Sunday, October 05, 2014

Star Wars Rebels

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Jaded by the needless and poorly executed backstory of Star Wars Episodes I through III, I had all but lost interest in a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. On the other hand, a band of rebels fighting an empire threatening to homogenize their way of life will always appeal to me.

Disney's Star Wars Rebels is set five years before Episode IV: A New Hope, a.k.a. Star Wars (1977), and focuses on a band of rebels led by Jedi incognito Kanan Jarrus. In the first episode, Kanan and the crew of the starship Ghost, steal food from the Empire, picking up Force-sensitive boy Ezra Bridger in the process. Remind anyone else of Firefly? Of course I'm tuning in again.

Two Score

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Another birthday, another clever way to express my age. Do I wish I'd done some things differently? To a point. Mostly I'm glad to be here, grateful for every moment I've had with friends and family, accepting of the gift of life.

That last bit's true, and a clever way of saying I don't expect many presents today.

Friday, October 03, 2014

Alex Segura

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Wednesday on Chatterrific, I posted an interview with Alex Segura about his debut novel, Silent City. Yesterday I commented on Alex's Do Some Damage post, revealing how three writers of PI fiction have influenced my non-PI protagonist C.J. Stone, who next appears in "What Are Friends For", Monday, October 6 at Shotgun Honey.