Tag: Netflix

  • My Favorite SF&F Shows, Part 9

    My Favorite SF&F Shows, Part 9

    The Addams Family and the Alien movies have both been around for decades. These days, these two franchises have offered up their latest 21st century versions on the screen, and here are my thoughts. Wednesday Available on Netflix In season 2 of Wednesday, Wednesday Addams uses her psychic abilities to solve the mystery of the…

  • NaNoWriMo Update: Playing Catch Up This Weekend

    NaNoWriMo Update: Playing Catch Up This Weekend

    Last Saturday I came down with Covid symptoms. First time ever (as far as I know). For the next few days, I wrote only a little. Result: got behind in my word count. I’ve been off work all week, so I wrote all week and got ahead, right? Nope. Like I said, I wrote very…

  • Friday’s Findings: Writing Lessons from One Piece

    Friday’s Findings: Writing Lessons from One Piece

    I watched the new Netflix series called One Piece over the Labor Day weekend. I recommend it if you’re looking for both humor and drama. Being a pirate-themed show, One Piece has a lot of swashbuckling fun. Monkey D. Luffa wants the One Piece, a treasure hidden by the executed pirate Gol D. Roger. He…

  • MY FAVORITE SF&F SHOWS, PART 7

    MY FAVORITE SF&F SHOWS, PART 7

    Much to my chagrin, I’ve been doing more watching science fiction and fantasy shows than writing lately. But, thankfully, I’m back to writing now that these three shows have concluded: Shadow and Bone, Season 2 I just finished reading all of Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaworld novels before watching season 2 of Shadow and Bone. If you…

  • MY FAVORITE SF&F SHOWS, PART 4

    MY FAVORITE SF&F SHOWS, PART 4

    Even though I am fortunate enough to be working full time during this quarantine, I am not doing much after work except for grocery shopping. So I’ve been binging on these shows: Locke & Key Based on the graphic novels of the same name, a family moves back to a town where their ancestors are…

  • My Favorite SF&F Shows, Part 2

    My Favorite SF&F Shows, Part 2

    A couple of days ago, I listed some of my favorite science fiction and fantasy shows. Here are more I’ve watched: The Handmaid’s Tale Dystopian setting in New England based on the book by Margaret Atwood. I read this years ago and its now in its third season on Hulu.Watch it here. The Umbrella Academy…

  • My Favorite SF&F Shows, Part 1

    My Favorite SF&F Shows, Part 1

    There’s a lot of good science fiction and fantasy series right now. And there is some not so good stuff. In the spirit of the holiday season, I’m going to remain positive and list some speculative fiction streaming series I’ve enjoyed over the past year or so. If you haven’t seen some of these, I…