A couple of days ago, our friend Karl tipped us to the fact that Neal Stephenson would be in Portland next week, at a ticketed author event promoting his new book, Anathem. I, of course, immediately went to buy tickets…
Category: writing
Sitcom Room, etc.
Today, I registered for Ken Levine’s Sitcom Room, wherein I will spend 33 hours in a hotel with 19 other TV writer wannabes, working in a team of 5 to rewrite and improve a comedy scene. That happens one week…
Blog Proliferation
Yes, I am now on MySpace. When you’re done weeping, please add me as your friend. Confused about where to read my stuff? Not to fret. All my blogs are always available in a single Yahoo! Pipe, which you can…
Punchline of the Week
From a professional CPA’s web page detailing Court Cases Regarding Hobbies and/or Businesses–specifically, what income tax deductions the IRS will allow: WRITING WINNER WHILE LOSING: Taxpayer was not allowed to deduct some of his “research expenses” relating to his writing…
Quote of the Temporal Period
From today’s edition of The Writer’s Almanac: “Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.” — Ray Bradbury D and I had the privilege of seeing the man himself on stage…
Happy Birthday H.P.
On this day in 1890, Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born. It’s probably safe to say that his family had no idea he would go on to write such freaky-ass stories, though both of his parents ending up in sanitariums and…
One Time Loser
As expected: Dear Friend, I regret to inform you that your script was not selected as one of the 25 finalists in the NYTVF-Fox Comedy Script Contest. The decision tasked to our readers was a very difficult one, and unfortunately…
Now I Have a LiveJournal Ho Ho Ho
I don’t actually plan to post much over there, but I’ve updated my Yahoo! Pipe to include all three of my blogs now: this one, the LiveJournal, and Travels With Our Cats. I plan to start another ongoing blog in…
Hancock and the Golden Wall-E
Yes indeedy, the summer movie season is here, and with it we have a spate of films that are overstuffed with special effects, action set pieces, and–somewhat surprisingly–story. But this is not necessarily a good thing. The last three movies…