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Top 5 List: Must-have Items When Embarking On an Adventure

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Top5The secret algorithm has decided that it’s again time for another geek-related Top 5 List! (Said secret algorithm is totally a mathematical model run on a Cray supercomputer and is in no way just a fancy metaphor for my own personal whims.) This time around, it’s a special one originally created for the 8/12 stop on the Zeus Is Dead Blog Tour, but posted here on my own blog for the first time.

Top Five Things You Absolutely Cannot Leave Home Without When Embarking (Up)on an Adventure

This topic was suggested to me by fellow author Gareth S. Young as one of  a few possible ideas for a guest blog post on the tour. This was the one of his that I liked the most, as you likely already figured out due to the fact that I’ve written this. So, in no particular order… [Read more…]

A Dragon at the Gate (early excerpt!)

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With all the work I’ve had to do amid the launch of Zeus Is Dead, it feels like it’s been months since I’ve been able to get any real work done on writing my current work-in-progress, the third and final installment of my sci-fi series The New Aeneid Cycle, tentatively titled A Dragon at the Gate. Yet this weekend I’m finally plunging back into it.

My first step: reacquaint myself with the characters and what I’ve written so far. I’m in the midst of re-reading the eleven chapters I’ve written thus far, and as I read Chapter Four it occurred to me that I could share an excerpt with all of you. [Read more…]

Star Trek Las Vegas Loves Zeus Is Dead

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Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure, written by a geek for geeks, took a trip (without me!) to the Star Trek Las Vegas convention last weekend. I present to you conclusive proof that the novel is accepted by geeks throughout the Alpha Quadrant:

Well, conclusive proof from a sample of one Orion woman and one bearded Starfleet commander. But that's infinitely more Orion women than Tolstoy ever got!

Well, conclusive proof from a sample of one Orion woman and one bearded Starfleet commander. But that’s infinitely more Orion endorsements than Tolstoy ever got!

“Zeus Is Dead is full of laugh-out-loud moments, lashings of sly wit, moan-worthy puns, and a complex, fast-paced storyline. There aren’t very many humorous fantasy murder mysteries out there, especially not as intricately constructed as this one. Michael G. Munz takes a ‘What if,’ and runs with it like a toddler with Mom’s smart phone. The guffaw-worthy throwaway bits will remind you of Douglas Adams. A very enjoyable read.”

-Jody Lynn Nye, author of View from the Imperium and co-author of the Myth Adventures of Aahz and Skeeve

THE GODS ARE BACK. DID YOU MYTH THEM?

Photoshopping: Louise Belcher

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So in a fit of wanting to do something else beyond guest blogs posts and interviews for the Zeus Is Dead Tour, I got an idea in my head the other day and messed around in Photoshop in a way that was surely the most efficient use of time in the history of the UNIVERSE!

Bob’s Burgers fans may like this. The rest of you may just think I’m insane.

But let’s face it, most of you probably think that anyway, right? 😉

Louise in the sixties [Read more…]

Hyper-Review: Guardians of the Galaxy

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I’m going to make this review quick, and with one (marked & minor) exception, spoiler-free:

I saw Star Wars when I was 7 or 8, when it was re-released in theaters. I no longer remember at all my first viewing, or what it was like. 2/3rds of the way through Guardians of the Galaxy, I realized, “This is what watching Star Wars for the first time must have been like.” Amazing visuals, fantastic characters, a huge sense of fun in a big sci-fi/fantasy package. While I felt some of the character-bonding wasn’t quite earned, that’s a minor flaw, and easily forgiven.

MINOR SPOILER SECTION!!!

I wonder how much Vin Diesel got paid to say five words. Good gig, that. 😀

Guardians of the Galaxy

Long story short: Just frigging go see it.

Top 5 List: Star Trek Exclamations

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Top5Once more it’s time for another geek-related Top 5 List! In honor of the Star Trek Las Vegas Convention (STLV) going on as I type this (which I am not attending but certain friend-types of mine are–one of whom is at some point painting another of whom green at some point), today’s list is going to be…

Top Five Star Trek Exclamations

Shouting these lines of Trek dialogue are guaranteed to result in cheers from those in the know, and strange, confused, and possibly frightened looks from those who aren’t. You may also get some envious stares as those who wish they were bold enough to shout them look on and wonder why they don’t have your guts. Maybe you’ll even meet your future wife/husband this way when they see you share a common love of Trek. You never know. So, as usual, in no particular order… [Read more…]

ZID Launch Celebration Bonus Winner

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Congratulations to Cherri-Anne Boitson of Canada, winner of the $50 ThinkGeek.com gift card in the Zeus Is Dead Launch Celebration Bonus offer! Cherri-Anne purchased Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure on Amazon and then forwarded her receipt to get bonus content and a chance to win the gift card. She was selected as the winner yesterday. [Read more…]