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Cyborg Cinderella

http://bit.ly/1Ei6Oes Hello Readers and welcome back! Today we are going to talk about Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Cinder has a hard life, she is half-cyborg from an accident she experienced as a child...

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What Are You Watching?: Eye Candy

http://bit.ly/17uaPCI “Eye Candy” (2015 MTV) In this modern world, dominated by iPhones and Kardashians, it’s better to be safe than sorry. Eye Candy, MTV’s first crime drama series based on the R.L....

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Writing Advice: The Synopsis

http://lagemoyen.blogspot.com It happens to all of us. You’re having lunch with colleagues, or having dinner with family, and they ask you what you’re writing about. Even though you know that this...

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The Wilhelm Scream: Transformer

http://fandan.co/1yNf3et Jake Gyllenhaal is one of those actors who has been around long enough to have a huge range of movies. He has had great ones and terrible ones. Recently, you could say that...

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What Are You Watching? The Last Five Years

http://bit.ly/19sH9GZ With Valentine’s day comes many things: the excessive amounts of reds and pinks flooding the isles of Target, flowers skyrocketing in price and demand, and the impossible...

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Pick-a-Poem: Kathleen Ossip

http://riverwalkmamas.com Good morning, blog readers! Welcome to another installment of our weekly Pick-a-Poem feature. Each Wednesday on the blog, we feature a new poem from someone whose work you may...

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Fairy Bad Luck

http://bit.ly/1ERMpNH Hello, readers and welcome back! This week we will be talking about How to Ditch your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier. Fourteen-year-old Charlie has a parking spot fairy, which...

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Kelly’s Book Bucket List: Fahrenheit 451

http://bit.ly/1Ad5bQ3 For several years during my youth, my mind decided that Fahrenheit 451 and Fahrenheit 9/11 were the same thing. That’s probably pretty embarrassing to admit on a literary blog…...

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Meet the Editor: Michael Cotter

Michael Cotter – What Are You Watching Blogger, Assistant Poetry Editor Michael Cotter is a senior at Lewis University working towards his BA in English with a film studies minor. Between classes, he...

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Pick-a-Poem: Langston Hughes

http://riverwalkmamas.com Hello, blog readers, and welcome to another weekly featured poem. Normally, we feature poetry from someone you may not have read before, hoping to introduce you to a new poet...

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Editor’s Notes #158

Image source: http://editorialiste.blogspot.com Hello, blog readers! I hope that you’re enjoying those last few hours of relaxation before the new week begins. Here at the blog, we’re getting ready for...

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Writing Advice: Story Openings

http://lagemoyen.blogspot.com There are some who will tell you that the opening your story is the most important part. After all, readers are often quick to make a judgment. At most, you have one...

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Before They Were Famous: Chuck Palahniuk

http://bit.ly/1BTwpgM Chuck Palahniuk, bestselling author of the cult novel Fight Club, claims truth is often stranger than fiction. It certainly seems this theme has held true in his own life....

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What Are You Watching?: “Playing House”

“Playing House” (2014-2015, USA) http://bit.ly/17XqrOE Is there anything better than having a best friend? Someone who understands your mild breaks in sanity or can always bring up a great, and often...

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Pick-a-Poem: “Story”

http://riverwalkmamas.com Welcome, dear blog readers, to another installment of our weekly feature, “Pick-a-Poem.” Every Wednesday on the blog, we feature a poem from someone whose work you may not...

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This Isn’t Wonderland

Hello Readers and welcome back! This time we are all taking a trip down the rabbit hole as we talk about Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter. Alice is just a normal girl with a somewhat crazy dad. He...

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Oscars Snub “Interstellar” In Sound Categories And It’s Not Okay

http://bit.ly/1C1UUZ7 This past weekend, an academy of aged white men told us which movies they liked best, and for some reason we all cared. Look, I like an award show as much as the next guy....

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Meet the Editors: Michael Cotter

Michael Cotter Happy Friday, readers! Please join us in welcoming our new editors for the Spring 2015 semester. Today, our new featured editor is Assistant Poetry Editor Michael Cotter, who is...

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Down a Dark Lane: Looking Back at the Nightmare on Elm Street Sequels Part 1

http://bit.ly/1BryUWA In 1984, a young director named Wes Craven unleashed the monster known as Freddy Krueger upon the world, and we loved it. After A Nightmare on Elm Street was released, the newest...

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Editor’s Notes #159

Image source: http://editorialiste.blogspot.com Hello, blog readers! I hope you’ve been having a lovely weekend. Before we take stock of what we’ve been discussing here on the blog, I want to remind...

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