Author Archives: dorothyemry

The Bard and the bridge of the Enterprise (or Why a Scifi Nerd Loves Shakespeare)

Posted on January 1, 2012 by dorothyemry

Yesterday I announced my New Year’s resolution to read the complete works of Shakespeare in 2012. Two points to clear up about that: what Shakespeare has to do with my science/science fiction/fantasy nerdiness and the story of what lead to … Continue reading →

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Blame it on Charlie Rose: A nerd’s 2012 Shakespeare resolution

Posted on December 31, 2011 by dorothyemry

So, I’ve been pondering New Year’s resolutions and decided what one of them will be: to read the complete works of Shakespeare. Why? Blame it on Charlie Rose, the hero of my better self, who with his passion, gentle humor … Continue reading →

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Zombies & Supernatural: When Spooky Seeps Into Your Psyche

Posted on September 26, 2011 by dorothyemry

So…maybe I’ve been working a bit too long on writing zombie stories. And much too into Supernatural. I just saw an ad for a restaurant—a photo of barbeque ribs—and the first thought that came to mind was: Ew. Look at … Continue reading →

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Nerdist.com Writers Panel 8 Podcast: #1 on my list

Posted on September 25, 2011 by dorothyemry

Okay. So, I’m late in talking about Nerdist.com and in listening to the podcast Nerdist Writers Panel #8 from June 12, 2011. (Been slaving away at finishing up my zombie novel, so not much free time.) But now that I’ve … Continue reading →

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Knights of Badassdom…Needest us this?

Posted on July 27, 2011 by dorothyemry

Oh yes, dost we ever. Steve Zahn (Treme), Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Summer Glau (our Firefly connection), and Danny Pudi (Abed on Community and a Chicago native), among others, all in a very silly movie where LARPing meets supernatural … Continue reading →

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Nerd Writes on Twitter

Posted on May 30, 2011 by dorothyemry

Spent part of the long weekend starting a new Twitter account (how many is this that I have now? too many? not possible! well…maybe) just for Nerd Writes. Why? Well… I have another relatively new Twitter account for my purely … Continue reading →

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Game of Thrones, Girls and Mad Men

Posted on April 24, 2011 by dorothyemry

So, I finally got around to reading Ginia Bellafante’s April 14th review of The Game of Thrones “A Fantasy World of Strange Feuding Kingdoms” but only after I read Amy Radcliffe’s response to it on Tor.com, which should tell you … Continue reading →

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Baby robot dinos, you make me smile.

Posted on April 24, 2011 by dorothyemry

This is an old video, but thought those of you who haven’t, might like to meet PleoTM at least in the virtual world.

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Automate 2011: Dr. Ron Diftler, Anybots and Pleo

Posted on April 24, 2011 by dorothyemry

I’ve been missing the robots. Sitting here in front of my Compaq laptop (with only 584MB of RAM) is a far cry from the cool tech I saw back in March at Automate and Promat 2011. Automate, formerly the “International … Continue reading →

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Strange Dreams, Koontz and (briefly) King – Part 2

Posted on March 21, 2011 by dorothyemry

Back to the review for Koontz’s most recent and another trend that puts pressure on some authors to write faster and publish more often. The Publishers Weekly reviewer compares Koontz’s novel What the Night Knows to the movie “Fallen.” I’d … Continue reading →

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