Just Stop: Book Proposal Pet Peeves
Make it easy for agents and publishers. Give them the information they need to decide whether they want to take the next step with you and your book.
'That's Not How I Did It', and Other Fake Advice for Screenwriters & More
Let's play a game of make-believe. You're an up-and-coming golfer. You scrape up enough money to buy some golf clubs, as that is
A Wishlist Before A.I. Obliterates Hollywood
No wonder A.I. might want to destroy us all. If the arts are this screwed up, why wait for the rest of the world to follow?
When Will the Horror Train End?
What we fear continues to change and evolve based on the times we’re living in.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
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.
Dear Max: Short Stories, LGBTQ+, Unrepresented Authors
... guide me to a publisher who wants to sell to the majority of the population. Max has thoughts.
