This week, my brother and I are watching the 1990 movie, Dick Tracy. This is our first time watching it, though we'd both heard of it, having grown up watching the cartoon and remembering the spring/summer of 1990, when there's was lots of Dick Tracy stuff about. Check out Jeremy's work over at Pixel Grotto, CBR.com, and Classic Batman Panels on IG…

This week, I'm reading the fifth chapter of the Peter David penned movie novelization of the 1991 Rocketeer film. This chapter introduces Otis Bigelow, the owner of the Bigelow Air Circus, the statue of Charles Lindburgh outside the airfield, the Curtiss Standard biplane christened Miss Mabel (named after the real life barnstormer Mabel Cody), and,…

This week, I'm reading the fourth chapter of the Peter David penned movie novelization of the 1991 Rocketeer film. This chapter basically picks up in the spot in the film where Cliff has had to crash land the Gee-Bee and is dealing with the Feds. We also meet a version of Howard Hughes, who in the film, is the man behind the Cirrus X-3 rocketpack. …

In honor of Cliff Secord's birthday, 10/26, I'm reading the third chapter of the Peter David penned movie novelization of the 1991 Rocketeer film. (What I really love about the bio Dave Stevens penned for Cliff is that it gives both backstory and motivation for his character as well as why, in 1938, he is flying the Gee-Bee Z, a plane from the earl…

In honor of Rocketeer Day (unofficially a thing ... in the 1991 film, the date October 15th, 1938 is shown), I'm reading the second chapter of the Peter David penned movie novelization of the 1991 Rocketeer film. This chapter basically picks up in the spot where the film begins, where on a fall morning at Chaplin Airfield, Cliff, Peevy, and the oth…

I've been meaning to read the Peter David penned movie novelization of the 1991 Rocketeer film for some time, so I figured I'd start doing that this week. It will take about a half a year if we read one chapter a week, but since they are not very long, some weeks, we might do two. It's interesting reading just this first chapter so far, as there ar…

The past few months, I've been happy to host an adult open gym at a local gymnastics school. Adult bodies are different from those of kids, and kids programming is mostly what gymnastics facilities tend to cater to. Gymnastics for adults often ends up looking and being different than it does for kids. We are older, our bodies don’t move in the same…

I'm doing this episode as a future note to myself about some projects that I've been toying around for awhile that I'd like to delve into in the next few months: -An illustrated children's book that I'm temporarily calling "The Imperial Ranger's son" - a story written from the perspective of a child in the Capital City of Tartec (the kingdom where …

As mentioned last week, I attended a great event this past week put on by Whistlekick, Free Training Day Mid-Atlantic - took some great classes, taught a class, met some great people, caught up with ones I met last year - all great stuff. If you are open minded and want to learn, head over to Whistlekick's free training day event page to learn abou…

The Thirteenth Hour workout deck that I discussed last week consists of 52 exercise cards + 4 wild cards; it's designed to be a pocket-sized deck of cards that can randomize and kickstart your exercise routine with the premise that if you want to work out, it's doesn't necessarily take long, it doesn't necessarily take any equipment, nor does it re…

The Thirteenth Hour workout deck that I have mentioned a few times on the show over the summer is done: 56 cards = 52 exercise cards + 4 wild cards + instructions have been completed; I've made a public Patreon post where you can download them. I'd like to make a few sample sets or have a few professionally printed so people can test them out, but …

Originally published December 21, 2015 This episode refers to video games (Ultima V, Ironsword) discussed in this post: https://13thhr.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/influences-behind-the-thirteenth-hour-part-3-video-games/ Check out this cover art for Ultima V! Unfortunately, the inside of the game looked like this: But there's a remake/mod for Dungeon'…

Originally published December 14, 2015 This post refers to the comic books (Bone, Archie) referred to in this post: https://13thhr.wordpress.com/2015/01/09/influences-behind-the-thirteenth-hour-part-1-books/ The old (more comicky) and new (more ?anime-ish) covers to the novelette prequel to The Thirteenth Hour, A Shadow in the Moonlight are as disc…

Originally published December 7, 2015 This episode talks about literary influences to The Thirteenth Hour, partly based on a post which can be found here: https://13thhr.wordpress.com/2015/01/09/influences-behind-the-thirteenth-hour-part-1-books/ I also refer to the TSR Endless Quest series of gamebooks, similar to the Choose Your Own Adventure boo…

Originally published December 3, 2015 After about a year, I've decided to resume the podcast that I originally set up to read an earlier draft of The Thirteenth Hour. In regular 15-20 minute episodes, I'm going to be talking about the creation of the book as well as some topics that are also featured on this blog that relate, in some way, to the bo…

Originally released Jan 6, 2015 This marks the fifteenth Thirteenth Hour podcast episode, where I read an early draft of The Thirteenth Hour during the fine-tuning stages, shortly prior to publication of the first edition. There are 15 episodes in total, each about an hour in length. This is the rest of chapter 26 plus the Epilogue from the novel. …

Originally released Jan 6, 2015 This marks the fourteenth Thirteenth Hour podcast episode, where I read an early draft of The Thirteenth Hour during the fine-tuning stages, shortly prior to publication of the first edition. There are 15 episodes in total, each about an hour in length. This is chapters 25-26 from the novel. ⁠The Thirteenth Hour⁠ An …

Originally released Jan 6, 2015 This marks the thirteenth (!) Thirteenth Hour podcast episode, where I read an early draft of The Thirteenth Hour during the fine-tuning stages, shortly prior to publication of the first edition. There are 15 episodes in total, each about an hour in length. This is chapters 22-24 from the novel. ⁠The Thirteenth Hour⁠…

Originally released Jan 6, 2015 This marks the twelfth Thirteenth Hour podcast episode, where I read an early draft of The Thirteenth Hour during the fine-tuning stages, shortly prior to publication of the first edition. There are 15 episodes in total, each about an hour in length. This continues chapter 22 from the novel. The Thirteenth Hour An im…

Originally released Jan 6, 2015 This marks the 11th Thirteenth Hour podcast episode, where I read an early draft of The Thirteenth Hour during the fine-tuning stages, shortly prior to publication of the first edition. There are 15 episodes in total, each about an hour in length. This is chapter 22 from the novel. ⁠The Thirteenth Hour⁠ An impossible…

Originally released Jan 6, 2015 This marks the tenth Thirteenth Hour podcast episode, where I read an early draft of The Thirteenth Hour during the fine-tuning stages, shortly prior to publication of the first edition. There are 15 episodes in total, each about an hour in length. This is chapters 20-21 from the novel. ⁠The Thirteenth Hour⁠ An impos…

Originally released Jan 6, 2015 This marks the ninth Thirteenth Hour podcast episode, where I read an early draft of The Thirteenth Hour during the fine-tuning stages, shortly prior to publication of the first edition. There are 15 episodes in total, each about an hour in length. This is chapters 18-19 from the novel. ⁠The Thirteenth Hour⁠ An impos…

Originally released Jan 6, 2015 This marks the eighth Thirteenth Hour podcast episode, where I read an early draft of The Thirteenth Hour during the fine-tuning stages, shortly prior to publication of the first edition. There are 15 episodes in total, each about an hour in length. This is chapter 18 from the novel. https://13thhr.wordpress.com/2015…

Originally released Jan 6, 2015 This marks the seventh Thirteenth Hour podcast episode, where I read an early draft of The Thirteenth Hour during the fine-tuning stages, shortly prior to publication of the first edition. There are 15 episodes in total, each about an hour in length. This is chapters 16-17 from the novel. https://13thhr.wordpress.com…

Originally released Jan 6, 2015 This marks the sixth Thirteenth Hour podcast episode, where I read an early draft of The Thirteenth Hour during the fine-tuning stages, shortly prior to publication of the first edition. There are 15 episodes in total, each about an hour in length. This is chapters 14-15 from the novel. https://13thhr.wordpress.com/2…

Originally released Jan 6, 2015 This marks the fifth Thirteenth Hour podcast episode, where I read an early draft of The Thirteenth Hour during the fine-tuning stages, shortly prior to publication of the first edition. There are 15 episodes in total, each about an hour in length. This is chapters 10-13 from the novel. https://13thhr.wordpress.com/2…

Originally released Jan 6, 2015 This marks the fourth Thirteenth Hour podcast episode, where I read an early draft of The Thirteenth Hour during the fine-tuning stages, shortly prior to publication of the first edition. There are 15 episodes in total, each about an hour in length. This is wraps up chapter 9 from the novel. https://13thhr.wordpress.…

Originally released Jan 6, 2015 This marks the third Thirteenth Hour podcast episode, where I read an early draft of The Thirteenth Hour during the fine-tuning stages, shortly prior to publication of the first edition. There are 15 episodes in total, each about an hour in length. This is chapters 7-9 from the novel. https://13thhr.wordpress.com/201…

Originally released Jan 6, 2015 This marks the second Thirteenth Hour podcast episode, where I read an early draft of The Thirteenth Hour during the fine-tuning stages, shortly prior to publication of the first edition. There are 15 episodes in total, each about an hour in length. This is chapters 3-6 from the novel. https://13thhr.wordpress.com/20…

Originally released Dec 25, 2014 This marks the first Thirteenth Hour podcast episode, where I read an early draft of The Thirteenth Hour during the fine-tuning stages, shortly prior to publication of the first edition. There are 15 episodes in total, each about an hour in length. This is chapters 1-2 from the novel. https://wordpress.com/post/13th…