The denizens sent from Hell to torment the living don’t have horns, bat wings and they certainly don’t fucking sparkle. They prey on humans in a much more clandestine manner. On a demon spawn’s 1,057th birthday she goes out on the Las Vegas city strip. Ready to hunt for men. Literally dressed to kill.
Thank you Dark Dossier Magazine for publishing my short, spooky story, “1,057th Birthday.”
When a race of galactic alien conquerors can no longer use slave labor, they try out the human concept of unpaid internships. Check out my short sci-fi piece in Cough Syrup magazine. A magazine for short, experimental, trippy fiction.
Below are the top ten books from Best Books on Writing – Recommendations from 36 articles, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and 53 others. (Read This Twice).
TOP TEN BOOKS ON WRITING
(Sorted by most recommended)
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
On Writing Well by William Zinsser
Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need by Blake Snyder
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass
Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell
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The new Dune movie (based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 “Dune”) is slated to come out December 18th, 2020.
So SOMETHING good will happen in 2020.
Denis Villeneuve is the director. He also directed Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival.
The movie will have big name actors such as Jason Momoa and Oscar Isaac.
READ MORE BELOW:
Dune 2020 Characters Cast Plot Explained (Polygon)
3 Reasons Why Dune 2020 is Nothing Like Other Dunes (Inverse)
Dune (IMDb)
Check it out!
HBO released a free episode of “Raised by Wolves” on YouTube.
Probably to get you addicted and make you buy HBO.
This is their crack sample. ;-D
What would it be like if a society had “citizen scores” in addition to “credit scores?” The government develops a number to evaluate their judgement of your character as a person. This number governs every aspect of your life.
I decided to write a short cyberpunk story about a fictional society that is run by citizen scores and apps. It got published in The Weird and Whatnot Magazine.
What is #PitMad you may ask?
#PitMad is the original twitter pitch event, where writers tweet a 280-character pitch for their completed, polished, unpublished manuscripts. Agents and editors make requests by liking/favoriting the tweeted pitch.
I’ll include the description from pitchwars.
“Every unagented writer is welcome to pitch. All genres/categories are welcomed.
#PitMad occurs quarterly. Upcoming dates are:
Don’t favorite friends’ tweets. The agents will be requesting by favoriting tweets, and more favorites can make it hard for those with requests to see all of their faves/likes. RT or Quote-RT to show your support. Do NOT use the hashtag when quote RTing – Keep the hashtag clean so agents can navigate it easily.
Be respectful and courteous to each other, and especially to the industry professionals. If you do see abuse, please report it to Twitter or notify one of the hosts of the event.
Thank you for your interest, and happy pitching!”
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It’s hard being a 1,057-year-old demon spawn who absorbs life essences, especially when working at the office. Read my 100-word flash fiction about it here, at The World of Myth Magazine.
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A while ago I wrote some techno songs. I don’t really care what happens to them. So, if you want to use them for some video, or video game, or creative project you’re making, go for it. You can use them for free. I’d prefer credit, but I don’t really care.
If there’s one thing you should know about fans of the Avatar series, it’s that they really, really, really love Avatar. And why wouldn’t they? The show was amazing. Even the sequel show—The Legend of Korra—was really well done. Both the original and Legend of Korra had great writing, great characters, great dialogue, and fantastic world-building that was a unique mix of Chinese, Tibetan and Inuit culture.
Avatar fans were thrilled when they heard that the original Avatar franchise creators (Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko) were involved in making a live-action show on Netflix.
However, Avatar’s original creators now say that there were too many creative differences with Netflix. And unfortunately, DiMartino and Konietzko have walked away from the project.
“When Netflix brought me on board to run this series alongside Mike two years ago,” Konietzko wrote in his Instagram post, “they made a very public promise to support our vision. Unfortunately, there was no follow-through on that promise. … [T]he general handling of the project created what I felt was a negative and unsupportive environment (Vox).”
“I realized I couldn’t control the creative direction of the series, but I could control how I responded,” DiMartino added on his own website. “So, I chose to leave the project (Vox).”
Netflix responded in an emailed statement, noting that the production would continue with Nickelodeon still attached. “We have complete respect and admiration for Michael and Bryan and the story that they created in the Avatar animated series. Although they have chosen to depart the live-action project, we are confident in the creative team and their adaptation (Vox).”
So…Netflix is committed to making the live-action Avatar WITHOUT the show’s original creators?
I’m not sure how that’ll go. I guess we shall see.
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Netflix soured the live-action remake of Avatar: The Last Airbender, its showrunners say (Vox)
‘The Last Airbender’ Creators Exit Netflix’s Live-Action Adaptation (Indie Wire)
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Creators Exit Netflix Live-Action Adaptation (Variety)
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