What Does Fiction Owe Real Life? 2 Ways Of Writing About Emotional Reality
It was an orange jump suit that got me thinking about the relationship of art to reality. I know a strange connection to make but often...
3 Easy Things To Do To Become a Successful Screenwriter
In his book, the Outliers, Malcom Gladwell famously wrote that to master any skill you need to practice it for 10,000 hours. Gladwell...
4 Essential Elements to Making Money Blogging
1. Be a Kick Ass Writer. Excuse me for swearing but it’s the truth. It may seem like an obvious assessment but it’s funny how sometimes...
Why We Should Ignore Blogs
Okay, I was wrong. . . a little. After I resisted my initial urge to take a sledge hammer to my commuter (Office Space style) I have...
Are We in Another Era of Yellow Journalism?
I’ve always liked scary books – stuff from the imagination of Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Thomas Harris. But the most recent book was...
5 Reasons You Need to Use Content Marketing Today
I don’t care who you are or what you do, you need to use content marketing and you need to start now. You may think you don’t need to...
Daft Punk has Some Good Advice About Writing
Quality writing is now more important than ever before in human history. It seems like a counter intuitive thing to say – what with...
Why We Need Publicaly Funded Media
Getting back from a 3-week vacation in England, I realized the BBC is still a very recognizable and influential radio and television...
How I learned Friends are better than Marketing and Money
When I first announced on Twitter that I was going to edit an anthology called Amazing Adventure Stories, I didn’t really know what I...
Journalists Are Now Targets
If you have been following what’s going on in the Ukraine at all, you’ll know that journalists are increasingly being used as pawns in...
