what we [...]

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