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Cagney, City for Conquest, and the Invention of the Postmodern Protagonist
As many of you may know from reading my late night tweets and Facebook updates, I’ve been immersing myself in James Cagney movies ever since I stumbled on his old residence in New York a couple months...
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Mating Dome: Growth is Inevitable
The wood, steel and other raw materials for my upcoming short film Mating Dome have been assembled, and now it’s time to piece together this sexy sci-fi romp. This past weekend I had the honor of...
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From Auteur to Author: The Tao of Crowdfunding Goes to Print
It’s official––I’ve just signed and mailed away a contract to pen The Tao of Crowdfunding for Filmmakers for Michael Wiese Productions! Based on my blog series of the same title, this book will be...
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Tao Te Trig: The Flow, the Muse and the Working Writer’s World
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 marks the day I started writing my very first book, The Tao of Crowdfunding for Filmmakers, for Michael Wiese Productions. Thirty days later, I’m about a hundred pages into...
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Bird on a Limb: My Facebook-Updated Family Tree
I was always a good kid, at least according to my Dad. I was quiet, introspective, always thinking and always creating. Even as far back as before my mother died, while the grown-ups were talking...
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Top Eight Movies I Saw in Theaters in 2011 (Because I Only Saw Eight Movies...
As many of my closer friends on Facebook and those who follow me on Twitter probably know, I spent the bulk of 2011 writing, teaching, and doing research for my second feature-length screenplay Caput....
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Riding the Writer’s Road: Three Lessons Learned in Three Months of Writing
Today marks the beginning of my fourth month writing The Tao of Crowdfunding for Filmmakers, and on May 1st I should have a complete manuscript ready to turn in to the editors at Michael Wiese...
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From Auteur to Author, Part 2: Crowdfunding for Filmmakers Arrives on Amazon
After six months of writing like a rock star, including one complete rewrite and two full revisions, plus another two rounds of copyediting with an editor, and most recently an in-depth review of its...
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Five Too Few: Dynamo 5 and the Legacy in Need of a Renaissance
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved superhero comics. And yes, I’m talking mostly about the mainstreamers –– Batman and Robin, Green Arrow, Superman, and Wonder Woman. I also have a pretty strong...
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From Auteur to Author, Part 3: Crowdfunding for Filmmakers Comes Full Circle
The circle is now complete –– I’m officially an author! On Saturday, April 6th, I had my first-ever book signing for Crowdfunding for Filmmakers: The Way to a Successful Film Campaign, published by...
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A Tale of Two Cons, Part One: Comic-Con International, San Diego
Some of you may have realized that I haven’t written a new blog post in about two months. Believe me, it’s not that I’d forgotten or because I’ve given up the writer’s Way… Read More →
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Goals Versus Commitment in Crowdfunding for Indie Film
The other day, my girlfriend Marinell told me about an interview she read in The New York Times with Hugh Martin on “The Importance of Commitments.” I took a gander at this interview… Read More →
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Linklatering Perfekt, Plus Five Lessons to Perfect Your Filmmaking
Yesterday morning, my body instinctively woke me up at 6AM, which would normally be 7AM, but due to daylight savings time it was an hour earlier. And as I lay in my bed,… Read More →
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What Exactly Is a “Hipster Noir,” You Ask?
Well, I’m happy to report that I’m finally able to tell you all what exactly a “hipster noir” is, now that I’ve finished the brief synopsis of my very first supernatural, metaphysical mystery novel....
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This is What a “Hipster Noir” Novel Will Look Like
So I’ve written a novel. So what? The question that perturbs me day and night is this: Can I actually be writing a novel without being an avid reader of novels? Well, the answer I’ve come up with is...
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Calling All Trigonauts! (‘Cause “Trigonaut” Sounds Cooler Than “Intern”)
The time has come for expansion, and I cannot do it alone! As many of you probably know, I’ve been putting out crowdfunding advice for filmmakers and various other content creators and storymakers for...
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Hitting The Writer’s Block (And Breaking Right On Through It)
In all my nearly twenty years as a poet and writer, I’ve never believed in writer’s block. And this isn’t a piece expounding on how I suddenly found myself staring into the blank Microsoft Word...
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