The Business of Art

When Will the Horror Train End?

What we fear continues to change and evolve based on the times we’re living in.

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4 min read

Quit*

You decide you want to do a Thing. You want to be a Role. This could be Author, or Screenwriter, or Cartographer, it doesn't matter what it might be because you're going to do it, and it's going to bring you great joy.

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6 min read

Why the Heck Are You Still Not on LinkedIn?

You need visibility. You need relationships. You need people to know who you are and what you do.

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5 min read

Hard Truths You Probably Don’t Wanna Hear But Should: Special Author Edition

The worst story ideas are the ones that feel safe and familiar.

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2 min read

Writing for the Sale vs. Writing for Production

The problem isn't that writers dream big in this draft. The problem is most of them don't realize that a second, very different draft is coming.

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9 min read

If You Don't Build It, They Won't Come: Why Authors Need a Platform

Your platform is not just the number of followers you have. It is the collection of relationships, credibility, and visibility you have built around your expertise.

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3 min read

Writers Don't Pay. Writers Get Paid

It was 12 years of learning the craft. Of endless rejections. Of promises made and not kept. Of trusting the wrong people because I wanted it so badly. It was a long hard journey. Like every other screenwriter who’s seen success.

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4 min read

Breaking Through the Publishing Hype: The Case for Traditional Publishing

What good is having a book, when you are not proud of the product and/or no one ever sees it?

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Are Ads Ruining Our Entertainment?

It seems to me that with advertising coming on too strong these days across our leisure destinations, the task for advertisers should be to do less damage, be less offensive, and find savvier ways to pitch all of us.

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7 min read

The Movies Have ALWAYS Been This Way

Why is it that “going to the movies” has become such a massive hurdle that seems to confound and perplex everyone?

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3 min read

A.I. Needs a Reboot

That is a real challenge for everyone in the arts, let alone the world at large, as a rightfully suspicious public needs to be convinced that the great A.I. revolution is truly worth it.

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9 min read