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The Importance of Googling...
So today, I'm finally on the mend from a rather nasty stomach bug that crept in after a trip to Chuck E. Cheese (or, as I like to call it "the Cafebacteria") for my youngest son's 3rd birthday on Tuesday. Despite my rigorous decontamination procedures, I still got nailed. Go figure ( Read more... ) -
Meetings, meetings, meetings
Next week promises to be a busy one around BIG THING A. Here's hoping it starts off with a bang. A big bang. In writing news, I'm halfway through my next novel. I'm also writing a Lawson script and fine-tuning some other work ( Read more... ) -
Amazon Reviews & Google
I like to check Amazon every week or so and see how my latest books are selling, if anyone has written a new review, and generally surf the site for anything interesting. This morning, I was checking in to see how Rogue Angel: Warrior Spirit is doing. WS is the first installment I was hired to write for the series and it came out in November of ' ( Read more... ) -
Miami Vice
Getting out to see new movies can be difficult given that I've got two young dudes running around. I'm therefore relegated to seeing new flicks when they get to cable. Such was the case last night when I finally got a chance to sit down after everyone had gone to sleep to see Miami Vice. A couple of caveats before I get into the review ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on the Writers Strike
They caved. In the end, the fact is, it's a crap deal. The strike achieved nothing except to demonstrate how utterly moronic the leadership at WGAw is for accepting a deal like that. 17 days of internet TV before the writers get paid? Who thought that was a good deal? And what about the animation and reality TV writers? They got sold out ( Read more... ) -
Grunt
I stayed away from training last night, preferring to rest my foot some more. Earlier today, we took the boys bowling and that was a bit of a test for my foot as well. It's sore now, the result of putting weight on the outside edge when I bowled. Also, I discovered that I really suck at candlepin. My six year old kicked my butt and my three ( Read more... ) -
Ouch
So, I'm still limping around the house. Last Friday at martial arts class I was doing a throw, rolled my foot and took my weight and the body weight of my training partner on to one of my metatarsals in the left foot. Not good. Hurt like hell but a trip to the doc's on Saturday confirmed it wasn't broken (thankfully, since that's a 6-8 week ( Read more... ) -
Cloverfield
Loved it ( Read more... ) -
Out & About
I'm out of town taking a few meetings again. Sometimes it seems like I do that more than actually write, but then this is a part of the business and a necessary part at that. It's simply not enough to "just" write anymore and given the integration of content across a broad spectrum of multimedia platforms, writers in the new millennium must be ( Read more... ) -
A Review & Update
First the review: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was one of those much-heard-about shows that I had little optimism for. After T3, which bored me to tears, I pretty much gave up hope on a franchise that for me, was great in terms of the original and T2. However, it being Sunday night and me being in a good mood after the most loathsome ( Read more... )