I'm joining the YAN book tour with my review of the stunning first volume! Read my thoughts:
https://karadennison.blogspot.com/2025/06/book-tour-yan-vol-1.html
Journalist (Crunchyroll/Otaku USA/Anime USA/Sartorial Geek, formerly of Sci-Fi Magazine). Author (The Black Archive, City of the Saved, Iris Wildthyme, Sherlock Holmes, Forgotten Lives, Owl's Flower). More to come probably.
I'm joining the YAN book tour with my review of the stunning first volume! Read my thoughts:
https://karadennison.blogspot.com/2025/06/book-tour-yan-vol-1.html
This week on the blog, I review the latest GM tool from James D'Amato and Adams Media. Check out how THE ULTIMATE RPG WORLDBUILDING DECK can jumpstart your creativity!
https://karadennison.blogspot.com/2025/06/ttrpg-review-ultimate-rpg-worldbuilding.html #ttrpg
Surprise weekend bonus blog post! VANGUARD STRIKE is now out from Second Sky Books, and they've sent me an advance copy. Check out my thoughts on my blog!
https://karadennison.blogspot.com/2025/06/book-tour-vanguard-strike-by-jarom.html
June 2025 #bookreviews are live on the blog! See what's new this month - plus get discount codes for Frostbeard Candles and Chapters Tea!
https://karadennison.blogspot.com/2025/06/june-2025-book-reviews.html
This week on the blog, I'm reviewing ELEVEN Earl Grey blends from Plum Deluxe!
https://karadennison.blogspot.com/2025/06/tea-review-plum-deluxe-earl-grey-month.html
“If we walk far enough," says Dorothy, "we shall sometime come to someplace.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
#photography
This week on the blog: I'm not from an especially big or cool city, but there are some lovely places that offer me an escape. #SmallBusiness
https://karadennison.blogspot.com/2025/05/my-three-favorite-cozy-places-on.html
This week on the blog, it's #bookreview time! Join me for early looks at this month's new releases:
https://karadennison.blogspot.com/2025/05/may-2025-book-reviews.html
UPDATE TO BLOG POST: I mistakenly said there was not currently a @blackarchive submission window open - when in fact there is! See my post, now updated with a link to the schedule so you know exactly when to pitch an Archive for your favorite episode.
https://karadennison.blogspot.com/2025/05/how-to-write-black-archive.html
Woefully I did not sleep much last night. Metaphorically propping my eyelids open with strong tea.
How do you write a @blackarchive ? There's no single "right" way, but this week on the blog, I talk a bit about what make this line of #DoctorWho books special - and what to keep in mind if you pitch next time the window is open!
https://karadennison.blogspot.com/2025/05/how-to-write-black-archive.html
Ok folks, let's try this. What quote would you put with this photo?
#photography
I do sometimes write things that aren't DOCTOR WHO adjacent. Like my short story for PIZZA PARTIES AND POLTERGEISTS from 18thWall - the D&D Satanic Panic with equal parts Beetlejuice and The Screwtape Letters.
Farmer’s market!
The newest GODZILLA comic from IDW continues the story of HERE THERE BE DRAGONS. Today on Otaku USA, I'm digging into the alternate history of SONS OF GIANTS!
https://otakuusamagazine.com/comic-review-godzilla-here-there-be-dragons-ii/
This week on the blog: I review the #DoctorWho comic EVERYONE MUST GO from @ComicsTitan . How does it stack up against the current televised run?
https://karadennison.blogspot.com/2025/05/comic-review-doctor-who-everyone-must-go.html
Teatime! This week on the blog, I'm reviewing the UK #tea Sampler from Plum Deluxe:
https://karadennison.blogspot.com/2025/04/tea-review-plum-deluxe-united-kingdom.html
The Super Robot Wars #videogames borrow from giant robot anime, but they also influence it in return! In my latest Otaku USA article, I give a few examples of how - all of which will show up in Bandai Namco's upcoming SUPER ROBOT WARS Y!
https://otakuusamagazine.com/how-super-robot-wars-altered-giant-robot-anime/
Goodbye ASTRO ROYALE, hello NICE PRISON. Today on Otaku USA, I'm taking a first look at Shonen Jump's latest gag #manga:
https://otakuusamagazine.com/nice-prison-whats-up-with-shonen-jumps-newest-manga/
What with the direction #DoctorWho is going this season, it feels like a great time to revisit the metafictional Ms. Wildthyme. This particular anthology from @obversebooks also happens to contain my first ever published story!
https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/the-perennial-ms-wildthyme/