by Drew Ellenwood | Jun 4, 2015 | Lessons Learned from Dona
Early June in Oklahoma. Hot. The evening light slants through the stain glass windows and heats up the church. Guests arrive. The mothers are seated. The wedding memories start. Actually, wedding memories started the night before. There had been the rehearsal...
by Drew Ellenwood | Oct 24, 2014 | Fantasy & Science Fiction
A TV series has a potential advantage over a movie in that a series affords the chance to follow a story over an extended time. Events are able to unfold into broad plots and themes. Characters can be developed in depth. This is a potential but not an inevitable...
by Drew Ellenwood | Oct 16, 2014 | Lessons Learned from Dona
Seven months is a good amount to be engaged. Not too long for the groom and just long enough to get a wedding planned. Dona and I began with Doris, the church’s wedding planner. Doris had the scoop on protocol. She procured the wedding décor from the church. She...
by Drew Ellenwood | Aug 2, 2014 | Fantasy & Science Fiction, Fantasy & Theology
Fantasy and science fiction fans are accustomed to extraordinary beings. We expect such things. Star Trek introduced an alien race of blue bipeds. Farscape one upped them with a sentient species of blue plants. How’s that for fantastic? Creatures with tentacles,...
by Drew Ellenwood | Jun 11, 2014 | Fantasy & Science Fiction
Summer is the time for blockbusters. I remember the summer the quintessential blockbuster opened in theaters. This movie spawned five sequels, an animated series, millions of product tie-ins, and a Christmas special. (The producers would like to forget the...
