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Writing

How Do You Drive Yourself If The Tank’s Out of Gas?

August 25, 2010 Writing

As you can tell from the tumbleweeds around here I’ve been incommunicado for some time now.  People usually say "life gets in the way", but that’s not the case for me.  It feels like I’ve run out of steam and all my words have just disappeared.  Instead of being frustrated it has been a relief [...]

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Thersa Matsuura: A Robe of Feathers

March 18, 2010 Writing

Writing this blog has introduced me to many incredible people, from indie film makers and reality TV producers to aspiring authors and creative trailblazers.  Each of these relationships started online and, even though they’re geographically diverse, continue to strengthen and grow. Thersa Matsuura is one of those amazing people I’ve had the pleasure of meeting [...]

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NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge Results

March 11, 2010 Writing

Earlier this year I participated in the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge, which pits writers from all over the world against each other to write the best (up to 2,500 words) short story they can.  They supply the topics and you supply the imagination. The competition is broken up into two rounds.  The 1st round [...]

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NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge

January 26, 2010 Writing

NYC Midnight is an organization that runs competitions geared toward discovering talented new filmmakers and storytellers.  I first learned of them from the dynamic film making duo of Julie & Jessica [King is a Fink] (follow them on Twitter for awesome indie tips).  They had entered the Screenwriter’s Challenge (here’s their post about it) and [...]

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Smashing Through Creative Blocks with Lateral Action

January 7, 2010 Writing

If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you’ll know I’m a big fan of Mark McGuinness and Lateral Action.  Honestly, how could you not love an entire site dedicated to creativity and its effective uses?  None of this crunchy hippie kumbaya crap, Lateral Action is all about leveraging your inner creative [...]

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Ready for Battle

October 31, 2009 Writing

NaNoWriMo is a siege against the stronghold known as “Novel Writing”.  With any long protracted war it’s a matter of perseverance and tenacity.  Each encounter is a battle of inches (or word count in this case), slowly getting you closer to your end goal, a completed 50,000 word manuscript.  The proper supplies are essential in [...]

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Survey Says

October 9, 2009 Writing

With my fiction at a complete standstill there’s isn’t much to share these days.  The only thing I find myself checking on a regular basis are my submissions statistics.  Thanks to the amazing Duotrope, I have an online submission tracker that keeps everything nice and tidy.  It also helps other aspiring writers get a better [...]

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Aspiring Authors

September 21, 2009 Writing

On my own little slice of the Internet, I like to consider myself an aspiring author.  I’m already a writer (I’m doing it as we speak), but since nothing of mine has been published, I cannot truthfully wear the title of author.  Wearing the badge of an "aspiring author" is actually a lot cooler than [...]

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Exploring Alternatives

September 3, 2009 Movies

Writing is my favorite method of creation, weaving entire realities that exist solely in your mind until pen is put to paper and the words are allowed to escape.  The physical sensation of being in the midst of a furious writing session is felt from head to toe, supercharging your fingers as they hammer away [...]

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Where did all my time go?

August 29, 2009 Writing

In an attempt to keep focused on my writing goals, I’ve started tracking the time spent on different types or phases of my writing, from blog posts to new pieces to re-writes.  Looking back at the collected data (roughly a month) I can honestly say I suck at keeping on task.  In spite of this, [...]

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