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What are these Words of Nerd?

In short, they are the musings, memories and giddily independent opinions of a lifelong lover of stuff. Of a man who, since late adolescence, has clung to the belief that consenting to full maturity is an unpardonable betrayal of youth. Because why would anyone consciously allow themself to stop loving the things that once made them so happy?

The films. The shows. The comics. The toys. The games. There's so much ground to cover!

To clarify, I'm not just talking about old stuff, because there's still plenty to get excited about today. And I don't just love everything blindly, because honestly, there are few greater pleasures than the sweet revenge of sticking the knife into a movie that bored you to tears for two interminable hours.

My manifesto, then, and this is as political as I'll ever get: If you've never lost touch with your childhood self, then hooray! Come be in my gang. Let's play like no one's watching. If, however, you maybe feel disconnected from the passion you once felt for the best things in life, then please, please, allow me to help plug you back in. Because ours should be a life, not muted by worry and responsibility, but energised by fun and enthusiasm.

Literally as I wrote this, and I suppose this is me in a nutshell, two eBay purchases arrived in the post, and I ran to the door as excited as the Flintstones' beloved pet Dino when Fred gets home from work.

My credentials are as follows: from the age of 18, and for the last 35 years, I've made my living as a professional appreciator. I'm a film critic and entertainment journalist, a broadcaster and a quizmaster, a collector and the author of Action! The Action Movie A-Z, Vintage Geek and, coming soon, Masters of Make-Up Effects. On the side, I run my own Etsy store, Vintage Geek Art, offering stickers and magnets of my own crazy design.

I also have a fine, fun following on Twitter, but I can no longer be contained by a 280-character limit. So here I am.

Ready to share. Ready to chat. Ready to play!

It’s a cookbook! Being dangerously delicious at Twilight Zone: The Play.

Why subscribe?

Though certainly there's no shortage of nerd bloggery online, allow me to toot my own horn for a moment, and apologies for any distressing images that last half-sentence conjured up. To begin with, I've done this a very long time. I have stories to tell. Funny stories. Scary stories. All true.

Also I can string a sentence together, and tie those sentences into paragraphs, and those paragraphs into features. With me, you'll never get a regurgitated press release or a lazy Q&A transcription. I'm talking proper, old school writing from a writer who earned the right to write. And though yes, I like puns and start too many sentences with 'And', I swear I care neither for SEO keywords nor pleasing PR or marketing departments. No longer will I jump through their hoops.

What I promise, and this is a solemn pinky swear so please believe me when I say, I will never be less than completely honest with you. From love to like to meh to hate, you will always have full access to 100% real, no-bullshit me.

So what will I actually write? All sorts of stuff, actually. If there's a big new film or show, of course I'll review it. I love lists, and will no doubt hit you with a ton of those. I also plan to share a stack of great old interviews from my archives, with legends like Stan Lee, Ray Harryhausen, John Carpenter and George Romero. And there'll be new interviews too, current stuff with fascinating people who I've connected with independently of interfering press officers.

Plus I'm not going to restrict myself to the written word. I love to talk, so audio is definitely happening. And video too. At least once a week then, come rain or shine, I'm going to create, create, create, and I'd love for you to join me on this journey.

Just good friends.

And paid subscriptions?

For years I've seen my journalist friends lose their jobs and give up their writing dreams because they couldn't earn a fair wage. Often they couldn't earn anything at all. But good writing has value, and though I’ve no plans to raise a pay wall any time soon, I’d certainly appreciate it if you’d consider stretching to the price of a medium movie popcorn a month.

Kind words from some Twitter chums about Words of Nerd.

And we're off!

My pitch now done, it's time for fun. Come and play, eh?

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A veteran nerd with unbound enthusiasm for everything you love, Marshall Julius is a film critic, author, broadcaster, quizmaster and collector. His new book, Masters of Make-Up Effects, was co-written with MUFX Oscar-winner Howard Berger.