Old Cravings by Joy Jarrett

[My fire situation and general update as of Aug 2 - This blog will be running on auto for the next few weeks as I try my best to concentrate on completing a lengthy writing project. Unfortunately I won't be able to reply to comments for awhile, although I hope to go back and respond…

Publication Announcement: Short story “Homestead Act” published

Hello everyone! My short story 'Homestead Act' has been published in the most recent issue of Ontario-based Raconteur Literary Magazine and you should be able to pick up a copy of the relevant Issue 6 through Amazon where it is available as both an e-book and in paperback. I'm looking forward to getting my own…

(No)Hamburger Rodeo Reworked

Hello again! One more spur-of-the-moment (heh!) post for the old Legends of Western Cinema Week! Also an update on "my" fire - as of morning July 23rd - it's looking a bit yikes but we're still not under evacuation alerts or orders. I'm considering taking myself off for a bit of a holiday regardless, if…

News of the World – Part Two – Movie Review

(Fire update: Posting too early in the day for official updates, but I'm still in my house and not under any evacuation alerts or orders as of morning of July 22) Part of the Legends of Western Cinema Week 2021 Party! News of the World Released 2020 - run time 1 hour 58 minutes -…

News of the World – Part One -Book Review

So the big western movie of 2020 was an adaption of the novel "News of the World" by Paulette Jiles, published in 2016. Ms Jiles has spent considerable time working in Canada, and lives in Texas. Of course I wanted to see the movie (and read the book.) Although it would have been best if…

I write westerns because…

Update morning July 21 - Hi everyone! I'm still in my house and the fires not too far away from my little town have more or less behaved themselves over night. (I am not for now anyway, under evacuation alert, although I can see one of the fires, at some distance, burning down a mountainside…

Legends of Western Cinema Tag

Here's the mother tag-question post! Apologies for rushing this a bit but I was typing it up last night with a couple of wildfires not terribly far from my town and was waiting for updates/possible evacuation alerts. (Update July 20: things are rather calmer this morning and while a few town properties are on alert,…

Legends of Western Cinema Week – A Little Giveaway

And the winner is Hamlette! To celebrate this week celebrating the legends of western cinema, I'd like to offer a giveaway prize! There is another (better!) Giveaway being held over at one of our blogathon host's blogs, here: I'm offering an e-book from the e-book distributor Smashwords. (Yes, I know a book is not a…

Escape Pod Shortlist for Episodes 500-600

These 100 episodes seemed to veer between quite dark, intense and somewhat dreadful (as in, full of dread, not as in terrible) and quite silly. Also, EscapePod ended their tradition of carrying narration of each year's Hugo nominees during this time, which is a bit of a shame. They were continuing their Artemis Rising event,…

Escape Pod Short List Part 5 – 380-499

I have created a short list of thirty from these 119 episodes. There were several hour and hour plus episodes in this 'section' of the EscapePod back catalogue that I simply didn't listen to. They were so outside the usual standards I've come to expect from the show, length wise. If I want to listen…