Kal Spriggs

Month: April 2019

  • Avengers: Endgame Review (No Spoilers)

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    I’ll preface this by saying that I tried really hard not to get any spoilers.  Then, on my way into the movie theater, there were a ton of people headed *out* who were discussing every detail.  Talk about spoilers… it was rather frustrating for me, but overall didn’t impact my enjoyment of the movie as…

  • Kal’s Starfest 2019 Schedule

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    I’ll be at Starfest this weekend, so if you’re in the area, I’d love to see you there!  I’m on two panels: Combat in SF and Fantasy (Friday 9 PM) A discussion of the good, the bad, and the ugly scenes of combat and action in Science Fiction and Fantasy. To include the differences between…

  • April Update

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    Hey everyone.  I try to post mostly positive stuff here, but the last couple weeks have been pretty rough.   Between my wife’s surgery and stuff happening with my family, I haven’t been able to focus on writing.   So I’m behind on getting Stolen Valor done and edited, which is going to push it back to…

  • Shazaam! Movie Review (No Spoilers)

    Shazaam! Movie Review (No Spoilers)

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    DC/Warner Brothers has done a shift towards more light-hearted entertainment and they went to the kid/superhero Shazaam with their latest release. It’s a pretty big shift, one that began (arguably) with Wonder Woman and continued with Aquaman.  Overall, it’s a shift I appreciate because, well, I’ll admit I detested their grimdark approach from before. So…

  • Kal’s April 2019 Forecast

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    Hey everyone, this year is just flying along, isn’t it? If you missed it, last week I released Valor’s Stand, the fifth and final book of the Children of Valor series.  While the YA series is done, the stories of the characters will continue later this year with the War of Valor series.  If you’ve…