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Michael Lortz

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Michael Lortz received his BA in Creative Writing from Florida State University. After getting a day job in the defense industry, he started writing about sports and music in his spare time on his personal blog. He has now written for many of the most popular baseball sites and covered music for local news media.

His writing and research has been quoted in USAToday, on ESPN.com, and at local county commissioner meetings.

Michael lives in Tampa, Florida and Curveball at the Crossroads is his first novel. He is working on his second novel.

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Making Beast Mode with Joel D Wynkoop

 

A few months ago, I reviewed Sharknado starring Joel D Wynkoop. Joel is known as the "King of the B Movies" and lives near Tampa. I've been following him on social media for years.

When he posted on facebook that he was looking for people to be in his latest film "Beast Mode", I answered the call. Keep in mind, I don't have much acting experience. As a matter of fact, my IMDB page only lists m

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