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December 9, 2014
Screenwriting on a Chromebook Part 3
If all you want to do is pound out a screenplay, it seems like a $200 laptop should do the trick, right? That’s what makes screenwriting on a Chromebook such an alluring promise. The low cost Google based machines have pretty good keyboards and displays, and the processors are more than sufficient to handle typing. …
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December 7, 2014
Han Solo in Carbonite
Never know what you will run into at a toy show. I think this would look nice in my office.
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December 5, 2014
Want to buy a book?
Interested in reading some of my work? Visit my Amazon.com page.
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December 3, 2014
Military Simulations at I/ITSEC
I just spent the last several days at a training and simulation conference where companies try to sell (mostly) the military a variety of things to help them train their soldiers. It was the first time I’d ever been to an event like this and, to be honest, I was pretty blown away. The types …
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Military Research at I/ITSEC
I just spent the last several days at a training and simulation conference where companies try to sell (mostly) the military a variety of things to help them train their soldiers. It was the first time I’d ever been to an event like this and, to be honest, I was pretty blown away. The types …
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November 23, 2014
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
Just finished watching Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, an adaptation of the Chinese literary classic. The writer/director, Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer,) takes a very light hearted approach to the material though, and makes it a really engaging story in the process. Chen Xuanzang is an aspiring Buddhist monk traveling the land fighting demons …
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Google Nexus Player Review
Received my Nexus Player Friday and spent the weekend messing with it. My first take on it: the Nexus Player gets an F. Want to know why? Hardware Setup First let me say I probably had a unique experience as I’ve not seen anyone with a similar write-up, but unique or not, getting this box …
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November 21, 2014
Story plotting and writing poetry with Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is not the first app you would associate with creative writing, but it has become my go to app for thinking through story structure, composing poetry, and doing story outlining. This is how it started. I was working on a proposal that had four major characters, most of whom were not in the …
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November 20, 2014
A Hero’s Death Final Artwork
Mark Texeira delivered the final poster images for A Hero’s Death, our graphic novel. Now we just need to have the book lettered and laid out, then we are off to the presses.
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November 19, 2014
The Night Shapers by James Blish
My latest airplane reading was a relatively short book by James Blish. Most of his work is straight up sci-fi, but Night Shapers is quite a different work altogether. The book takes place in 1900-ish Africa, and posits what would things have been like if many of the primitive beliefs and powers of African witch-doctors …
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