These film lists grow out of the traditional year-end motivations, but also from finally keeping a film journal since this summer. I’ve said I was going to do this for years, but now that I’m old enough to forget films I’ve seen, and along with the business of working and raising kids, it’s practical now. … Continue reading The End of the Year in Viewing
Jason and I discuss writing and digesting our entertainment and art intake. I get so emotional talking about Ray Harryhausen I can’t say anything intelligent. Then again that may not be much of a change. The Outrider Podcast is available on Podbean, iTunes and Stitcher. You can also listen at Jason’s website (http://jquinnmalott.com/index.html). Continue reading Shoptalk #2
I’m co-hosting a writing podcast with Jason Quinn Malott called The Laboratory. We are giving each other monthly writing prompts and then seeing what comes of them. I never studied creative writing formally, so the show gives me a chance to have conversations about process, creativity, blocks, culture, etc. that I haven’t been able to … Continue reading It’s not a trick, it’s an allusion.
Read Quinn’s post here. Listen to our first podcast in a series we call The Laboratory. Reading The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden About three years ago, I decided to read the Hebrew and Christian Bibles. I finished them and read the Pirkei Avot, Sefer Yetzirah and the official … Continue reading Catching-Up with Quinn #4
One of my partners in the Eunoia Solstice venture posted a “catch-up” entry that I enjoyed. Actually, I’ve always enjoyed Jason’s posts and I keep him in mind when I write for my own blog. I stole the structure of his post for my own, but don’t expect mine to be as intelligent or well-written. … Continue reading After Quinn: Catch Up#1
For years, I have celebrated Day of the Dead by writing “calaveras literarias.” Some people write poems for loved ones, but another tradition is to write humorous “tombstones.” I write the latter–or try to. I mostly try to make fun of myself for my students. This year’s is Bama-centric. I’m constantly asked about what team … Continue reading ¡calaveras!
If you’re interested, the other entries about this one-man horror film fest are here, here, and here. Click on the titles for trailers. Beware! The Blob (aka Son of the Blob) (1972) Hilariously awful “sequel” to the classic film. Directed by Larry “J.R. Ewing” Hagman. You’ll know within ten minutes if it’s a movie for you. … Continue reading flash merry the folk in masquerade or Halloween film fest pt. 4
I’ve been tagged for The Writing Process Blog Tour by John King. John hosts the writing podcast The Drunken Odyssey and I’ve written elsewhere about what the show and its mercurial host have meant to my writing life. I am now tasked to answer questions about my writing process and then tag three other writers to do the … Continue reading The Writing Process Blog Tour
This summer has been exhausting, but in mostly good ways. First, there’s potty training. ‘Nuff said. Second, our dog needs surgery and while we are thinking positive, it’s likely 50/50. We’ve got a little over a week until her surgery is scheduled. She may be blocked with diaper filling. We hope the mass in the … Continue reading roland who’s the jazzman in my mind
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