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The Thousand Lives of John Zeleznik

Syracuse, New York, USA

I'm a father, HS English teacher and writer. I was weaned on the worlds built by Lucas, Harryhausen, Dini, Martin and Tolkien.

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Apr 17, 2015

Epic Light Or Dark

By The Thousand Lives of John Zeleznik

This has been a downright epic week to be a geek. Seriously. For those of you living under a rock, yesterday the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens dropped...

Apr 07, 2015

Book Review: The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

By The Thousand Lives of John Zeleznik

One of the motifs on my blog this year is my desire for 2015 to be the year of the epic. I am approaching my writing this year with the...

Sep 12, 2014

Ten Things I Learned While Watching Every Simpsons Episode Ever

By The Thousand Lives of John Zeleznik

To be fair, I didn't watch every episode, but I watched a lot of them...in fact I got my 6 year old daughter hooked on the show to the point...

Apr 16, 2014

Becuase It's GODzilla...

By The Thousand Lives of John Zeleznik

One of my favorite websites to get my daily intake of nerdery/geekery is io9. If you've never been there and you make some claim to be interested in all things...

Aug 12, 2013

Size Matters Not

By The Thousand Lives of John Zeleznik

The 800 year old Jedi Master once uttered the words, "Size matters not." As a fantasy writer that prefers epic fantasy (as a reader and a writer) these words are...

Aug 04, 2013

Young Adult Property Wish List

By The Thousand Lives of John Zeleznik

I really wanted to write a blog post on research in writing and what that means, but I had another idea that uprooted that one this morning. I was hanging...

Jul 27, 2013

This Category Needs An Enema

By The Thousand Lives of John Zeleznik

A few nights ago I sort of eavesdropped on a Twitter conversation between Django Wexler and Brian McClellan concerning the Hugo Award For Best Dramatic Presentation-Short Form and the unrelenting...

May 14, 2013

A Movie Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

By The Thousand Lives of John Zeleznik

I've decided to add a new "feature" to my blog to get me to blog a little more about something I really love: movies. I'm going to do these reviews...