"I make it a regular practice to reach for my pen & notebook immediately upon waking. The words that spill out establish a bridge between two otherwise disparate states."
~Peter Wortsman
Via Kenneth Atchity (Dreamworks Magazine)
A Haiku Writer’s Time: Learning from Kenneth Atchity by Michael Dylan Welch
"As Kenneth Atchity says in his introduction, “A writer, after all, is only a person who loves writing and believes in it strongly enough to want to do it well” (xiv). Isn’t that what all haiku writers are after, to do it well?"
First published in Frogpond 40:1, Winter 2017, pages 77 to 81. Originally written in October and November of 2016, with a few revisions since publication. For this essay, I read the original 1986 edition of the author’s book, but it was expanded in 1995 with an additional chapter and other revisions .
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Why The Meg is the most successful China-US co-production ever!
How giant shark movie he Meg, starring Li Bingbing and Jason Statham, became the highest grossing China-US co-production in history
Lead actors Jason Statham and Li Bingbing may lack chemistry, but it succeeds by treating the Chinese characters with as much dignity as the American ones.
So how did a movie dubbed “the thinking fan’s Sharknado” triumph against the odds?
Based on a 1997 book by Steve Alten, and starring Jason Statham and Li Bingbing, The Meg pits the crew of an underwater research facility against a 23-metre megalodon, a creature previously thought to be extinct.
Shades of Love Trailers - Lilac Dream, The Rose Café, Champagne For Two
"Shades of Love" (1987) Romance Series Created and Produced by Kenneth Atchity
LILAC DREAM (Dack Rambo, Susan Almgren) - A woman nurses a man back to health after finding him washed ashore on an island retreat. Even though she realizes he has amnesia, they fall in love and lead a blissful existence until his wife comes to claim him.
THE ROSE CAFE (Parker Stevenson, Linda Smith) - Courtney and her stifling fiancé open a restaurant called the Rose Café. When she becomes reacquainted with an old school chum named Josh, her fiancé dissolves the partnership in an act of jealousy and Courtney is left stranded until Josh comes to the rescue.
CHAMPAGNE FOR TWO (Nicholas Campbell, Kirsten Bishop) - Conflict between career and love is portrayed in this eighties film of self-absorption.
Shades of Love is a collection of romantic and dramatic made-for-television and direct-to-video films. The films paired well-known leading men with lesser known Canadian actresses. Aired in Canada and sold individually on VHS in North America, the Shades of Love film series was geared towards females who bought romance novels.
Michael Simpson Launches Ravenstone's Dirty, Dusty and Divine
Congratulations Michael A Simpson on the release of Ravenstone's Dirty Dusty and Divine launching today on more than 100 streaming and download sites, including Spotify, Amazon, iTunes, Pandora, Apple Music and Deezer.
The album, featuring Darryl Rhoades (drums), Jonny Hibbert (sax), Colin Agnew (percussion) and vocalist Alfreda Gerald, showcases the band’s eclectic influences with remixes of its songs dating to the early ’70s and new material that expands its rock roots.
Have a listen at the link below. https://ravenstone.hearnow.com/dirty-dusty-and-divine
Ravenstone was "the first major band" of the Athens music scene. "Before Widespread Panic, before the B-52s, before R.E.M. – there was Ravenstone, often called 'one of the godfathers of the Athens music scene.'"
~ The Red & Black newspaper (01/29/2009)
The album, featuring Darryl Rhoades (drums), Jonny Hibbert (sax), Colin Agnew (percussion) and vocalist Alfreda Gerald, showcases the band’s eclectic influences with remixes of its songs dating to the early ’70s and new material that expands its rock roots.
Have a listen at the link below. https://ravenstone.hearnow.com/dirty-dusty-and-divine
Dealing With Your Type C Creative Mind: Maintaining Your Creative Spark
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Ken Atchity's "Tell Your Story to the World & Sell It for Millions" Translated into Spanish to Google Play!
Through the expanding influence of the Internet and the corporatization of both publishing and entertainment, the process of getting your book to the big screen has gotten more complicated, more eccentric, and more exciting.
This little book aims to help you figure out how to get your story told on big screens or small.
Available on Google Play
Cuéntele su Historia al Mundo y Véndala por Millones, es un libro infaltable tanto para escritores como para guionistas. Posee todo aquello que no le dicen a uno mientras cursa una carrera relacionada con la creación literaria.
Pero no solamente son los meros datos de usos y costumbres de los mercados editoriales, también de los nuevos mercados y las posibilidades de una edición electrónica sin pasar por las casas editoriales. ¡Ni hablar de hacer que su historia esté "en forma" para la soñada posibilidad de que su libro se convierta en una película!
Pero no solamente son los meros datos de usos y costumbres de los mercados editoriales, también de los nuevos mercados y las posibilidades de una edición electrónica sin pasar por las casas editoriales. ¡Ni hablar de hacer que su historia esté "en forma" para la soñada posibilidad de que su libro se convierta en una película!
Este libro lo ayudará efictivamente a contar su historia al mundo, y lo ayudará a venderla por millones!!!
Congratulations to April Christofferson's Grizzly Justice. The 2021 INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARDS Distinguished Favorite in the WESTERN FICTION category!
When Yellowstone backcountry ranger Will McCarroll is fired for breaking the rules one time too many, he disappears into the backcountry to continue his decades-long mission of protecting the park’s wildlife. Will is hell bent on saving a wounded grizzly bear whose fate is all but certain: euthanasia.
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Dealing with your Type-C Creative Mind – Perseverance
For all storytellers—novelists, screenwriters, journalists, nonfiction writers, and children’s book writers.
Learn more about One-on-one coaching to help understand a Type-C personality and equip you with practical tools to make yourself more productive and less frustrated with storytelling.
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The Fabulous Cover of the Upcoming Sixth Daniel Rinaldi Thriller, PANIC ATTACK by Dennis Palumbo
A shooter takes deadly aim, and throws a city into panic!
Publishing date is September 21!
Available for pre-order on Amazon NOW!
Ken Atchity's "Tell Your Story to the World & Sell It for Millions" Translated into Spanish
Available on Barnes and Noble
Cuéntele su Historia al Mundo y Véndala por Millones, es un libro infaltable tanto para escritores como para guionistas. Posee todo aquello que no le dicen a uno mientras cursa una carrera relacionada con la creación literaria.
Pero no solamente son los meros datos de usos y costumbres de los mercados editoriales, también de los nuevos mercados y las posibilidades de una edición electrónica sin pasar por las casas editoriales. ¡Ni hablar de hacer que su historia esté "en forma" para la soñada posibilidad de que su libro se convierta en una película!
Pero no solamente son los meros datos de usos y costumbres de los mercados editoriales, también de los nuevos mercados y las posibilidades de una edición electrónica sin pasar por las casas editoriales. ¡Ni hablar de hacer que su historia esté "en forma" para la soñada posibilidad de que su libro se convierta en una película!
Este libro lo ayudará efictivamente a contar su historia al mundo, y lo ayudará a venderla por millones!!!
Ben Wheatley on In the Earth and Why He Wanted to Direct The Meg Sequel
Filmmaker Lila French's Birdbath and Da Parish are on the Louisiana Film Channel!
Birdbath
The film adaptation of Leonard Melfi´s 1965 play
A young, unsuccessful poet meets a young girl while they are both working at an all night cafeteria in Manhattan. It is obvious that she does not want to return home to the Bronx where she lives with her mother, so he convinces her to come to his place. He gets drunk and entices her to drink a little. He tries to seduce her in the mildest manner possible. She resists in the most devastating way imaginable, turning the evening into a nightmare for both of them. It is a boy meets girl love story unlike any other.
Da Parish
In 2005, St. Bernard Parish, a community on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Through the personal stories of four long-time residents, we witness their loss, healing and rebuilding, their resilience, and what it is that connects people to the place they call home.
If you'd like to see them along w/ a smorgasbord of other shorts, features, docs, & podcasts in categories like "Louisiana Historicals", "Who do the Voodoo?", and "Films as Scary as The Myrtles Plantation Ghosts", you can sign up for FREE for 6 MONTHS at louisianafilmchannel.com w/ code FRENCHTIKTOK through May 31st.
Lila French Interview for the Louisiana Film Channel.
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