Just made it under the wire, but I get to credit myself the completion of the first draft of a major project for the month of May. As I noted back in this post, I have first drafts of major
Today’s reading
The new issue of A Few Lines magazine has officially dropped, featuring art, poetry, and my short story “How to Be Depressed in the Sunshine”. The draft they published is significantly-upgraded from the first draft; it was rejected a lot
Today’s Problem
Sometimes, you’ve re-written a scene so many times that it has become this galumphing Frankenstein’s Monster of a scene bolted together from fragments you cut-and-paste from so many different script drafts that absolutely all the flow is gone. But you’re
Stuff to read
The new issue of the sci-fi/fantasy/slipstream magazine Silver Blade is now live on-line, featuring my short story Homam, the Very Helpful Genie.
MOVIE REVIEW – Zombie Dawn
Zombie Dawn Directors: Cristian Toledo & Lucio A. Rojas Writers: Story by Cristian Toledo & Lucio A. Rojas and Alex Hurtado, Screenplay by Cristian Toledo & Lucio A. Rojas Producers: Cristian Toledo & Lucio A. Rojas Stars: Cristian Ramos, Guillermo
The title means what it means
Adam and I agree that the true measure of a horror movie is not whether it makes you jump or freaks you out, but whether it changes your brain in a long-lasting way. I stand by the fact that the
On the perennial necessity of wimps
I had just finished performing a matinee and had a block of time before I was to meet a friend for dinner and watch an evening play. So I dropped by a nearby gym to sit in the whirlpool and
Little did he know what awaited him
Have to renew my passport. Check out this hairy 20-year-old adventurer:
Can chess men have flashbacks?
I had a great, long dinner with my producer friend on 7 Red last night, as we tried to break the new climax and ending our director is seeking. It’s not too much change in terms of story, but an