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Writer’s Block

Good morning, Rebels, and welcome back to my life. It’s been a busy, busy, busy few days slash week slash whatever. And one thing that’s been cool about it is I’ve been doing a LOT more video recently. I finished editing my first sketch for the We Make Movies channel, which you should totally go [...]

The Importance of an Email List

So today I want to talk about the importance of an email list. Now this is something that’s big in a LOT of artistic communities, but I rarely see it talked about in film, except for one time in a How We Make Movies recording (which is just an excellent example of why you should [...]

The Fault in Our Stars Review: Five Minute Books

If today’s book doesn’t make you cry, you can’t convince me you have a soul. This is Five Minute Books. Each week I alternate reviews between Amazon’s number one bestseller and independent books of my own choosing. This week I’m reviewing The Fault In Our Stars, a bestseller by John Green. Fear not, this review [...]

Your Life is Insignificant

(OR THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD. YOUR CHOICE.) For those who saw “Cosmos.” Fly an HD camera far enough beyond the edge of the known universe and point it back at us, somehow centered on Earth. Imagine this HD camera can see the entire known universe. Now take the center pixel of that [...]

Should We Judge the Past Differently?

Should we judge the past differently? When Meryl Streep presented Emma Thompson with an award at the National Board of Review Awards for Emma Thompson’s role in Saving Mr. Banks, Streep proceeded to slam Walt Disney for his tendency to be very sexist and very racist (spoiler alert: he was, if you weren’t already aware of [...]

Six-Pack for Sarah

I’ve lost something very special to me. As many of you know, I was a filmmaker before I was ever an author. Three years ago, I bought my FIRST filmmaking camera. It was beautiful. Finally I could shoot whenever and however I wanted to. No restrictions. Just me and my art. Like a lot of [...]

The Difference Between “Favorite” and “Best”

My favorite book of all time — all genres — anything — is The Lord of the Rings. My favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings. The Lord of the Rings is neither the best book nor the best film ever made. And too many people see a contradiction in those three sentences. [...]

The Beam Season One Review: Five Minute Books

Today’s sci-fi adventure predicts the future of both American politics and the Internet. Each week on my YouTube channel, I review books. I alternate between the number one best selling book on Amazon, and an independent title of my own choosing. For this week’s independent book review, I chose the science fiction book The Beam: [...]

How to Fail Women’s Day

Good morning, Rebels. As I write this (I schedule my blog posts in advance) it’s International Women’s Day here in Los Angeles. And I want to share an example of how to totally, totally screw up on that day. There’s a comedian named Jenny Collier who was scheduled to do a gig in a venue [...]

A Genre is Not a Franchise

A genre is not a franchise. It does not guarantee success like Hollywood seems to think it does. I’m referring specifically to Divergent, based on the book of the same name by Veronica Roth. I’m starting a new book review web show soon, and Divergent is going to be the first book that I review. [...]