“Political correctness” is an unfortunately-named shorthand description for how we talk about gender, race, privilege, and more. As it applies to stories like movies and TV, questions can arise about how certain tropes, characters, or stereotypes…
Summer 2016 felt a little different, especially when it came to movies. Sequels bombed, and Netflix killed it with Stranger Things. So did something change? Was Summer 2016 a tipping point somehow? Brent and Erik…
We’re talking about Brent’s new book, Three Truths and a Lie, published August 2, 2016, by Simon and Schuster. The YA/psychological thriller/horror is a new direction for Brent. Four teenagers go for a weekend vacation to…
Since 2008, The Shawshank Redemption has been at the top of the IMDb Top 250 Films. It is a fixture on cable television. It is one of the most commonly cited “favorite films.” Why is…
What Are Some Good Beach Reads? – Episode 069
- May 25, 2016
- Tagged as: about a boy, an object of beauty, carter beats the devil, dublin murder squad series, elric of melnibone stories, fangirl, funny girl, high fidelity, juliet naked, kushiel's legacy, les miserables, lexicon, lonesome dove, ready player one, roma sub rosa, state of wonder, the dresden files series, the earthsea trilogy, the eskkar saga, the likeness, the name of the wind, the physician, the pillars of the earth, the queen's gambit, the shining girls, the xenogenesis trilogy, three truths and a lie, world without end
It’s summertime, and that means it’s the season for a vacation to the beach (or the pool). We love reading on vacation—a good read that can just suck you in for hours at a time in…
What’s The Deal With Twist Endings? – Episode 068
- May 11, 2016
- Tagged as: arlington road, dead again, decked, ender's game, frozen, grand and humble, my best friend's wedding, ocean's eleven, ocean's twelve, planet of the apes, psycho, rebecca, scream, scrubs, the shawshank redemption, the sixth sense, the usual suspects, the village, three truths and a lie, what lies beneath
We are continuing our two-part format for our episodes! First, Brent and Erik check-in about writing and publishing. Brent shares his experience selling a script to a film producer in China and Erik asks whether he’s confusing readers by…
Media Carnivores co-host Brent Hartinger recently sold his book Three Truths and a Lie to a traditional publisher, Simon Pulse. As a writer traditional and self-published books, Brent makes an interesting case study for this new…