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Ten Bits of Advice Writers Should Stop Giving Aspiring Writers All writers (not just the aspiring ones) should read this post by Nick Mamatas. Moonbase Gingrich I’ve seen liberal and conservative politicians make pie-in-the-sky promises in the past, but this one comes the closest to actually being pie-in-the-sky. It’s already stupifying that Gingrich would promise [...]
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Anyone who’s looking for greater productivity / organization in 2012 may want to take a gander at these tools. I used to use Basecamp.com for project management, but frankly I found it to be a bit overpriced for what you get. Asana.com This is a very robust to-do-list-oriented project management tool. You can utilize it [...]
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Like a lot of folk, I’ve made New Year’s resolutions that … ultimately … amounted to nothing. One of the podcasts that I really enjoy listening to is the 5by5 Network’s “Back to Work” show featuring Dan Benjamin and Merlin Mann. The podcast focuses on “productivity, communication, work, barriers, constraints, tools, and more.” Episode 47, [...]
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… is about to end. This site will become active again in the near-ish future. Cheers, John
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In the opening scene of Cowboys & Aliens, outlaw Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig) snaps to consciousness in the arid Arizona desert beaten, wounded, dirty, with no memory, and a futuristic bracelet locked on his forearm. Savor this scene … because it’s the first and only intriguing part of the entire movie. Based on the 100-page [...]
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Given the glut of disappointing superhero movies in recent years, Captain America: The First Avenger is a refreshing, though by no means groundbreaking, diversion into a more nostalgic take on superheroes. This movie also deserves credit for its ability to stand alone, even though it is one of a series of “prequels” to the summer [...]
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My movie review of the geriatric action-adventure film, RED, is now online at Cinema Knife Fight. Just click here to give it a read.
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My movie review of THE TOWN (both starring and directed by Ben Affleck) went live at Cinemaknifefight.com last night at midnight. Just click here to give it a read.
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Check out friend, author, critic, and fellow aging punk’s writing class at Grub Street in Boston, MA. Noted fiction editor, Stoker and International Horror Guild Award-winner, crime and SF writer Michael Marano will be offering a new class this fall on “Writing the Smart Page-Turner” at Grub Street, Inc., a non-profit creative writing center dedicated [...]
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Originally published at Cinemaknifefight.com. One of the earliest revelations you’ll have while watching the first 10 to 15 minutes of THE LOSERS (PG-13) is that the movie’s title refers to the audience and not anyone in the film. Directed by Sylvain White, this hollow action-adventure movie adapts the Vertigo Comics series written by Andy Diggle [...]
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