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The Shattered Shield
A podcast where FX’s “The Shield” super fan DashingDrewRude introduces his friend PandaNeverSleeps (and later, Libby Cudmore) to the television series. The show is an in depth look at The Shield 10 years after the series finale. Each week the guys will review the show week by week, episode by episode and give you their…
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In Defense of Canned Cranberry Sauce
My sister Laura is hosting her first-ever Thanksgiving dinner today, in her awesome new house, and we discussed what all we were to bring, I reminded her of the two most essential pieces of a Cudmore Family Thanksgiving: Brown & Serve rolls, and canned cranberry sauce. My understanding and celebration of the Thanksgiving dinner is…
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Idiot Box: ‘Turning Japanese’
Turning Japanese I was a girl you splashed with water. He spoke only in signs and subtitles. We kissed on his bed under a blue and pink horizon of cigarette smoke. Outside his window there were fireflies. Inside his walls there were infomercials. I carried a sword too big for my fragile hands, he drifted…
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The Joy of the Second Draft
Over birthday sushi, my friend and fellow writer Mike and I began discussing his newest short story. Mike’s ultimate goal is to win Writers of the Future; it’s his pinot noir, if you want to go Sideways about it, and every few years he presents me with a new short sci-fi story to read in anticipation…
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Unmoored
There’s very little that feels as good as finishing a story. It’s just the absolute best in the whole world, this rush of euphoria and giddiness and dizziness and the sheer accomplishment of the whole thing. Champagne and potato chips. Fireworks. Cake. But that next day, oh fuck, that next day. Not quite a hangover, just…
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Watch This Space!
New blog coming soon!