Praise the Lords of Kobol: Battlestar Galactica is back on streaming!
Battlestar Galactica was missing in action, but it's back! Celebrate the streaming return of the ragtag fleet and check out a preview of the book I'm writing about BSG
An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants
To everyone at Grammarly, I am writing a book right now, a really challenging endeavor that no doubt someone in Silicon Valley will think it’s fine to steal the day it’s published. I’ve been a professional writer for decades, even though the number of ways to make
By Your Command: A Cylon-coded fundraiser
A fleetwide announcement involving worthy charities, whistles and very tiny Cylons
The crack in the dam and intensive care (plus ways to help now)
When I was 19, I got very sick. I had pneumonia that wouldn’t go away. I was kept in an isolation room in a Chicago area hospital for weeks. My mom, a former nurse who never took any shit, determined the doctors there were not up to the task
A Battlestar Galactica book update, a Spartacus revival & a Chicago sitrep
Before I head into the New England woods to do a LOT of writing, here are some updates, links and thoughts on the occupation of New Caprica (a.k.a. Chicago)
It's official: My next book is about Battlestar Galactica!
I'm writing a book about Battlestar Galactica, with many new interviews with the cast, crew and creative team. Subscribe to get updates on the pre-order date and many more BSG treats. Mo Say We All!
On the firing of Alan Sepinwall, the scary place we're in, and attempting to de-stupid the media
The past decade or two has not been a good one for members of the media. And it keeps getting worse on a lot of fronts. Cultural coverage in particular has been stomped pretty thoroughly, in dribs and drabs over the years, and then rather decisively in recent months. The
A generous sampler of my investigative reporting, TV coverage, features and criticism
Hi! If you don't know much about what I've done or who I am, here are some pieces from recent years I’d love you to check out. First up, here are handy links to the work I've done for Vanity Fair (where I&
Coverage of my book Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood
I've assembled an array of coverage of my first book, Burn It Down: Power, Complicity and a Call for Change in Hollywood, which came out June 6, 2023. Burn It Down is my reaction to and examination of the trends that produced #MeToo and various racial reckonings as
Roundup! A cool podcast, gardening tips, TV and book recs and more!
Hello! I hope you are doing OK and taking care of yourself. That’s a pretty tall order at the moment and if you are taking on even more — i.e., trying to help others and your communities — I’m grateful to you. I’ve got a roster of good
Two ways to help great charities and a Battlestar Galactica return
First up, a professional announcement: I will once again be the emcee, host and moderator at the three-day Battlestar Galactica convention that Creation has put together. The first one, as I wrote in this post, was a blast. I am hoping you can come to the next one, in New
RIP David Lynch (and links to help LA)
Oh, this one hurts. This hurts a lot. A lot of things in the world are terrible, so it takes something major to burst through and occupy the center of my mind. No one could do that like David Lynch. With the death of Lynch, we’ve lost one of