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Beautiful Desolation | Beautiful Desolation

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Oct.09.2012
I was thrilled to get a chance to finally see Bob Dylan in concert.  I own at least ten of his albums and have long admired his apocalyptic visions and rebel spirit. I forgave him his bad movies, the awfulness of his one foray into fiction (the woeful TARANTULA)...but last night, I came face...
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Sep.16.2011
After long hours spent shooting and editing a rather daunting amount of footage, I have now completed my latest cinematic effort, a short film titled "Beautiful Desolation". I cannot offer enough thanks to my wife, Sherron, and my youngest son Sam, who talked me through the process and helped me...
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Sep.06.2009
My muse is a pretty eclectic gal. She likes EVERYTHING.  Over the course of the past 25 years, I've written short stories, novels, poetry, prose poems, song lyrics, radio drama, stage plays, screenplays, reviews, essays, rants and just about anything else you can name--except haikus and limericks...
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Oct.10.2008
Just posted an essay re: my contempt for such ventures as National Novel Writing Month on my blog. This one is guaranteed to provoke shrieks of outrage from the wannabes who wait with bated breath for each November to roll around so they can play at being writers. Ladies and gentlemen:  for...