Author Archives: P. Kirby

Clarity Counts

Posted on May 25, 2011 by P. Kirby

Here in New Mexico, the local schools use a program called Character Counts to uh, indoctrinate teach kids to be good little cogs in the machine how to play well with others. Whether or not this actually works is debatable. … Continue reading →

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Blood: The Last Vampire

Posted on May 24, 2011 by P. Kirby

As a rule, “live-action film inspired by anime” is synonymous with the kind of suck that can give you a full-body hickie.  Blood: The Last Vampire obediently follows that rule. Saya (Gianna Jun) is a half-human, half-vampire vampire slayer who … Continue reading →

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Editing, Tweeting and Drawing

Posted on May 20, 2011 by P. Kirby

I have a whole pile of partially written blog posts sitting on my desktop. But I’ve spent the past week and change working through the print galley for The Music of Chaos.  In the interest of actually getting something done, … Continue reading →

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Why Leash Laws Are Awesome (Or Why Certain Dog Owners Are Idiots)

Posted on May 11, 2011 by P. Kirby

Why leash laws apply to you–yes you–and your precious little doggie-woggie. Continue reading →

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The Canvas Thief

Posted on May 6, 2011 by P. Kirby

So I stopped procrastinating and put the contract for The Canvas Thief in the envelope.  It’s now crossing the continent, destination Canada.  Actually, the fact that Harlequin/Carina Press–yes, as in Romance novels–is in Canada is news to me.  Shows how … Continue reading →

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The Tourist

Posted on May 6, 2011 by P. Kirby

A lovely day in Paris.  (Aren’t the days always lovely in cinematic Paris?  You’d think they never had winter.  Unlike poor Moscow, where it’s always winter.) Anyway … Elise (Angelina Jolie) is sitting at a table in a sidewalk cafe. … Continue reading →

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Son of a Witch

Posted on May 5, 2011 by P. Kirby

A caravan traveling through an isolated part of the Land of Oz comes across a corpse.  This isn’t the first they’ve seen on their journey, but the others have been “scraped,” the faces of the dead removed with surgical precision. … Continue reading →

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Skyline

Posted on April 29, 2011 by P. Kirby

Recap, not a review, because it is so eye-rapingly bad. Starts off okay.  Glowy, alien plasma zooms down into L.A. and starts giving all the beautiful people the worst case of varicose veins ever. Several hours earlier… Generic blond, Elaine, … Continue reading →

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The Spirit Thief

Posted on April 27, 2011 by P. Kirby

The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron is terribly derivative. And therein lies its charm. Maybe it’s because I’ve been in a massive reading slump, slogging through my pile of library books, finding mild entertainment, but no real joy. But The … Continue reading →

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Of Aliens, Site Updates and Paper Books

Posted on April 22, 2011 by P. Kirby

The couple that’s in pain together … So my beloved and I awoke this morning with the same kink our neck.  Neither one of us can turn our head to the left. My husband, hearing that I had the same … Continue reading →

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