As you may have realized I’ve been a tad absent from updating here. That’s largely due to my launching of my new multimedia company, PadWorx Digital Media Inc. So, we released our first title, “Dracula: The Official Stoker Family Edition” on Wednesday, October 20 (by coincidence, Bela Lugosi’s birthday). On Thursday we got knocked out… Continue reading “Dracula: The Official Stoker Family Edition” Crowned ‘App of the Week’…and Why You Should Care
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Passion & The Business of Writing
I’m often asked by writers how much passion they should have about what they are writing. Are they selling out by writing something they think will sell, rather than something they they feel more strongly about but is possibly less commercial? The bottom line is that one always needs a certain amount of passion when… Continue reading Passion & The Business of Writing
Blake Snyder: R.I.P.
Blake Snyder passed away this morning from cardiac arrest at the age of 51. Without ever having met Blake, his trajectory and mine crisscrossed and paralleled each for the last 20 years or so. Having just signed a deal with Blake’s publisher for my upcoming book, I was looking forward to the chance of meeting… Continue reading Blake Snyder: R.I.P.
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
So, I was halfway through watching TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN in a theater in Toronto when my wife called me. My father-in-law, who had been ill, was not doing well and she really wanted to leave for Los Angeles to see him. RIGHT…NOW! Sensing the urgency in her voice, I left the theater in… Continue reading TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
Even Their Trailers are Brilliant!
When you have (virtually) unlimited resources, time, and creativity, you can do some pretty remarkable things. Case in point…PIXAR. I haven’t seen UP yet (though the estimable Dan Pilditch has and raves about it) but by all accounts it’s a great achievement. And then to top that off, PIXAR released the teaser trailer for TOY… Continue reading Even Their Trailers are Brilliant!