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Apr.26.2013
When the last of my filmmaking buddies left for Los Angeles I was lost. I realized I had a choice. 1). I could mope--which I did for about three weeks. 2). I could start all over making new connections--which is fun but time-consuming. 3). I could become a one-woman...
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Dec.04.2012
Photo: The Tree of Life movie poster, from it's Wikipedia site. (See this film. Roger Ebert, in this year's Sight & Sound poll, said it's one of the ten best ever made, world-wide.)
I must be a movie lover (technically called a cinephile) because:
1. I sit...
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Dec.03.2012
I wish I was announcing this for The Empyrical Tales, but sadly I'm not. I am, however, happy to say that another author friend has a movie in the works!Keith Rommel asks:
How often do you get a look at an independent writer's work being considered for a movie in California? The name of the novel...
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Oct.21.2012
A few minutes ago I was chatting on the phone with my best friend welcoming him home from his latest trip to the UK. Edinburgh is all torn up. York is attempting to rise above this year’s high tides and pelting rains. Railroad tracks everywhere are torn up. Parts of London...
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Jul.18.2012
On July 14, 2012, I read my poems at a Tribute to Barbara Gensler, my favorite high school teacher. She was retiring from teaching English and directing dramas at Shorewood High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after 47 years. Alumni of Shorewood High School came from all over the world...
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Mar.24.2012
photo: Poster, from the movie's Wikipedia page
I wanted to see the Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director, and I knew I had to see it fast before it left the theatre, as this is in the theatre now only because of its Oscar wins. I can't comment...
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Mar.23.2012
Samhain has a new horror line. Come drop by http://www.gabriellahewitt.com/blog/ to check out the interviews with Acquiring Editor, Don D'Auria and Bram Stoker Nominee and Award Winning Author/ Director, Frazier Lee. Learn more about the genre and what it takes to be picked up by an editor who...
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May.22.2011
Lately I've become more aware of something that has been true for many years. It's about how I dream.
In my dreams, I am often two places at once. I am a character, or at least sharing the consciousness of a character to some degree; and at the same time, I am observing, screenwriting, directing...
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Mar.18.2011
Ready for an Adverse Reactionby Jan Gregor Václav Havel prepares for the release of Leaving, the 74-year-old former president's debut as film director
Former President Václav Havel has turned his dream of making a movie into reality. At the age of 74, he has filmed an adaptation of his...
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Mar.15.2011
Vaclav Havel
Vaclav Havel's celluloid dream comes true
By Jan Marchal (AFP) – 15 hours ago
PRAGUE — Czech freedom icon and ex-president Vaclav Havel has made his dream of celluloid come true with "Leaving", his debut film focused on the ups and downs of a politician ending his...
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