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Why I Contribute to Crowdfunding

February 16, 2011 Movies

Crowdfunding is an internet spin on an old idea. For as long as I can remember people have been raising money for one reason or another; Girl Scout’s with their cookies, Salvation Army with their buckets and of course politicians with their promises. With the Internet we’ve taken the bake sale fundraiser and gone global. [...]

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I’m Committing to my Creative Success

January 18, 2011 Personal

Over a year and half ago I discovered Mark McGuinness and his site, Lateral Action. I’ve spoken about them many times on this blog because he has consistently helped me to grow. As a writer I’ve taken his numerous lessons on creativity to heart, leveraging both his experience as a writer and a creative coach [...]

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Fox Television: Serial Show Killer

May 21, 2010 Popular Articles

Fox television is a strange little network. For some reason they keep landing cutting edge shows with incredibly tight writing. Comedies, Dramas, Animation, all sorts of shows that pushed the barriers of modern entertainment. After acquiring these jewels, they proceeded to play three card Monty with the time slot thus preventing any sort of fan [...]

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The Bisexuality of Torchwood

April 12, 2010 Popular Articles

[Here there be spoilers! Reader beware!] Before I begin there’s a confession I must make. I am very late to the game on Torchwood and Doctor Who (don’t even ask about Battlestar). The reason I finally bit the bullet with Doctor Who was the constant "this show is awesome!" from some friends of mine. When [...]

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Make a Batch of Primordial Soup

March 15, 2010 Popular Articles

**This post is part of the Primordial Soup series** The goal of this series is to help writers tap into the near limitless wealth of their own memories. Analyzing and organizing this information for better creation of characters, plots, and emotional textures. One popular theory about how life was created on Earth is Primordial Soup, [...]

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When Good Writing Goes Bad: Sanctuary

March 10, 2010 Popular Articles

[If you haven’t seen seasons 1 & 2 of SANCTUARY, then this post will spoil like a mofo’. Reader beware.] Sanctuary was one of my favorite guilty pleasures on television. Part X-Files, part monster hunters, the show follows a team that specializes in capturing and studying the monsters (known as Abnormals) hiding amongst humanity. The [...]

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Why Can’t Audiences Handle Emotional Scenes?

February 17, 2010 Movies

[I WILL BE DISCUSSING CRUCIAL AND ENDING SCENES FOR THESE FILMS. IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THEM, PLEASE DO YOURSELF THE FAVOR OF ENJOYING THEM UNSPOILED BEFORE READING THIS POST] While watching a couple of favorite films over the weekend I was reminded as to why I keep popping them into the DVD player and enjoying [...]

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Songs that Strike a Chord

January 15, 2010 Music

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. ~ Confucius This quote was courtesy of @DrewTek, a studio rat with a serious colada addiction. Seeing this flitter across Twitter, it got me thinking about the music in my life. Everyone has different albums which define major periods of their life (hell [...]

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How To Feature Your Best Blog Content

January 8, 2010 Popular Articles

If you’ve been writing your blog for any length of time there will be one or two posts that you’re especially proud of. Maybe they sparked a ton of comments or were exceptionally well written or were even linked to by a Big Name blogger. No matter what the reason, they make your chest puff [...]

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Music Unobscured

September 26, 2009 Music

My musical tastes are varied to say the least. On my iPod you’ll find KRS-One nestled next to Rammstein, Johnny Cash rubbing elbows with Cole Porter, and David Bowie hand in hand with Ruben Blades. I prefer not to isolate myself like some folks do, refusing to go outside their comfort zone because of some [...]

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Social Media: Metrics for shortened URL’s

September 18, 2009 Nerd

I realize I haven’t been living up to my "nerd" end of the bargain. Plenty of writing, film and nostalgic posts, but no real geekery of any sort. In order to remedy this, I wanted to dig into a useful social media feature you might be unaware of. The rise of Twitter & shortened [...]

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