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Category Archives: comics
Author’s Afternoon
Giving a first-ever public talk on your book is an experience not totally unlike being present at your child’s birth and getting asked to cut the chord. How do you know you won’t hurt the baby? Sure, they tell you … Continue reading
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Tagged #author, #booktalk, #DavidMorrell, #promotion, #RichardPrice, writing
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On Writing: Embracing Your Genre
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy right across the Hudson River, I took a screenwriting course that offered up sage cliches, formatting rules, and pacing maxims that collective attempted to pass themselves off as innovative screenwriting vision. Despite … Continue reading
Posted in America, comics, digital publishing, ebook publishing, fiction, film, independent publishing, pop culture, self-publishing, teaching, writing
Tagged #EddieVanHalen, #ElmoreLeonard, #EricClapton, #genre, #Hemingway, #HunterSThompson, #JamesPatterson, #JKRowling, #StephenKing, writing
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On Writing: What to Do When You’re Overwhelmed
Morning comes in the middle of the night way too often for me these days, and I know why. I’m overwhelmed. This morning, my “To Do” list included grading 150 college app essays, 40 reaction papers, 100 timed essays, answer … Continue reading
Posted in America, comics, digital publishing, ebook publishing, fiction, film, independent publishing, pop culture, self-publishing, teaching, wife
Tagged #overwhelmed, #productivity, #time-management, writing
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On Writing: The Less He Writes, The More Elmore Leonard Teaches
Don’t let the blog headline fool you, Elmore Leonard writes all the time. He just doesn’t write anything “people tend to skip.” The result as been a career of tight, lively, fast-paced novels that have entertained for decades. Elmore Leonard … Continue reading
Posted in America, comics, digital publishing, ebook publishing, fiction, film, independent publishing, pop culture, self-publishing, teaching, writing
Tagged #Butch, #crime fiction, #dialogue, #ElmoreLeonard, #gangsters, #novels, writing
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On Writing: Learning from The Big Boys – Stan Lee
I am starting a series of blogs recounting lessons I’ve learned from big time writers. Since the mega-blockbuster film “Marvel’s The Avengers” returns to theaters this weekend to end the summer like we began it, I am going to start … Continue reading
Posted in America, comics, digital publishing, ebook publishing, fiction, film, independent publishing, kids, love, pop culture, self-publishing, super-heroes, teaching, teenagers
Tagged #Avengers, #BlackWidow, #CaptainAmerica, #enthusiasm, #Hawkeye, #Hulk, #IronMan, #Marvel, #StanLee, #Thor
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On Pop Culture: Who Warner Bros. Should Really Get to Direct Justice League
Warner Brothers came soooooooo close to solving their comic book movie credibility problem. And they still have a chance to get it right, with one phone call. This week Marvel announced Joss Whedon would be writing and directing Avengers II … Continue reading
Posted in America, comics, fiction, film, pop culture, super-heroes, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged #Affleck, #Avengers, #Batman, #BenAffleck, #BrianMichaelBendis, #BruceTimm, #comics, #DC, #DCmovies, #film, #GeoffJohns, #Green Lantern, #JoeQuesada, #JusticeLeague, #JusticeLeaguefilm, #KevinSmith, #Marvel, #movies, #PaulDini, #Superman, #WarnerBros., #Whedon
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On Writing: Why Smartphones Are A Writer’s New Best Friend
I used to plan out and gather ideas for novels and screenplays on index cards. Great system. One idea per card. The lined side was for the idea, be it bits of dialogue, character, setting, or whatever else came to … Continue reading
Posted in comics, digital publishing, ebook publishing, fiction, film, independent publishing, pop culture, self-publishing, teaching, writing
Tagged #Android, #apps, #author, #iPhone, #journal, #notes, #outline, #productivity, #research, #smartphones, writing
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The Dark Knight Rises: Huge Plots Hole or Sharp Political Commentary?
Christopher Nolan’s superb The Dark Knight Rises has been simmering in my brain since watching the trilogy on July 19 and experiencing the final film at midnight, unaware of the tragedy unfolding in Aurora, Colorado. I have held back the … Continue reading
Posted in America, comics, fiction, film, politics, pop culture, super-heroes, teaching, writing
Tagged #Batman, #ChristianBale, #ChristopherNolan, #Democrats, #Obama, #politics, #Republican, #Romney, #TheDarkKnightRises
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