Authors, Do You Resist the Idea of Being a Brand or Having a Brand for Your Books?

Authors, Do You Resist the Idea of Being a Brand or Having a Brand for Your Books?

What do you, as an author, promise your readers and customers? What are you promising a fan every time they pick up one of your books?

# Read # The Business of Art
5 min read

The Creative Partnership That Saved Our Marriage

The Creative Partnership That Saved Our Marriage

Every decision we had to make for our own careers became a fight, and every fight became a huge question of whether we were going in the same direction.

# Read # The Creative Mind
4 min read

This is How I Fangirl: I Wrote a Novel

This is How I Fangirl: I Wrote a Novel

But the way I see it, all fiction originates as fan fic in one way or another.

# Read # Style & Substance # The Creative Mind
4 min read

The New Heroes in Movies and TV Shows? Villains.

The New Heroes in Movies and TV Shows? Villains.

Getting a fractured audience’s attention is getting harder and harder.

# Read # Style & Substance
6 min read

Author & Screenwriter Katharyn Blair—The Burden of Glorious Purpose

Author & Screenwriter Katharyn Blair—The Burden of Glorious Purpose

“Write something you care about, then find out why afterwards.”

# Read # Interviews
9 min read

Tinsel Town Tales (from Schlubby Bumpkins*)

Tinsel Town Tales (from Schlubby Bumpkins*)

The Pipeline staff was beyond supportive in my quest to produce a readable screenplay. They were encouraging but pushed me to produce something worth filming. It took about 50 drafts, but I got there with their help. My screenplay was born!

# Read # Breaking In
7 min read

Below the Line: Makeup Artist Nicki Ledermann

Below the Line: Makeup Artist Nicki Ledermann

You can be the best makeup artist in the world, but if you don't get along with people and can't read the trailer, the room, the atmosphere, the actor … If you don't have that, then you will never make it in the film business.

# Read # Interviews
12 min read

Are Awards Shows Ruining Show Business

Are Awards Shows Ruining Show Business

I’m all for pushing envelopes, but should cringe be a part of awards show comedy?

# Read # The Business of Art
5 min read

The Fantastic Two: An Interview with Screenwriters Ian Springer & Jeff Kaplan

The Fantastic Two: An Interview with Screenwriters Ian Springer & Jeff Kaplan

... desperation can kick in—you chase “what’s popular” rather than staying true to your creative vision.

# Read # Interviews # Breaking In
18 min read

The Queue: 366 Movies I Haven’t Seen Because I’ve Been Busy Doing Other Things—Part I (January 2024)

The Queue: 366 Movies I Haven’t Seen Because I’ve Been Busy Doing Other Things—Part I (January 2024)

No joke, I think this has the most cigarettes I’ve ever seen in a movie.

# Read # Reviews
6 min read

Shoot the Moon

Shoot the Moon

... and dammit if I wasn't completely blown away. By the time I turned the final page, I'd quasi fallen in love with the freaking thing.‌

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8 min read

Tale of a Redwood Spoon

Tale of a Redwood Spoon

This is how I will heal what two years in L.A. have done to me.

# Read # The Creative Mind
6 min read

Why Creative Pursuits are Worthy Work

Why Creative Pursuits are Worthy Work

... if we’re not doing the thing that makes us tick, are we really living to our potential and sending the right message to those that might be watching and emulating?

# Read # The Creative Mind
4 min read

Raiders of the Lost Art: An Argument for Dialogue-Driven Set Pieces

Raiders of the Lost Art: An Argument for Dialogue-Driven Set Pieces

... well-rendered and delivered dialogue can surprise and turn a story on its head in ways that action scenes only very rarely can ...

# Read # Style & Substance
11 min read

The Trials of Post-Production: An Indie Filmmaker’s Dilemma, Part 1

The Trials of Post-Production: An Indie Filmmaker’s Dilemma, Part 1

"... we went this far, let's not leave anything unturned."

# Read # Independent
9 min read
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