Ian Martínez Cassmeyer

Afternoon Funny People ☕🙃

Brian Jacques explains why he does not have sympathetic villains in his Redwall series: "When I was a boy, morality was taught in school and in church but I think that is no longer true to the extent that it used to be. I try to create very clear moral signposts of what is right and what is wrong. The children who read my books are generally at an age where they need to have things spelled out in 'black and white,' without ambiguity. I often tell my readers that my baddies are bad and my goodies are good. I won't have sympathetic baddies and schizophrenic goodies in my books." Should more writers do this?

Two years. Two whole years of my life working on this, and hopefully the work is just getting started. So much pain. So many ghosts. So much hope. So much blood. A perfect vessel for my grief, my anger. Hope y’all get to read it.

Today I remembered this venue I used to write/review for. I even edited a volume for them. One day they stopped replying to my emails. Then they took down some of my work. I recall wondering why. Now? Fuck them.

“Practice any art… no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.” - McKellen reciting Vonnegut

I want to write outside again, but for that, I must first clean the table. Expect giveaways or something soon…

If you did know... In 1977, Vincent Price portrayed the openly gay Oscar Wilde in a one-man show titled Diversions and Delights. The production drew sharp criticism from anti-gay campaigner Anita Bryant. When questioned about her condemnation, Price quipped that Oscar Wilde had already written a play about Anita: “A Woman of No Importance.”

Happy 100th birthday to the late great Richard Matheson!

Happy birthday to the one who made us fall in love with reading.📚🌈 “Tight Times” was the very first episode of Reading Rainbow to ever air. Thank you, LeVar, for inspiring generations of readers. 💙

Robert Duvall played Boo Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird in one of his first roles in 1962. Duvall’s place in the history of cinema can’t be understated- it just can’t. He’s been apart of some of the most important films in the history of this art form. We lost a giant today. RIP

I will die on this hill! John Williams is on the same level as Bach, Beethoven or Mozart

James Baldwin: "What white people have to do is try to find out in their own hearts why it was necessary to have a 'nigger' in the first place, because I'm not a nigger, I'm a man. But if you think I'm a nigger, it means you need him...and you've got to find out why"

‘Animaniacs (1993)’ will stream on Tubi starting March 1st. (Source: link.tubi.tv/aFKhfLZnI0b)

Someone told me, “C. S. Lewis would love AI!” False. Please read That Hideous Strength, a book that features evil humanity-hating scientists seeking to build God & a talking head that’s basically a demonic chatbot. An eerily prescient dystopian novel that reads like a prophecy.

You’ll see a bunch of lists of Puerto Rican authors…and many won’t feature horror or crime writers. We also exist. We also make history.

Happy 94th birthday John Williams

Oh, now it’s really gonna start. Here you go:

Your monthly reminder: Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.

prince paul - “back to the lab” music video - dexter's laboratory (2002)

Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) Rewrite

will.i.am - “secrets” music video - dexter’s laboratory (2002)