Hone Your Craft with Free Online Writing Courses [Writing]

From the clip pad files from 2008, and LifeHacker… Web learning site Education Portal points to 10 universities (and semi-universities) that offer free online writing courses. Covering everything from fiction and screenwriting to technical documentation, the offerings range from course notes and texts to full lecture videos. For anyone looking to get started in the […]

Laurell Hamilton’s Vampire Hunter heads to TV

The Laurel K. Hamilton Anita Blake books maybe visiting TV land as SciFi Wire (or should that be SyFyWyre?) reports… The Independent Film Channel is teaming with Lionsgate for a TV movie based on the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter books, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project is the network’s first-ever feature-length production and could […]

Rossum Corporation?

Well, Joss Whedon has done it again…  The corporation behind the DollHouse appears to be the Rossum corporation.  (Okay, I’m slightly behind on Friday’s Dollhouse episode)… Still don’t understand?  How about Wikipedia? R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) is a science fiction play in the Czech language by Karel ÄŒapek, and an upcoming feature film of the same name from director James […]

How Marshmallow Peeps Are Made

Fantastic, the Chicago Tribune has discovered my weakness! They are showing a behind the scenes photosummary of how Peeps are made… I still don’t believe it though, it’s one big conspiracy, I tell you! There’s a hidden valley somewhere where wild peeps roam the range, pining for the buffalo. And several times a year, they […]

Dollhouse Is Safe… Ish [Rumor Killer]

IO9 is reporting that despite disappointing ratings, Fox want you to know that they really will show all of the episodes of Dollhouse‘s first season. Even though there may be some pre-emption happening at some point. Fansite Dollverse has gotten confirmation from Fox that the remaining six episodes of Joss Whedon’s mindwipe drama will air […]