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Movie

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince On DVD and Blue-ray (dashPunk)
• Columbia Pictures To Become The Masters of the Universe? (/Film)
• Ron Howard Speaks About His Adaptation of The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft Comic (via /Film)

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• V has it’s Hulu page up (dashPunk)
• New Faces In The Dollhouse (dashPunk)
  • Looking Ahead At Season 2 Dollhouse (dashPunk)
  • Dollhouse Season 2 Trailer (dashPunk)
• Merlin ‘The Once And Future Queen’ Trailer: stoaked merlin is back though trailer is weak (via SciFiPulse)

Music

• KISS For the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! (dashPunk)
• Underworld 7 Days To The Wolves Fan Video (dashPunk)
• NSFW: Sephiroth, The Gay Pimp (dashPunk)

Book

• Manga Review: Vampire Game by Judal (dashPunk)

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I have a lot in common with David Halpert over at Scifi Watch.

I have always been a writer too.  For me, It started when I was a kid watching He-man and the Transformers.  I started writing and drawing my own comics.

I fell in love with books when my sister bought me the works of Edgar Allen Poe and Mark Twain.  I started telling stories for my AD&D club, and my preferences were always Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance.

I never thought about writing a book before I read Dragon Singer by Anne McCaffrey.  That book changed the way I saw novels.

The Internet changed my writing

Before I wrote Liquid Sky, I agreed with David:

Realistically I’m all alone when it comes to achieving my goals of getting published (and hopefully to one day write full-time) [SciFi Watch].

Now, I see the error in that way of thinking.  I am not alone in my writing goals.  I have my readers, friends, and fans to help me get where I want to go.

It depends on your goals

If your goal is to garner the approval of publisher so a corporation will pat you on the head and say, “Good job.” at least once, then this system might not work for you.  But if your like me, with a compulsion to write and a desire to get your stories out for others to read in the hopes that it will become a full time career, then give it a try.

Writing and fandom…

are forever connected one with the other.

If you have a story to tell:

• write it
• edit it
• polish it
• share it for the world to read
• connect with your readers
• grow your readership
• hone your writing
• repeat

You are not alone in your writing.  Today, there is a cloud of readers who can and will help you build and audience and support your work.

Never believe that you are alone.

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Culture

• Star Wars Soundboards (via Star Wars.)
• Jespa Wins!!! (via Raise a Racket)

Movie

• Exploring: Angels and Demons (via dashPunk)
• Robin Dunne says Sherwood Forest has monsters but no tights (via SCI FI Wire)
• Evan Daugherty Has The Power of Grayskull (via /Film)
• Fans mob Welsh filming site of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (via SCI FI Wire)
• New onesheet for Blood: the Last Vampire (via SCI FI Wire)

TV / Series

• Review: Legend of the Seeker 120 Sanctuary (via dashPunk)
  • The Confessed # 7 – “Sanctuary” (dashPunk)
  • Legend of the Seeker: Magic of the Confessors (via dashPunk)
  • Promo Pictures for Episode 21 – Fever (via Sword-Of-Truth)
• Review: Dollhouse 112 Omega (via dashPunk)
  • Dollhouse Boxset details (via dashPunk)
  • Sci Fi UK’s promotional video for Dollhouse. The show premieres in the UK (via Whedonesque)

Music

• Abney Park’s New Album: Aether Shanties (dashPunk)

Game

• City of Heroes Goes Rogue with New Expansion Pack (dashPunk)

Webcomic

• 42 Essential 3rd Act Twists (via Dresden Codak)
• Girl Genius (via Wednesday, May 13, 2009)

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• DVD Releases: February 3rd, 2009 (dashPunk)
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• Fantasy Casting: By the power of Gayskull, it’s the “He-Man” movie! (via AfterElton)
• Rumor: Robert Rodriguez to Producer Predator Reboot? (via /film)
• Slumdog Star Joins Avatar Cast (via PopSucker)

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• Star Wars Clone Wars: Trespass (via Wikipedia)
• Doctor Who: The Stolen Earth (via Wikipedia)
• Torchwood: Children of Earth preview (via Planet Gallifrey)

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He-Man the classic animated TV show from the 80’s now has the first season streaming free online on Hulu.

The show is about Prince Adam who is given the Sword of Grayskull and can transform into He-Man defender of Eternia from Skeletor who wishes to rule all of the land.  Along his adventures Prince-Adam is accompanied with his pet a cowardly tiger named Cringer who also transforms into an armored tiger named Battle Cat.  Eternia is also defended by Prince Adam’s mentor Duncan aka Man-At_Arms, his friend Teela, and the wizard Orco.

Skeletor also has his entertaining band of misfit baddies which he uses not only in his attempts to rule all of Eternia but also to help him get at the secret powers hidden deep within Castle Grayskull.

The shows are great fun with a fable type quality to them containing wonderful messages for life like being brave and how lying can be harmful.  The show ran for two seasons before going off the air.  The show had some great writing talent like J. Michael Straczynski, Paul Dini, and and David Wise giving He-Man a great storyline to it.

Watch all of first season on Hulu here.

Or

Get your copy on DVD

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This is the kind of Girl Power that Eternia needs to fear.  If Evil Lynn and Teela ever joined forces, I bet they could take down He-man and the Masters of the Universe.

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Culture

• John Barrowman apologizes for exposing himself on BBC Radio 1 (via guardian)
• New Site Features (via Hulu Blog)
• you told us what you want. now we need to make it happen. (via boxee blog)
• …and, we’re back 2.3 update (via boxee blog)

Movie

• DVD Releases: December 2nd, 2008 (dashPunk)
• Dr Horrible DVD Update region free (via Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog)
• Ben Stiller Working on Zoolander Sequel? (via /Film)

TV / Series

• SCI FI Green-Lights Caprica (via Sci Fi Wire)
• The Guild Season 2
  • Link the Loot
  • Block’d

Music

• BoHe-man Rhapsody (P:S HQ)
• SLIPKNOT ANNOUNCES U.S. ARENA HEADLINE TOUR (via Roadrunner Records)

Webcomics

• Girl Genius Online Comics! Monday, November 24, 2008
  • Wednesday, November 26, 2008
  • Friday, November 28, 2008
  • Monday, December 01, 2008
• Looking For Group » Page 203
  • Page 204
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• Tune in Tomorrow: “Ask Leo” Your Blogging and Writing Questions (via Write to Done)

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• Review: Journey to the Center of the Earth (via dashPunk)
• Wonder Woman Is Getting Animated on DVD and Blu-ray on February 24th (via SuperheroFlix)
• Del Toro At the Mountains of Madness (via dashPunk)
• Narnia Writers Pen America (via Sci Fi Wire)
• Gossip’s Schwartz To Pen X-Men (via Sci Fi Wire)
• Pirates of the Caribbean 4 in 3D? (via /Film)
• Director of the Universe? (via Topless Robot)

TV / Series

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• The Genesis of Doctor Who (via BBC)
  • Doctor Who tapes ‘missing in Thailand’ (via Telegraph)

Music

• Abney Park New Dates for Seattle, San Franscico, LA, Whitby, London (via Captain Robert)

Book

• Comic Recommendation: Proof (via P:S HQ)

Webcomic

• Girl Genius

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I never thought He-man could look so good.  I admit, I was a huge fan when I was a kid, and I even saw the live action movie, and the Secret of the Swords in the theater.  There are times when I still feel like Orco.

(via Topless Robots)

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Here are some quick headlines for August 19th:

Games

• StarWars.com | Download Force Unleashed Demo on August 21 – Ready to douwload already

Music

• Tracks by Julia Ecklar – Listen free at Last.fm – Free Tracks and sample by one of my favorite filkers
• Captain Robert – Steampunk Firearm – Abney Park Airship Defender – A beautiful sidearmd for the Captain of the HMS Ophelia.

TV/Series

• Can Sigourney Weaver figure out Eli Stone? – TV Squad – I cannot wait to see the episode

Movies

• Voltron: Defender of the Universe Goes Into Turnaround – SuperheroFlix.com – I cannot help but giggle.
• New Watchmen Images Here! – The more I see, the more excited I become.
• He-Man Film Will Go for Realism – SuperheroFlix.com – This will either be a recipe for success or failure.

Video

• Death Star over San Francisco – Project: Shadow HQ – This looks really good. I wish I had the time and the talent to do vids like this.

Books

• What is a Fair Price for an E-Book | dashPunk – Brian sets out our policy, what do you all think?

Culture

• DVICE: Star Trek Command Chair makes anyone feel like Captain Kirk – I want one of these so bad, but I don’t know why. Perhapse it is delusions of grandure.
• Online Horror Fest 2008 on Second Life – Project: Shadow HQ -

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