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September 24, 2010
Harbor Moon - The Book Trailer
In doing all my press and follow-ups and interviews and sending the book out and updating Facebook/Twitter/Website and making deals for digital publication... I lost sight of something that should have been done before Comic-con - A trailer for the book.
Book trailers are becoming more and more popular, and as a result more and more common. So it has now become one of the many things on my list of to do's. I can probably cut it myself, but would rather a new set of eyes on it. Anyone with a...
Book trailers are becoming more and more popular, and as a result more and more common. So it has now become one of the many things on my list of to do's. I can probably cut it myself, but would rather a new set of eyes on it. Anyone with a...
Good TV
I have to start by saying I'm not a television person. Or at least I don't believe I am. I watch PTI every day, but other than that the shows I catch regularly are few and far between.
Friday Night Lights. The Ultimate Fighter. Jersey Shore (only because of The Situation - every line out of his mouth is a classic). Dexter. Weeds. Modern Family. Community. Eastbound & Down.
Okay, so as you can see my list is long, and getting longer. I recently got into the new FX show Terriers. It's ...
Friday Night Lights. The Ultimate Fighter. Jersey Shore (only because of The Situation - every line out of his mouth is a classic). Dexter. Weeds. Modern Family. Community. Eastbound & Down.
Okay, so as you can see my list is long, and getting longer. I recently got into the new FX show Terriers. It's ...
Film Review: 44-Inch Chest
I was watching this as I edited down the script for Chasing Rabbits. Good thing I was busy, because otherwise I would have stopped this 30 minutes in.
An amazing cast, who are all great - it is just that the script is so bad it was hard to sit through. The writers are obviously in love with their own dialogue and nothing actually happens in this film.
An amazing cast, who are all great - it is just that the script is so bad it was hard to sit through. The writers are obviously in love with their own dialogue and nothing actually happens in this film.
September 22, 2010
Chasing Rabbits Cover by Pawel
Okay, so this is only a sketch, but I wanted to post it so everyone can see the first image of what will be the cover for the book.
It is being done by Pawel Sambor, the amazingly talented artist from Harbor Moon. Don't trust me, there are plenty of reviews out there that back that statement up.
And Chase has started Character Designs on the book just last night. There are over 50 characters in this one. Good thing he's as excited as I am, which is an amazing feeling.
It is being done by Pawel Sambor, the amazingly talented artist from Harbor Moon. Don't trust me, there are plenty of reviews out there that back that statement up.
And Chase has started Character Designs on the book just last night. There are over 50 characters in this one. Good thing he's as excited as I am, which is an amazing feeling.
September 18, 2010
35 Movie Minutes Title Design
Anna Mancheva has once again come through and designed an awesome looking title for another project, my weekly podcast 35 Movie Minutes. In fact, she did such a good job I couldn't decide and we finished two versions.
Rob is working out some kinks on the tech side, but we should be doing a dry run within the next week or two. Then it is full steam ahead. Anna is also going to be designing the 35 Movie Minute website shortly, and I can't wait for that to be up and running. She'll also be de...
Rob is working out some kinks on the tech side, but we should be doing a dry run within the next week or two. Then it is full steam ahead. Anna is also going to be designing the 35 Movie Minute website shortly, and I can't wait for that to be up and running. She'll also be de...
September 15, 2010
Chasing Rabbits Finds an Artist
I'm beyond pumped to announce that Chase Osborne is coming onboard my graphic novel Chasing Rabbits. Easily the biggest book I've tackled, I also think it represents the best script I've ever written.
Whereas Harbor Moon came in at 144 pages, Chasing Rabbits will be closer to 225 pages. Right now the plan is to have Chase draw and ink the book with Pawel coloring. Chase's coloring is pretty absurd too and things could change... stay tuned.
Chase is an awesome artist and the second I saw his s...
Whereas Harbor Moon came in at 144 pages, Chasing Rabbits will be closer to 225 pages. Right now the plan is to have Chase draw and ink the book with Pawel coloring. Chase's coloring is pretty absurd too and things could change... stay tuned.
Chase is an awesome artist and the second I saw his s...
September 14, 2010
Harbor Moon on Amazon
I was searching twitter for mentions of
Harbor Moon
and found some guy posting a link to the Harbor Moon Amazon.com page.
This was news to me. I have no idea who actually posted the page, maybe Amazon? The page had only me and Pawel listed as authors, with a release date of February 15, 2011. With no synopsis, no pictures, etc... I spent yesterday updating the page with all the relevant information. Along with blurbs from our current reviews.
It is pretty awesome that we're on Amazon thou...
This was news to me. I have no idea who actually posted the page, maybe Amazon? The page had only me and Pawel listed as authors, with a release date of February 15, 2011. With no synopsis, no pictures, etc... I spent yesterday updating the page with all the relevant information. Along with blurbs from our current reviews.
It is pretty awesome that we're on Amazon thou...
September 6, 2010
Coming Out of the Haze...
Finally starting to feel normal again. Still coughing, but I'm ready to rock. Now if my sharp elbow pain would go away, I'd be ready to get down.
Although it was a week without a paycheck, I did get a lot of work done on my projects. Mostly clearing my desk of bullshit paperwork I've been putting off. Tax stuff from closed LLC's in California, filing info for new LLC's in NY, medical documents, filing (I'm big into putting everything into binders), and doing a lot of artist research.
I hav...
Although it was a week without a paycheck, I did get a lot of work done on my projects. Mostly clearing my desk of bullshit paperwork I've been putting off. Tax stuff from closed LLC's in California, filing info for new LLC's in NY, medical documents, filing (I'm big into putting everything into binders), and doing a lot of artist research.
I hav...
September 1, 2010
Being Sick During Summer SUCKS
I've been sick since last Thursday. It started off as being light headed with a sore throat and it kept getting worse. I went to the doctor yesterday (Tuesday) and I have a virus - so at least it isn't strep. Just means I have to wait it out/tough it out.
Hard to get anything done when you're sick. And when you don't have much money in your bank and your life relies on you being available to work it is hard. And makes you nervous.
But worse than that is that I'm stuck inside in the middle...
Hard to get anything done when you're sick. And when you don't have much money in your bank and your life relies on you being available to work it is hard. And makes you nervous.
But worse than that is that I'm stuck inside in the middle...
August 19, 2010
Movie Review: Hunger
Not something I saw in theaters, but I wanted to talk about it briefly. Directed by Steve McQueen (rough having to live in a legend's shadow - this guy might want to use a middle initial), this is an English film about Northern Ireland that was made in 2008.
It starts off somewhat slow and for the most part there are about 30 minutes of dialogue in the entire film - the majority coming from one scene - which plays in one long shot. Visually, the movie is striking. And Bobby Sands, although...
It starts off somewhat slow and for the most part there are about 30 minutes of dialogue in the entire film - the majority coming from one scene - which plays in one long shot. Visually, the movie is striking. And Bobby Sands, although...
