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#TeamGulch
Greetings. Yes, it's been a while. I've been dealing with settling after the move and with ongoing health issues. Also, ahem, I'm 51K into a book as well. At least I haven't been idle while I've been gone. Here's a post I've had sitting around mostly-done for months. Even though Wicked: For Good was released a while ago, I've decided to finish it. Not only am I sick of storing the notes, it's all still true and still worth saying. I hope it's worth reading, too. Love the ligh
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An Addendum: Wicked & the Anti-creativity Witchhunt
The first poster is out for Wicked: For Good . Let's start by looking at the whole thing, because OMG monkeys. Universal Studios Now,...
Mar 31, 2025


The Blair Witch Project: Companion Pieces
Apologies for my hiatus. I've been battling Medicare-related bureaucracy for a couple of months and it's worn me out. No matter how bad...
Jan 6, 2025


Wicked & the Anti-creativity Witchhunt
Note: Spoilers, sort of, for Wicked , but not anything you’ve not already seen in trailers. Once upon a time, the European Renaissance to...
Oct 19, 2024


A Quiet Place: Day One -- How Character Drives Genre
Gareth Gatrell/Paramount Pictures/Everett Collection A Quiet Place: Day One is one of those movies, the ones with the U-shaped reviews....
Sep 4, 2024


Sod the Requiem
Trigger Warning: the following discusses the counterproductive, unsustainable, and altogether really stupid promotion of metaphorical and...
Jun 17, 2024


When Murder is Entertainment
Recently, I listened to an interview on a true crime podcast with a representative of the National Organization of Parents of Murdered...
Jun 8, 2024


The Cozy Manifesto
When you're a writer of any degree, there comes that moment both wonderful and scary when someone askes, "So, what do you write?"
May 14, 2024
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