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August 16, 2014
London 2014: Day Three & Four – LonCon3
Ostensibly, the reason we were in London in the first place was to attend LonCon3, the World Science Fiction Convention for 2014. As reasons go, it’s not a bad one. Especially since I’m a dues paying active member of the Science Fiction Writer’s of America (SFWA) and make such little use of that it barely […]
London 2014: Day 3 & 4 – LonCon3
Ostensibly, the reason we were in London in the first place was to attend LonCon3, the World Science Fiction Convention for 2014. As reasons go, it’s not a bad one. Especially since I’m a dues paying active member of the Science Fiction Writer’s of America (SFWA) and make such little use of that it barely […]
August 14, 2014
London 2014: Day Two – Walking the walk, talking the talk…
Thursday started bright and early with breakfast at the hotel, which was kind of weird. Most hotels, if they offer breakfast, it’s usually a continental style, with pastries and coffee. Hostels often offer similar. This place had a kitchen so you could make what you wanted and offered up eggs, bread, cereal and some fruits. […]
August 13, 2014
London 2014: Day One – Getting there is half the fun
This trip actually started a few months ago when AAron and family couldn’t make it to LonCon3, the World Science Fiction convention, this year held in London. Since they couldn’t go, but had already gotten memberships, Rasa and I took them over and planned a tourist trip around the con. Of course, this wasn’t the only […]
August 12, 2014
“It doesn’t have to be good, it only has to be finished.”
Yesterday I did something I haven’t done in quite a while – I finished an original script (first draft) for a TV pilot. 60 pages written in 23 days, from starting the outline to typing “Fade Out.” In those 23 days, I wrote a total of 16,514 words – in addition to the script, I […]
August 3, 2014
The Stones of Anykščiai
A few days back, my friend Monika asked what my weekend plans were and if I wanted to go to Anykščiai, a village of about 12,000 people in the north midwest area of the country. Now, for those playing at home, Monika is a great friend and in the past we’ve done some great road trips like […]
August 1, 2014
What I did on The Assets
Remember last October when I filmed a tiny little scene for the ABC series The Assets? The show was supposed to air in January – in fact, my episode was supposed to air the week I got back to the States. Would have been fun to watch it with the family. Unfortunately, ABC decided to […]
DAVID • Think: Good Night
DAVID • Think: Good Night. This month I delve into something we all do every day… sleeping and dreaming. It was a fun piece to write, and the dream? It was real.
July 28, 2014
What’s good for actors (may also be good for writers)
Quora: What Are Some of the Telltale Signs of a Bad Actor?. There’s some great advice here for actors, both in your own performance or in watching/evaluating another’s performance. That said, as a writer, I think there’s an awful lot to be said for some of these observations. The ability to reveal yourself on the […]
July 25, 2014
Wet and Wild
On my birthday I got a gift certificate to go and spend a few hours at the Vichy Water Park in Vilnius and yesterday, we decided to go. Now, for me, water parks are a bit of a double edged sword. About 29 years ago (’85 or so), I was in Salt Lake City and […]
