tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50726119351241850962024-03-08T03:33:01.639-08:00Literary manager | Producer | Ken AtchityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3342125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-43771799904613689552024-03-08T00:00:00.000-08:002024-03-08T00:00:00.333-08:00Tales From The Story Merchant an interview with Hollywood Producer, Ken Atchity<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/@AwakenedNationPodcast" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-right: -0.1em; overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap,none); overflow: hidden; padding-right: 0.1em; text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-decoration,none); text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: pre; word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break,none);">via Awakened Nation</a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-zweqBHvD08?si=h3Drkt0SbeemlLFi" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ken Atchity, producer of the movie The Meg, staring Jason Statham, joins us for a fascinating discussion on becoming a Hollywood producer of such movies as "Life, or Something Like It," "The Expatriate" "Joe Somebody," and the HBO movie series "Shades of Love." ...but our time together was much more than talking about his international blockbusters. <br /><br />Ken is a Story Merchant...and he opens up about his roots , studying in French, Latin, Greek and conversational Japanese, along with enlightening stories of self sabotage, the dangers and blessings of A.I., and making peace with his brother Freddy. This episode is about family, and the melting pot that truly makes America great.<br /><br />About Kenneth Atchity: Ken Atchity is an American movie producer, author and columnist, book reviewer, brand consultant, and professor of comparative literature. Ken calls himself a professional Story Merchant. His decades well spent in the world of stories prompted the telling of his own. When it came time to do so, he thought “who is better to do it than me?” <br /><br /><br />MY OBIT: Daddy Holding Me , Volume I, is published by Story Merchant Books, in paperback and launched late last year. Volume II, My Southern Belle, was published February 28, this year and also published by Story Merchant Books, in paperback. Atchity has also produced 30 films, including "Hysteria" with Maggie Gyllenhaal, "The Expatriate" with Aaron Eckhart, "The Lost Valentine" with Betty White, "Gospel Hill" with Danny Glover, "Joe Somebody" with Tim Allen, "Life or Something Like It" starring Angelina Jolie, "The Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes," "Shadow of Obsession," "The Madam's Family" with Ellen Burstyn, and "The Meg" with Jason Stathum. In addition to his literary management and coaching business, Ken recently added “Write Your Own Obituary” to his consulting options. Who better? After all, he wrote his own obit. Atchity is married to</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> documentary filmmaker and former NHK producer Kayoko Mitsumatsu.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-12884646795798063842024-03-07T11:07:00.000-08:002024-03-07T11:10:07.818-08:00Film Courage: Power of Choice To Do Creative Work - Dr. Ken Atchity<p> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="618" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sz_N0D1UnWE" title="Power of Choice To Do Creative Work - Dr. Ken Atchity" width="348"></iframe></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-60132953940006247572024-03-06T00:00:00.000-08:002024-03-06T00:00:00.240-08:00Guest Post: Packing, ownership and the magic of memories by Dave Davis<p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">My mother used to joke that my wife and I moved whenever the ashtrays were full.</h3><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTJotKOGdiRiTmyTrVoWeJElZ_0CxCHxQZzIgywy-jdh8PAAo4cDkDW1yCVA_Y_Pe3o-L1GXP6YFxKUeQATZLqwrqLJuPRpnnF0F9jYwjOBA82dN52QD_9igJJCcLfDHm8cNQCUCMOjVLkIvSZ5xhd32VEY3bTgAYWDZCP1aSOfmQvQE8-f3-xVZBl72U/s1763/Picture1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1175" data-original-width="1763" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTJotKOGdiRiTmyTrVoWeJElZ_0CxCHxQZzIgywy-jdh8PAAo4cDkDW1yCVA_Y_Pe3o-L1GXP6YFxKUeQATZLqwrqLJuPRpnnF0F9jYwjOBA82dN52QD_9igJJCcLfDHm8cNQCUCMOjVLkIvSZ5xhd32VEY3bTgAYWDZCP1aSOfmQvQE8-f3-xVZBl72U/w640-h426/Picture1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;">There’s a lot more to a place than what you can pack in boxes. 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Can you hear it?” she asked.<br /><br />I could. It was like a scene out of Poe’s "The Telltale Heart." The ringing seemed to come from a pile of boxes stashed at the front door of our place in Washington, D.C. Sure enough, we’d packed our phone, a cordless job we’d bought for one of our temporary, home-away-from-home places.<br /><br />It wasn’t the first time I messed up while packing. Last month, closing our place in Florida for the very last time, I almost packed my wife.<br /><br />We have, you see, moved a lot.<br /><br />My mother used to joke that my wife and I moved whenever the ashtrays were full, though we never really smoked. I counted the number of places we’ve lived in once: near as I can remember, there were 20, a very big number for one couple (though an old couple, I grant you that).<br /><br />There were eight apartments and houses here in southern Ontario, and another dozen places we’ve rented or owned, all the way from summer cottages in Muskoka to apartments in Washington, Melbourne, Dubai and — the last one — Florida. I apologize if you hear the sound of jet-setting as you read this. We’re far from jet-setters: none of them were million-dollar deals. In fact, we’re more like camel-less nomads. Driving back home from Florida for example, we looked like the Clampetts, those Beverly Hillbillies who travelled from the Ozarks (I think) to Hollywood.<br /><br />The joke about smoking may have been made up, but the packing and moving has certainly been true. So were the vacations, the jobs and the experiences of living in different places; we are one lucky couple.<br /><br />Leaving those homes, even temporary ones, have made the packing-up phenomenon a well-practised activity. Crossing the border in Detroit, I worried that the agent would impound our car: “What the heck do you have in there?” she might say. I even rehearsed a story to cover the zillion little boxes, clothes and souvenirs from the Sunshine State. Instead, she took one look, smiled at us pityingly like we were her elderly grandparents, and waved us through.<br /><br />That last packing-up was in early December, after deciding it was about time we sold the winter property and keep all our socks and stuff in one place. The decision, tough as it was, was made a little easier by COVID-19 and its closed border/no travel thing, and a hurricane named Ian (such a pleasant name; what a terrible storm). In a word, Ian wrecked our island, though not, thankfully, our apartment. We were sad to leave it; the packing was the essence of bittersweet.<br /><br />There’s a lot more to a place than what you can pack in boxes, though.<br /><br />Along with all the other places, the Florida apartment held memories of our life, our kids and grandkids. Here’s a sample: the first time one of our grandsons discovered he could read by himself; the day I showed the other one how to put a worm on a hook (my last remaining clinical skill); the time dolphins chased our boat all the way down Estero Bay.<br /><br />Thinking of vacation places brought memories of our own kids, too. The cottage that let little people like ours write on the kitchen cupboards (great in someone else’s cottage, a hard habit to break at home). The skinny-dipping night when our two were very young (us too!). The seven-year-old taking her brother’s hand and walking across four lanes of traffic to get an ice cream cone. The eighteen-month-old who decided she’d take a swim — on her own, thanks very much — across Wellfleet Harbor.<br /><br />As we packed up our winter apartment for the last time, it dawned on me that we never really own places. Or, if we do, the ownership is temporary and far less important than the memories they hold. In that sense then, the Florida apartment (and all the others) are still ours, maybe in reminiscence and boxes, but, believe me, still ours. Just maybe, you know, lets not tell the new owners.<br /><br />Dave Davis is a retired family doctor and writer. His novels have won international awards. Visit Amazon or <a href="http://drdavedavis.com/">drdavedavis.com</a>.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-17163680397807613312024-03-01T00:00:00.000-08:002024-03-01T00:00:00.151-08:00Ken Atchity Quotes...<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">“Write to make a difference. Write because you have something to say to us all. In dramatic writing, fiction, and nonfiction, this means knowing exactly what your work is about and being able to tell the publisher in ten words or less..."</span><br />
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Film Courage: One of your many books Ken is WRITE TIME? And in the forward you say that the world can be divided into two people, productive people and non-productive people. And you say that productive people have a love affair with time. I’ve love to know what makes someone on the right side of time and what make someone where time is their enemy?<br />
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Dr. Ken Atchity, Author/Producer: Well that’s a very good question put in a very intelligent way that makes it hard to get a handle on it because time is…time doesn’t really exist. Time is a human construct, we created time. Squirrels and chipmunks don’t have much idea of time. They know that the sun rises and the sun goes down and they know that it rains but they don’t think the way that we do and they don’t keep track of their birthdays for example, only humans do that. And it’s unfortunate because you’re only as old as you think you are. And that’s the way a squirrel looks at it and nobody is arguing with the squirrel about it but humans know better.<br />
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Some people look at time as the enemy and some people look at it as a friend. There is an old Spanish saying that is “There is more time than life,” which I always thought was a wonderful way of looking at it because that is what a productive person would say “there is more time than life.” And another Spanish or Italian saying says that “Life is short, but wide.” And that’s another way of productively looking at it. Like people say “How can you do as much stuff as you do?” Well that’s because that’s what I do. I don’t do anything else. And I used to give classes on time management and do a lot of studies on it, in fact WRITE TIME is filled with time management theories. And one of the things I noticed about people was they had no idea where their time went. And they go “I don’t know where you find all the time.” And I would say “I don’t know where you lose it.”<br />
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I mean we all have the same amount of time and they go “How much time do we have by the way? How much time is in a week?” And 2 out of 10 people can ask the question right off the top of their heads because they’ve never really multiplied 25 by 7 and realized exactly how many hours there are in a week.<br />
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Everybody has the same amount of time. So what I would do in a time management class at UCLA or elsewhere is I would say let’s chart your time this week. I just want you to make a chart of what you do with your time and let’s come in and talk about it next week when we come back together. And they would come back in and that was before I asked them how many hours there were in a week I would wait for the third week to ask that question.<br />
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And some people would come in with 98-hour weeks and some people would come in with 62-hour weeks and nobody seem to agree in general how many hours there were in a week because the hours they gave me didn’t add up, they didn’t make sense. They’d say “I sleep six hours a day.” But it turned out in the third week of analysis that instead of 6 hours a day they were actually sleeping 10 hours. They just were telling themselves they were sleeping 6 hours a day.<br />
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How much time do you spend talking on the telephone? Most people thought they maybe spent 15 minutes a day, when in fact it might be an hour a day. And watching television (of course). Some people said they were only watching an hour a day when they were actually watching three hours a day.<br />
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But a productive person knows exactly how long it takes to do something. Like when I write a screenplay or a book, I can tell you how many hours it takes to do it and so I know that I can get it done in a certain amount of time. Agatha Christie apparently wrote as many as 10 books a year. She had to use four or five pen names because she just kept writing. When you think about it writing is a function of how fast you type. Because I always say (in my writing book including that one) if you’re making a rule not to sit down to write if you don’t know what you’re going to write then you’ll never waste any time and you’ll never have writer’s block. So simply don’t sit down until you know what you’re going to write. It’s just a matter of how fast can you type. So it’s better to be walking along the beach thinking about the structure of your story then it is to be wasting a lot of time sitting in front of the computer typing stuff and throwing it away and all that stuff. Just figure it all out in your head. “Well what if I forget it?” Well guess what? If you forget it that’s probably good. You are forgetting forgettable things? You won’t forget it when it starts getting really good. Because then it will do what Faulkner said, it will start haunting you and you won’t be able to forget it and then you’ll just write it down.<br />
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William Saroyan was asked once how long it took him to write the Human Comedy because somebody had told the journalist it had took him three days and he said “No, it took me all my life to write it. It just took me a few days to type it out.”…(Watch the video interview on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_jud40Otlo&list=PLez8jOvskc-PlZAo7ag9wp3S4arNJMJot&t=3s&index=17">Youtube here</a>).<br />
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The envy of her neighbors and of landscape architects all over the world, Juliet hasn’t gotten there without learning some hard lessons—about soil and sunlight, about desire and letting go.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Colin Hogan is a musician on the verge of greatness, and a solo traveler with an imaginary companion. If only he can find the sound that will set him apart from the teeming masses who record songs without ever getting a hit. 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It’s a story about the power of love to lead us into an unfamiliar territory of soundscapes and landscapes, the sorrows that come, the joy that endures and permeates all, love that turns the world upside down and sets it straight, love that carries us away from wrong ideas we had about ourselves and puts us in touch with the reality that makes our hearts come alive.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><h1 class="a-text-bold" id="authorInfoHeading" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">About Vincent Atchity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrisrSW4TiCF4XD_Cyyqij4h6Jaa9gG9KYav8VbIkXg4qVTrh_ErBNQYYgMzbuVo6iHGMB-sYboIp0fU9kwhmH9cNaFr9satpzSe9NRu9nVzGNebQtYpZkFFFFxeCTmMdxZ7ercKuZWnCkw-pIB_sNFQao59MnAuzDhGG8bHcmpl2CRwhAO3Tb13ViVQ=s450" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrisrSW4TiCF4XD_Cyyqij4h6Jaa9gG9KYav8VbIkXg4qVTrh_ErBNQYYgMzbuVo6iHGMB-sYboIp0fU9kwhmH9cNaFr9satpzSe9NRu9nVzGNebQtYpZkFFFFxeCTmMdxZ7ercKuZWnCkw-pIB_sNFQao59MnAuzDhGG8bHcmpl2CRwhAO3Tb13ViVQ=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;">Vincent Atchity has lived in Spain, Scotland, California, New York, Kansas, and the District of Columbia. He now lives in Colorado with his wife and their three sons</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /></h1><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-82731172430958456442024-02-23T00:00:00.001-08:002024-02-23T00:00:00.235-08:00The Law of Time-Work Physics<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKFceOD4snNlG-XPuQ3ja0asBWHvobNaLRd7FUOLQRsWyPmk50J6a2ZgzAhpE7JmPvli-X9byivhf7XekQWo8jFS-UD5J89RZG-XbZO4cbOpcgbGmr5iGbgDyl3zNBTKd9Xs4H-o7Ld-JHTjm8QfSVXb488MJ0wbrmDKSOwam_1iSpG6r33Euq9M8dg/s1080/TIME-WORK.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKFceOD4snNlG-XPuQ3ja0asBWHvobNaLRd7FUOLQRsWyPmk50J6a2ZgzAhpE7JmPvli-X9byivhf7XekQWo8jFS-UD5J89RZG-XbZO4cbOpcgbGmr5iGbgDyl3zNBTKd9Xs4H-o7Ld-JHTjm8QfSVXb488MJ0wbrmDKSOwam_1iSpG6r33Euq9M8dg/w640-h640/TIME-WORK.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYebdf6EVx4gkZ8t4oJpH9qZzgHes3BSxseTKZedoL3oyD1dioZzFEf-0HVeXIISP3H39C4Dl_uAg7-uuOBiYwMm-csLR55u0WshztrYMwEpSFDBznzaW1LYWXjgcNs8lDRPMjYZZxJizDzvj2z0l44mBjPk93HrTaK3yCTbbGa9cVzapaAwlzlqQVpw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="210" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYebdf6EVx4gkZ8t4oJpH9qZzgHes3BSxseTKZedoL3oyD1dioZzFEf-0HVeXIISP3H39C4Dl_uAg7-uuOBiYwMm-csLR55u0WshztrYMwEpSFDBznzaW1LYWXjgcNs8lDRPMjYZZxJizDzvj2z0l44mBjPk93HrTaK3yCTbbGa9cVzapaAwlzlqQVpw" width="146" /></a></div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007HB8R3C"><br />Available on Amazon</a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-45698293541648837752024-02-22T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-22T00:00:00.280-08:00 Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia has vowed to continue his work to fight for a "free Russia" <blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MfVgW6Aobok?si=eQ1ITcJvvDyi-ZGa" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br />Her voice sometimes shaking with grief and anger, Ms Navalnaya asked viewers to stand alongside her and "share the fury and hate for those who dared to kill our future".<br /><br />She also accused the authorities of hiding her husband's body.<br /><br />Navalny's death in prison was announced on 16 February.<br /><br />The prison authorities at the Siberian penal colony he was being held in said he <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68318742">collapsed following a walk</a> and never regained consciousness.<br /><br />Navalny's body has not yet been released to his family, despite his mother and lawyer travelling to the remote penal colony where he was being held as soon as news of his death broke.<br /><br />Attempts to locate the body have repeatedly been shut down by the prison mortuary and local authorities.<br /><br />On Monday, the Kremlin said an investigation into Navalny's death was ongoing and that there were "no results" as of yet.<br /><br />Later, Navalny's spokewoman Kira Yarmysh said that investigators told Navalny's mother they would not hand over the body for two weeks while they conduct a "chemical analysis".<br /><br />In her video message, Ms Navalnaya said she believed the authorities were waiting for traces of the deadly nerve agent Novichok to disappear from Navalny's body.<br /><br />Navalny, who was the Russian opposition's most significant leader for the last decade, had been serving a 19-year sentence on charges many viewed as politically motivated.<br /><br />Now, Ms Navalnaya -<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68336393"> who previously mostly shied away from the spotlight</a> - indicated she might be ready to continue her husband's political fight for change in Russia.<br /><br /><br />"Three days ago, Vladimir Putin killed my husband Alexei Navalny. Putin killed the father of my children. Putin took away the most important thing I had. The person who was closest to me and whom I loved most," she said in her video message.<br /><br />She promised to "continue to fight for our country" and added: "We need to use every opportunity - to fight against the war, against corruption, against injustice. To fight for fair elections and freedom of speech. To fight to take our country back. Russia - free, peaceful, happy - the beautiful Russia of the future, of which my husband dreamed so much."<br /><br />In the video, Ms Navalnaya also said she knew "exactly why Putin killed Alexei three days ago" and promised to release the information "soon".<br /><br /><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/90F5/production/_132690173_f48104a5f2a64cd8da3d92796d76e13b6922b1530_0_5000_33331000x667.jpg" />IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERSImage caption,<br />Makeshift memorials to Alexei Navalny have appeared across Europe<br /><br /><br />Western leaders have put the blame for Navalny's death squarely on President Putin.<br /><br />Responding to questions from reporters on Monday, President Joe Biden said: "The fact of the matter is: Putin is responsible, whether he ordered it or he is responsible for the circumstances he put that man in. And... it's a reflection of who he is. And it just cannot be tolerated."<br /><br />During a press conference on Monday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said he believed her husband "was slowly murdered in a Russian jail by Putin's regime".<br /><br />Both the EU and the US have said they are considering new sanctions on Russia following Navalny's death.<br /><br />Germany, Sweden, Finland, Norway and France said they were summoning the Russian ambassadors in their capitals.<br /><br />Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said comments by Western politicians in regards to Navalny's death were "arrogant" and "unacceptable".<br /><br />Russian prison authorities said at the weekend that Navalny had suffered "sudden death syndrome".<br /><br />Hundreds of people in more than 30 cities across Russia were detained at the weekend for attending makeshift memorials to Navalny.<br /><br />In Moscow, 20 people were sentenced to various amounts of prison time - ranging from one day to nine days - and two people were fined 10,000 rubles (£85). n.</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68337790">via BBC</a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-19925748819715678302024-02-21T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-21T00:00:00.128-08:00A Write Time Reviewed by The Screenwriting Struggle<p> <a href="https://screenwritingstruggle.com/book-reviews/" rel="category tag" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #41a62a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">BOOK REVIEWS</a></p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: -48px 54px 0px auto; max-width: 474px; padding: 24px 30px 12px; position: relative; z-index: 1;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 33px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.09091; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">REVIEW: WRITE TIME: GUIDE TO THE CREATIVE PROCESS BY KENNETH ATCHITY</h1><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnpg3WwyEA3JtnahRf8VPt3LFan_fwUhRKe8Soh3UrWGmJTy7C9uufG-EiBKTE3irikVR6fvO_7U09x4NdmPlG85EDvk0ilo_AKnVGEdlSlI5DZjbbAyw1Q1I2Hr1NLxVDTu6Q4q-omw9/s1236/Write+Time+Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="749" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnpg3WwyEA3JtnahRf8VPt3LFan_fwUhRKe8Soh3UrWGmJTy7C9uufG-EiBKTE3irikVR6fvO_7U09x4NdmPlG85EDvk0ilo_AKnVGEdlSlI5DZjbbAyw1Q1I2Hr1NLxVDTu6Q4q-omw9/s320/Write+Time+Cover.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; hyphens: none; margin: 0px 54px 0px auto; max-width: 474px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: normal; padding: 22px 30px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I’ve <a href="https://screenwritingstruggle.com/book-reviews/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">reviewed man</a><a href="https://screenwritingstruggle.com/book-reviews/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">y</a><a href="https://screenwritingstruggle.com/book-reviews/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> books </a>about the writing process, from the broad and overarching to the highly specialized, focused on a singular step of the journey. I’ve read the greats’ musings on everything from <a href="https://screenwritingstruggle.com/review-the-idea-the-seven-elements-of-a-viable-story-for-screen-stage-or-fiction-by-erik-bork/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">formulating the idea</a>, to <a href="https://screenwritingstruggle.com/review-the-plot-machine-design-better-stories-faster-by-dale-kutzera/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">plotting it out</a>, to emphasizing <a href="https://screenwritingstruggle.com/review-writing-for-emotional-impact-by-karl-iglesias/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">the emotional element</a>, to <a href="https://screenwritingstruggle.com/review-how-to-kick-writers-block-in-the-by-michael-rogan/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">remedies for writer’s block</a>. Each is great in its own right, but what if I want a mentor to really make it personal, get in my head, delve into the intricacies of my own unique process, troubleshoot my pet neuroses that seem to chronically hold me back from reaching what I know to be my true potential, and clue me in on how to harness and optimize the writer’s most precious resource; time. Simple request, right? Simple for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Kenneth+Atchity&i=stripbooks&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&linkId=33b1b85b2de9ac4f189b14a921d0b045&tag=screenwrit0eb-20" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Kenneth Atchity</a>, author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393312631/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=screenwrit0eb-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393312631&linkId=c31eff8208d2100242cf7058b49f54ec" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Write Time: Guide to the Creative Process, from Vision through Revision – and Beyond</a>.</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This book reads like a writer’s counseling session (the constructive kind), in <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">every</em> sense of that term; from cold hard business prudence strategies to processing deep-seated self-defeating thoughts. It grabs you from the Author’s Note which, as with any great forward or introduction, does more than just preview what’s to come. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Kenneth+Atchity&i=stripbooks&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&linkId=33b1b85b2de9ac4f189b14a921d0b045&tag=screenwrit0eb-20" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Dr. Atchity</a>‘s credibility is firmly established here. He lets us know that 1) he feels our pain, and understands what we’re going through as creative souls who want to be professional artists, and 2) he’s been around the block enough times to know how to get us to where we want to be.</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Once we get rolling, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Kenneth+Atchity&i=stripbooks&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&linkId=33b1b85b2de9ac4f189b14a921d0b045&tag=screenwrit0eb-20" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Atchity</a> dispenses with the BS right out of the gate and lets us know that, while writing might be based on intuition and creative passions, it’s a craft and a discipline that must be honed through a rigorous and deliberate regimen. But here’s the good news – he’s going to take you by the hand and lead you through the process of establishing a productive and rewarding routine, and he’s going to leverage your own psychology to do it, turning your debilitating issues and hangups to your advantage. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393312631/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=screenwrit0eb-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393312631&linkId=c31eff8208d2100242cf7058b49f54ec" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The book </a>takes a deep dive into the human mind, points out how its natural workings must be considered, accommodated, and manipulated to develop habits and tricks to make your mental apparatus work for you instead of against you in achieving your creative goals, and some of his strategies will really surprise you!</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Kenneth+Atchity&i=stripbooks&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&linkId=33b1b85b2de9ac4f189b14a921d0b045&tag=screenwrit0eb-20" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Atchity</a> provides an intriguing illustration of the interplay between parts of the brain that activates the motive power of creation. Just as conflict is the foundation of story, so it’s also the spark that sets your creative will into motion – this is the conflict between your rational faculties (which he nicknames the Continent of Reason) and your free-wheeling intuition (dubbed the Islands of Consciousness). The original quirky ideas of the islands are translated into the comprehensible and relatable language of the Continent through the intermediary function he calls the Managing Editor. Getting a grasp on these dynamics allows us to work toward striking a balance between “tricking” our brains into action and riding the wave of their natural functioning to channel our mental energy into our writing. Sound intriguing? That’s just the beginning!</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As the title indicates, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393312631/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=screenwrit0eb-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393312631&linkId=c31eff8208d2100242cf7058b49f54ec" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Write Time</a> charts a detailed path to writing success, leaving no stone unturned, from initial dream all the way to polished product. It’s a comprehensive guide to the creative, technical, business, and personal aspects of the craft. Sound too rigid and formulaic for your taste? What if I told you it entails A LOT of variation at the numerous stages, and more than a few mandated vacations? The aim isn’t that you match a prescribed workflow to the letter. It’s to show you a proven real-world model and leave you to dovetail what’s useful with your own strengths, fill in any gaps in your process, make adjustments, and replace what’s not working for you. This section is all about establishing a writing agenda that your mind is geared to stick to and thrive on, and how to not become a statistic who perpetually and eternally has a “work in progress.”</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Of course, one of the main threads of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393312631/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=screenwrit0eb-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393312631&linkId=c31eff8208d2100242cf7058b49f54ec" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">the book</a> is the teaching of time management. It’ll show that you don’t really lack the time to achieve your writing goals. The time is there, you’re just not coordinating your cognitive resources in such a way to generate the necessary output within that time. Maintaining a reasonable perspective on the work/ time relationship is paramount. There are methods of mindset, planning, strategy, prioritizing, and step-by-step exercises to optimize your available chunks of time (even if you have to <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">steal</em> them). <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This chapter alone is worth the price of the book.</em></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">From there the writing process begins, and we’re off to the races. Here’s what’s in store as you make your way through <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393312631/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=screenwrit0eb-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393312631&linkId=c31eff8208d2100242cf7058b49f54ec" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Write Time</a>:</p><div class="wp-block-group" style="border: 0px; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 24px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Approaching drafting and revision</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Style – how it comes about, and its rightful place in the writer’s hierarchy of values (pretty low, but valuable)</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A sample step by step process of creating a nonfiction book, explaining the reasons for the order, actions, and method at each waypoint; with an accompanying comparison to fiction writing</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The most important elements of fiction, and how to pack your story with maximum drama by tapping into your intuition to find its natural shape and structure (which has nothing to do with chronology)</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What your main priority should be to succeed in writing (Hint: It’s not using big words and feeling clever)</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A lengthy chapter on getting your book published. Don’t make the mistake of dismissing and skipping this one as irrelevant to the plight of a screenwriter. There’s a wealth of information here about…<ul style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dealing with gatekeepers with respect and professionalism (in person and through correspondence such as query letters and emails)</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Legal forms and contracts for deal-making</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Handling rejection, and the higher pressure situation of handling acceptance</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeking representation, consulting attorneys</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Customizing your workspace.</li></ul></li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The importance of understanding mythology for shaping and clarifying your story, with a striking illustration of how a film can go astray due to the inconsistent retelling of a myth.</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Methods and tricks for getting in touch with your subconscious through dreamwork and other avenues, along with some brilliant case studies of psychological techniques employed by writers having story problems, that’ll leave you inspired and cracking up.</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Overcoming psychological traumas of the past by channeling them into our writing and bridging the gap between conscious and unconscious.</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Some nice practical nitty-gritty stuff on screenwriting – character development, structure, twists, layers of effective storytelling; all through the prism of the key questions on the minds of the producers/ executives evaluating and vetting your work for production and/ or broadcast.</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The card system revisited, with workflow tips distinguishing the processes of novels vs. screenplays.</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Insights about revising (keep a particular eye out for the “conflict or cut” rule), and how many revisions are enough.</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The crucial golden Hollywood skill of pitching and how it must not be overlooked in one’s pursuit of a screenwriting career, with a really fun illustration of the pitch-to-production process (it involves a relay race).</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A baker’s dozen of straightforward rules for breaking into Hollywood; covering the personal, psychological, mindset, business, and more.</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A critical therapeutic chapter on Recapturing Creativity – what to do when your motivation to create (inevitably) wanes. A veritable troubleshooting manual for the writer’s perspective. Something to be revisited any time you feel you’ve lost your way.</li><li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He closes with an amazing collection of his favorite quotes from great figures to leave the reader feeling inspired, encouraged, and motivated to carry on with the struggle.</li></ul></div></div><p style="border: 0px; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Overall, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393312631/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=screenwrit0eb-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393312631&linkId=c31eff8208d2100242cf7058b49f54ec" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #24890d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Write Time </a>amounts to a rather economical mentoring session with a writing sage who’s been there, done that, and wants us to get there too. It’s a premium blend of tough love, advice, encouragement, clarification, and delusion-busting. It approaches the needs of the writer from every angle and gives us what we’re yearning for, whatever that may be. For the writer at any stage of the game looking for guidance, this one is not to be missed.</p><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #767676;"><span style="font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase;"><b><a href="https://screenwritingstruggle.com/review-write-time-guide-to-the-creative-process-by-kenneth-atchity/">See More</a></b></span></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-25254329737784169782024-02-19T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-19T00:00:00.265-08:00 Story Merchant Books -E-Deal! $.99 Today on Amazon!<h2 style="text-align: left;">A Write Time: Guide to the Creative Process, from Vision through Revision—and Beyond </h2><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEizwDmkty43jknc_AevWxWzdtgxhW3bHaHhxYh_TJhlRPOKe0X_y8iDjsL9qxKq3zQFmJSz5iusXZzagh3n1jIF0cF91CM7Hu1q43-AyGiCI8bcrEwXq8gaAswhRoB27ogD-B_20cOJVzVL3ViNDYT_FLOXzpGYzfmKRM4Tgsg4korcfP5p1EDOavbxW/s1236/Write%20Time%20Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="749" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEizwDmkty43jknc_AevWxWzdtgxhW3bHaHhxYh_TJhlRPOKe0X_y8iDjsL9qxKq3zQFmJSz5iusXZzagh3n1jIF0cF91CM7Hu1q43-AyGiCI8bcrEwXq8gaAswhRoB27ogD-B_20cOJVzVL3ViNDYT_FLOXzpGYzfmKRM4Tgsg4korcfP5p1EDOavbxW/w388-h640/Write%20Time%20Cover.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007HB8R3C"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">AVAILABLE ON AMAZON</span></b></a></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">In this foundational guide to the writer’s mind and productivity used by thousands of writers worldwide since its original publication...called by the New York Times "the best...book on writing," Dr. Atchity shows how the detailed steps of the creative process interface with the writer’s greatest asset, time, to provide both creative success and peace of mind.</span></p><p></p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-11848064323131896772024-02-16T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-16T00:00:00.151-08:00Film Courage : Character Development Is About These 3 Things <p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cSY43NNZdUI" width="560"></iframe></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Professional coaching tips to help you figure out point of view, structure, and master all the elements of story. Learn more www.thewriterslifeline.com</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-2101564385930912752024-02-14T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-14T00:00:00.339-08:00A Very Special Interview: Shades of Love and Ken Atchity with Amanda Reyes! Happy Valentine's Day <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHliBzZFfB8l3f9ZspgdSnjs8FzG9a7TkOZDNIhrFvy92L_uIgZCstCkaC9s3hav92htAnyrdcbqG719HpmTo4F3dSZ0Fv97cmoJuOQQaGfggVVcvgRaJCcgRicuJzmb5YMt_NHqB2ZOC/s854/Screenshot+%252812%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="802" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHliBzZFfB8l3f9ZspgdSnjs8FzG9a7TkOZDNIhrFvy92L_uIgZCstCkaC9s3hav92htAnyrdcbqG719HpmTo4F3dSZ0Fv97cmoJuOQQaGfggVVcvgRaJCcgRicuJzmb5YMt_NHqB2ZOC/w602-h640/Screenshot+%252812%2529.png" width="602" /></a></div><br /><h1 style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://tvmayhempodcast.wordpress.com/2020/09/19/a-very-special-episode-shades-of-love-and-ken-atchitiy/"> LISTEN HERE</a></span></i></b></h1><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobbhR-yW5o1kvt2kuTM8dkU05PdPP3skDNaUkpEy4jVOHm_Hrt_9HJYOeWu2bTNsH_s_WQeuGay3ZpL3uCJgKB92qjZ8hQ0BEFHDCkKREXg59dbeKxAmHu4vOYr6PsHYQU-Eg-g5vd1no/s1498/screen-shot-2020-09-19-at-3.00.14-pm.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="844" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobbhR-yW5o1kvt2kuTM8dkU05PdPP3skDNaUkpEy4jVOHm_Hrt_9HJYOeWu2bTNsH_s_WQeuGay3ZpL3uCJgKB92qjZ8hQ0BEFHDCkKREXg59dbeKxAmHu4vOYr6PsHYQU-Eg-g5vd1no/w360-h640/screen-shot-2020-09-19-at-3.00.14-pm.png" width="360" /></a></div><br /></div><p></p><h3 class="podcast_title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #858585; font-family: "Cherry Swash", sans-serif; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">Made for TV Mayhem Show » podcast</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><h4 class="podcast_subtitle" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #858585; font-family: "Cherry Swash", sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">Unearthing great television... one program at a time</span></h4><p class="podcast_summary" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #858585; font-family: "Gentium Book Basic", serif; font-size: 14.3px; line-height: 22.88px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">This podcast is dedicated to made for television movies and other forms of classic TV! Brought to you by Amanda Reyes (Made for TV Mayhem), Daniel R. Budnik (Bleeding Skull: A 1980s Trash Horror Odyssey), and Nathan Johnson (The Hysteria Continues), plus a few special guests who appear from time to time. With reviews, retrospectives and more, this podcast is your best source for classic television love!</span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><p><br /><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-16017944102146234482024-02-12T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-13T15:47:52.883-08:00Dr. Mother Love chats with Dr. Ken Atchity<p> </p><div><a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/dr-mother-love-chats-with-dr-ken-atchity-author-professor-talent-manager--57887562" data-resource="episode_id=57887562" data-theme="light" data-playlist="false" data-cover="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/images.spreaker.com/original/5b28af9347c089ba66bb15845e97e351.jpg" data-width="100%" data-height="400px">Listen to "Dr.Mother Love chats with Dr. Ken Atchity, Author, Professor, Talent Manager" on Spreaker.</a><script async src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Dr. Ken has developed and produced over 30 films, including The Meg (Jason Statham--$560M worldwide; sequel appears August 23, 2023), Life or Something Like It (Angelina Jolie), The Kennedy Detail (Emmy-nominated), The Lost Valentine (Betty White--best CBS movie of the week), and Hysteria (Maggie Gyllenhaal). His interviews on writing, publishing, and Hollywood are collected on his Story Merchant YouTube channel.</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Born in Cajun Louisiana, and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, he graduated from Rockhurst High School’s Honor Program with an Ignatian Scholarship to study at Georgetown University. While in high school, he published his first book reviews for The Kansas City Star. At Georgetown, Atchity majored in Classics and English and rose to Editor-in-Chief of The Hoya. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">He spent his junior summer at Cambridge University in England, studying literature and social institutions, then won the prestigious Vergilian Academy Silver Medal. His correspondence, literary artifacts, and entertainment memorabilia are institutionalized at Georgetown’s Atchity Aguillard Collectionhttps://snaccooperative.org/vocab_administrator/resources/8044322</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Dr. Atchity’s company, Writer’s Lifeline, Inc., offers several personal 1-on-1 coaching services that cover topics like Dealing with your Creative Mind and Getting Your Story Straight. Respectively, the two services delve into artistic self-improvement and the comprehensive development of a writer’s written project with an eye for a strong structure, characters, and marketability. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">“Write Your Own Obituary” was recently added to the offerings.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-5565825234453701242024-02-09T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-09T00:00:00.134-08:00Ken Atchity Discusses Author James Pierre's Gambino: The Rise on David Meltzer's Office Hours<p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C6RjMKOA93M" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><span style="font-size: large;">Story Merchant Author's Gangbuster's Crime Novel To Be Produced in New Deal That Sees Director George Gallo and "Green Book" Co-Writer Nick Vallelonga Attached.</span><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-21319622740348511122024-02-07T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-07T00:00:00.283-08:00Will There Be a Meg 3?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiebP2aFdxVlrubt6YtrCCQYfbofPcppk-snxIet39YRD0CJQ3n8E3riNk1rqFbYreVO9tzWkf6Y2Ordy96vfGZGWeXlmPL9ngN3v_TF-nKIYpLf5by_UMgElmpilUFtLxP0KF_0gv1z1FsF1muVFidbSmkVl7VmfHZT4sido3JN_OqqD1VPT_A0liPgCg/s1400/3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiebP2aFdxVlrubt6YtrCCQYfbofPcppk-snxIet39YRD0CJQ3n8E3riNk1rqFbYreVO9tzWkf6Y2Ordy96vfGZGWeXlmPL9ngN3v_TF-nKIYpLf5by_UMgElmpilUFtLxP0KF_0gv1z1FsF1muVFidbSmkVl7VmfHZT4sido3JN_OqqD1VPT_A0liPgCg/w640-h320/3.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">In order for </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">The Meg</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> to be Jason Statham's biggest ongoing franchise, </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">Meg 3</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> has to happen, with many fans wondering if it is coming. While </span><a href="https://screenrant.com/meg-3-sequel-plans-story-cast-confirmation-everything-we-know/" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(210, 159, 19); border-image: initial; border-left: none; border-radius: 0px; border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Meg 3</em> isn't confirmed yet</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, it seems like the film will happen, as the box office success of the previous two films means that a third movie is likely to continue this trend. Director Ben Wheatley has commented that there is still a lot to explore in the universe of </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">The Meg</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, meaning that he is eager to continue the franchise. </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Meg 2: The Trench</em></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> is still fairly new, but word on a third </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">The Meg</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> film could come in the near future.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><a href="https://screenrant.com/meg-2-the-trench-jason-statham-franchise-future/">via Screen Rant</a></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-87642269157751903802024-02-05T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-05T00:00:00.136-08:00 Story Merchant Books E-Book Deal FREE February 5 - February 9! Gambino: The Rise: A Novel Based on the True Story by James E. Pierre <h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">James Pierre Talks about the Success of his Novel Gambino: The Rise </span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillJ5L3o0s6tqLCrQot_p5ms3kZAt8TlRIrevBTLF2Wg_iEQct6fD0ZHsunGbysdITmWFBCh20auEVPyqK2mDg8HmZKEWp7T3sC5oJwZIFtxkt2SxsXBYksWJ9B61PNbDWip8sJd7YnbXSTgczjcUdDs13UMiOujuIR9BneERElMTd0vfnIv0ZeRP1tw/s265/James%20Pierre.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="265" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillJ5L3o0s6tqLCrQot_p5ms3kZAt8TlRIrevBTLF2Wg_iEQct6fD0ZHsunGbysdITmWFBCh20auEVPyqK2mDg8HmZKEWp7T3sC5oJwZIFtxkt2SxsXBYksWJ9B61PNbDWip8sJd7YnbXSTgczjcUdDs13UMiOujuIR9BneERElMTd0vfnIv0ZeRP1tw/s1600/James%20Pierre.png" width="265" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Having my
book optioned by a major production company is a dream come true. As a writer,
you write for yourself, because you can’t <i>help</i> yourself. The characters
chatter endlessly in your mind, begging you to bring their stories to life on
the page. So you do, but almost entirely as a means of quieting the voices. You
hope—but never really think—that others will find your characters as intriguing
and engaging as you did. So, when in fact others do, it’s a validating feeling. </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT01aOngIWA0g2W9uWIcmSfVGpEr-2faS_uRyScDAgDmylpuJiwirHeFhPUoQ8P1Jn9C49KXj1iJcUPPM8jj9tNsdco87zXFP30nMheekRajbg720w5oV-XHRuaaaCJk14lvSufoECp7HAIDi_YefEK8YPFNN8afq23dgU27OKlujq9wHn78wmuyTYSw/s1360/Gambino-New.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="907" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT01aOngIWA0g2W9uWIcmSfVGpEr-2faS_uRyScDAgDmylpuJiwirHeFhPUoQ8P1Jn9C49KXj1iJcUPPM8jj9tNsdco87zXFP30nMheekRajbg720w5oV-XHRuaaaCJk14lvSufoECp7HAIDi_YefEK8YPFNN8afq23dgU27OKlujq9wHn78wmuyTYSw/w199-h320/Gambino-New.jpg" width="199" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gambino-Rise-James-Pierre/dp/0990943615"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Available on Amazon </span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ken Atchity
was the first person to believe in me and in Carlo Gambino, the main character
in my book, <i>Gambino: The Rise</i>. Before Ken, I felt like I was the only
person that was interested in crime boss Carlo Gambino and his organization, the
Gambino Family. Ken opened my eyes to the fact that the general public might be
just as interested in the Gambinos as I was. And he was right. Years after
publishing the book with Story Merchant, renown Hollywood producer Julius Nasso
expressed interest in the novel, and here we are today. On the precipice of a
great achievement—and what is every writer’s dream—to see their book turned
into a movie. I cannot thank Ken and Julius enough for this opportunity. It validates<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the many years of research—and long hours in
front of my keyboard—that went into bringing Gambino and his world to life. I
pray that we see this film project all the way through, so that the world will
get to meet and fall in love with Carlo Gambino, just as I did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">And to all of the aspiring writers out there: never give up on your characters. Listen to them. Then breathe life into them, on the page. And then find a literary agent who believes in them as much as you do, and chances are, at some point, if you remain patient and committed to the process, your characters and their stories will be introduced to the rest of the world, for everyone to enjoy.</span>
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Pierre</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-24927103703254494422024-02-02T00:00:00.001-08:002024-02-02T00:00:00.262-08:00Why The Meg Is A Perfect Franchise For Jason Statham<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEN9Z4d8KZ_N8HR8iMz5Uj62U3hq-vN7159nCAGwW8F2ExaX4PvZ284n6GHzZOA1xdifeaRMEAKVlfm3hArp7-jN3-P63nTahI-fzVG7MwH5irdYiDV5Hk0rDETbyFWUPrjim4Ty5byf5igfew9on3u0gcBa7I0ZzgVIaqsyOdy7Lhy1Vnbp4NLp7wXFY/s1120/2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="1120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEN9Z4d8KZ_N8HR8iMz5Uj62U3hq-vN7159nCAGwW8F2ExaX4PvZ284n6GHzZOA1xdifeaRMEAKVlfm3hArp7-jN3-P63nTahI-fzVG7MwH5irdYiDV5Hk0rDETbyFWUPrjim4Ty5byf5igfew9on3u0gcBa7I0ZzgVIaqsyOdy7Lhy1Vnbp4NLp7wXFY/w640-h320/2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">Meg 2: The Trench</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">'s box office success sets up the possibility that </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">The Meg</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> could be Jason Statham's biggest franchise, which is a good thing. </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">The Meg</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> franchise is actually perfect for Jason Statham, with it being exactly what the actor needs in his career. </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">The Meg</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> is a highly profitable action franchise in which Jason Statham is the sole star, with him being plastered all over every trailer and poster. </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">The Meg</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> is big, dumb, and fun, meaning that a litany of sequels could be released without hurting the little prestige that </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">The Meg</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> franchise has.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Jason Statham is a key part of several other franchises, but he isn't the star of any of his biggest ongoing series. Jason Statham is only one of many stars in the </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">Fast & Furious</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> franchise, with him not being nearly as prominent as Vin Diesel. Even in the spinoff </span><a href="https://screenrant.com/the-rock-fast-x-hobbs-shaw-fast-furious-sequel/" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(210, 159, 19); border-image: initial; border-left: none; border-radius: 0px; border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw</em>, The Rock</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> was the main character while Jason Statham played second fiddle to him. Statham is also part of </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">The Expendables </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">franchise, where again he is merely a part of the ensemble cast led by Sylvester Stallone. Statham is at home in </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">The Meg</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, with it being his sole star vehicle.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-69702939534074046492024-01-31T00:00:00.001-08:002024-02-26T13:46:31.158-08:00Guest Post: Holocaust, memory and the lesson of a streetcar by Dave Davis<h3 style="text-align: left;">An empty Polish streetcar is used to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, writes Dave Davis.</h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnaDz_VAmxOHivYcCreaHre0yZdg-JLmLPT39cZ0UHrXF8GORPqTikIQSoX772JLuMCUh9unXm7xSVfOinSr1mNWz2Jb2_AnS8mj0NrUbc9bRjsUW2KuFAr3kYdton8rRgynk3KKU1QJ4B3eO5f7kWQy_d0RzjN02Ce52WTFoMAaCA5cw8rxCpDkF4NXU/s721/5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="721" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnaDz_VAmxOHivYcCreaHre0yZdg-JLmLPT39cZ0UHrXF8GORPqTikIQSoX772JLuMCUh9unXm7xSVfOinSr1mNWz2Jb2_AnS8mj0NrUbc9bRjsUW2KuFAr3kYdton8rRgynk3KKU1QJ4B3eO5f7kWQy_d0RzjN02Ce52WTFoMAaCA5cw8rxCpDkF4NXU/w640-h512/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="caption-text" face=""Merriweather Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f8f8; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;">An old streetcar with the Star of David, like the one that travelled though Warsaw Ghetto during the Second World War, goes down a street in Warsaw, Poland, in 2021 to mark the anniversary of the liberation of the German death camp Auschwitz. Czarek Sokolowski The Associated Press file photo</p></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I haven’t observed it personally, but the streetcar must carry sounds on its Jan. 27 journey — the ringing of a bell as the streetcar passes by, the rumble and rattle of the car’s wheels on the streetcar tracks. Perhaps, if they listen closely, witnesses can hear the ghosts, the cries of children ripped from their mothers, the shouts of men watching their wives raped and brutalized, the pounding on the doors from the inside of those overpacked, obscene cattle cars.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Perhaps it’s this that pulls at me: long after the end of the second great war, antisemitism has begun its rise again, its slither just below our hearing, as it crawls on its belly across the world, across North America, even into Hamilton, thousands of miles from Warsaw. And, perhaps especially in this January, ever since Oct. 7.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Since that attack on Israeli citizens, and the subsequent response, I’ve been searching for something that would capture how the world sees the Hamas-Israel conflict — a painting, a photograph, a musical piece — anything to move us toward peace.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Perhaps, I think, something like the photograph of the clothes-less little girl, running from napalm, the picture that is credited with bringing home the brutality of the Vietnam War. Perhaps a painting, like Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” a sudden, soundless plunge into insanity. Perhaps music, I think. There are hundreds of pieces that might serve the cause: Mozart’s “Requiem,” Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion,” especially Peter’s aria: “Have mercy my God, for the sake of my tears.”</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Brilliant and sad as these images and sounds are, perhaps it is the streetcar that captures the current sadness best. On its circular journey that meets its end as it meets its beginning, carrying nothing more than memory and hope. Ultimately going nowhere. Ultimately very sad. Ultimately hopeful, however: after its nighttime journey finishes, the streetcar is greeted by daybreak.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Dave Davis is a retired family doctor and writer. His novels have won international awards. Visit Amazon or drdavedavis.com.</span></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-58790866189512334982024-01-29T00:00:00.000-08:002024-01-29T00:00:00.128-08:00Story Merchant Books E-Book Deal Art Johnson's Marilyn My Marilyn Free January 29 - February 2!<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheStoryMerchant%2Fvideos%2F726131561532558%2F&show_text=0&width=560" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="560"></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="5">Marilyn My Marilyn by Art Johnson </font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskOSHaN0DLqNUeL7gwNBZ7hPp8bxQxCjSYR2zKkSZsW5ybOmVUw89C-OLirZzuqeJTvrNxs_hhnDJoSugh0bTwn-KMIebXyK9PPGkja9rGRqSBIYsr3TUKzWHnyI5owKJ5V3X3aWbXg9S/s1600/Marilyn+My+Marilyn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="333" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskOSHaN0DLqNUeL7gwNBZ7hPp8bxQxCjSYR2zKkSZsW5ybOmVUw89C-OLirZzuqeJTvrNxs_hhnDJoSugh0bTwn-KMIebXyK9PPGkja9rGRqSBIYsr3TUKzWHnyI5owKJ5V3X3aWbXg9S/w426-h640/Marilyn+My+Marilyn.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Available on Amazon </span></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font size="5">In Art Johnson’s last novel, he continues his style of combining historical fact with fiction to offer the reader a steady stream of drama, tension and humor. Marilyn, My Marilyn reveals fresh insight into the most iconic woman of modern times, not as a biography, but with a view of a nation which often buries the truth with its dead.</font></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-83732361783739631562024-01-26T00:00:00.001-08:002024-01-26T00:00:00.448-08:00Book Marketing Buzz: Interview with Literary Agent & Hollywood Producer Ken Atchity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Ken, are you working with authors today?</b><br /><br />I certainly am, more than ever, now that I’ve found a better way to do it. Through my webinars and <a href="http://www.storymerchant.com/">storymerchant.com</a> services we can help with nearly every writer’s needs.<br /><b><br />2. What are some of the biggest properties that you’ve handled?</b><br /><br />By far the biggest to date is THE MEG, which has passed half a billion dollars at the box office! Meg 2: The Trench release date is August 4, 2023!<br /><br /><b>3. What do you enjoy about working with creative talent?</b><br /><br />I enjoy almost every aspect of it, except for the bad craziness part. I love discovery, development, perfecting the story, publishing the story, and producing the story.<br /><br /><b>4. As an author yourself, what advice do you have for other struggling writers?</b><br /><br />Never stop learning your craft, never stop being grateful that you’re a writer, and never stop writing.<br /><br /><b>5. What trends do you see in entertainment and book publishing?</b><br /><br />The trend is toward an insatiable demand for better and better stories. It’s the greatest time for storytellers since the world began talking.<br /><br /><b>6. You used to be a frequent columnist for The Los Angeles Times Book Review.How have the changes in the news media impacted the book world?</b></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br />Changes have made it even more difficult for books to become visible, though the internet offers countless ways to achieve visibility.<br /><br /><b>7. What’s a boy from Louisiana doing in LA and NYC?</b></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br />Just back from a trip to Louisiana, I ask myself that every day. I’m the luckiest guy in the world to have spent a lifetime in the story marketplace directing the power of stories.<br /><br /><b>8. Which genres excite you the most? Why?</b><br /><br />Action and thrillers are my favorites, as well as Christmas stories, and powerful dramas; all of them have a huge attraction to the marketplace.<br /><br /><br />For more information, please consult: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.storymerchant.com&d=DwMFAg&c=gOrgfQB8xVH7F0lP7MQhi8CyVXMBvYqNyP3LuSSb8Lw&r=tJpwyEpNGXK0MXAblt2a6RHDRMpk6_X6DeuXB6xMG-E&m=U8J3tYy7n6VGkbiKN2Y7YHCb93g7NPx04XNpbOjMkoI&s=9mXmf-pY4a1qaLtjGCTWToOP6aRGN-29-7htK-SoG3A&e=">www.storymerchant.com</a></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-32904360688677234152024-01-24T00:00:00.000-08:002024-01-24T00:00:00.405-08:00Meg 2 Proves It's Jason Statham's Real Franchise Future <h3 style="text-align: left;">Meg 2: The Trench was a surprise box office success, showing that The Meg franchise may be key to Jason Statham's movie franchise future.</h3><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijsRYPtyBPBTpJg41TSylufN5HBDxiPUVBEFsbl--Hn10RIkcEbIaEdEr_QQPt1KasxjrrGtQ6en8t60MhcDE79v3BLVw5HMlI_9LhoHYAGwx0ycdepi730uSWKWQncnk_l0hJIcAAPFhgFu-Gike6Q_xIEUhohqVg4lip2XKNX6ay6h34FBxD3I0wKXV1"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijsRYPtyBPBTpJg41TSylufN5HBDxiPUVBEFsbl--Hn10RIkcEbIaEdEr_QQPt1KasxjrrGtQ6en8t60MhcDE79v3BLVw5HMlI_9LhoHYAGwx0ycdepi730uSWKWQncnk_l0hJIcAAPFhgFu-Gike6Q_xIEUhohqVg4lip2XKNX6ay6h34FBxD3I0wKXV1=w640-h320" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Jason Statham is one of the biggest action stars of the modern era, and <a href="https://screenrant.com/tag/meg-2-the-trench/">Meg 2: The Trench</a> has proven that it is Statham's real franchise future after the actor's other 2023 box office disappointments. 2023 has been a rough year at the box office for blockbusters, with many movies that seemed like guaranteed hits flopping. Several of Jason Statham's movies have been subject to this problem, with multiple Statham movies failing critically and commercially after being released. Meg 2: The Trench, however, managed to avoid this problem, showing that it may truly be the future of Statham's career in massive movie franchises.<br /><br />Meg 2: The Trench is the sequel to 2018's The Meg, with both of the ridiculous shark movies being surprisingly well received at the box office. Both The Meg films have starred Jason Statham, and while they have worked, this has been surprising to many longtime fans of the actors. Jason Statham has been known for acting in grounded, serious action films, with a CGI-heavy blockbuster about fighting prehistoric sharks not being something that Statham would typically be associated with. However, Statham's recent wave of success has been on the back of The Meg, proving an interesting point about the actor's franchise future.<br /><br />As it turns out, Meg 2: The Trench was actually Jason Statham's most successful movie of 2023. Jason Statham appeared in four movies in 2023, and while each of them has their own fans, Meg 2: The Trench is the only one that was an actual box-office success. On a budget of around $139 million, Meg 2: The Trench managed to rake in $395 million, beating the profitability rule of thumb of doubling the budget to account for distribution and advertising costs. Meg 2: The Trench is one of the few blockbusters to turn a profit in 2023, with it being Statham's biggest box office success by far.<br /><br />Jason Statham's other movies didn't fare nearly as well as Meg 2: The Trench, with the films ranging from box office disappointments to flops. Jason Statham's first movie of 2023 was Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, with it making $49.1 million on a budget of $50 million. Statham followed this up with Fast X, which made $714.6 million on a $340 million budget, meaning that the film was just barely profitable. Statham's final film of the year was The Expendables 4, which was a massive flop, making only $51.1 million on a budget of $100 million. These three failures solidify Meg 2: The Trench as Statham's most profitable 2023 film.</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://screenrant.com/meg-2-the-trench-jason-statham-franchise-future/">via Screen Rant</a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-20646986101141221612024-01-22T00:00:00.000-08:002024-01-22T00:00:00.130-08:00Story Merchant Books E-Book Deal Ken Atchity's Tell Your Story to the World Free this Week!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QbBDnbihlnsAuXFIkdMMylcFZcb_kQgXoEzew_E8JuxzJ5a_CLeZT40NPEXaH15srmELYe4IXZM5oLUO_QbjZtgu_e2LBx2bXqsaJ8A2zCv89pWNAhw0_Z78iazyDBsg32gcMnf_Z-wjPRWRafxkYSrJXmUI6Msul-Wrb9irkZom1q1xVQ7itLuFu3N_/s540/Tell%20Your%20Story.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="356" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QbBDnbihlnsAuXFIkdMMylcFZcb_kQgXoEzew_E8JuxzJ5a_CLeZT40NPEXaH15srmELYe4IXZM5oLUO_QbjZtgu_e2LBx2bXqsaJ8A2zCv89pWNAhw0_Z78iazyDBsg32gcMnf_Z-wjPRWRafxkYSrJXmUI6Msul-Wrb9irkZom1q1xVQ7itLuFu3N_/w422-h640/Tell%20Your%20Story.png" width="422" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H1CCNMJ/">AVAILABLE ON AMAZON</a></b></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />If there’s a story distracting you during the day and keeping you awake at night, ask yourself: Is this is a great story? 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Our mission is to shave years off your learning curve and make your storytelling dreams come true.</span><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-41466694449788746322024-01-19T00:00:00.002-08:002024-01-19T00:00:00.143-08:00Best book to movie tie-ins for MEG-2 and series<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/F7rqJolTRJE?si=4MQVwO1La6Mapnpa" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">From a true MEGhead - certainly a fan. Very rare to credit the books, but to show the covers and talk about the novels' plots... that earned the Johnny Drama VICTORY!</span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-63240511851503513632024-01-17T00:00:00.000-08:002024-01-17T00:00:00.239-08:00Check out Capesters A hero Bureau Thriller by Peter G. Bielagus Book Trailer!<div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" class="mcnImage" id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://mcusercontent.com/9594faf1936c64d12b3eb6b0e/images/d4424879-402d-9d85-a653-e0e2b813df14.png" style="-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; border-bottom-width: 0in; border-left-width: 0in; border-right-width: 0in; border-top-width: 0in; border-width: 0in; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aFYI2lulako?si=9edFwnL99MrCwz3f" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 30px; text-align: center;"><em><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #101010; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 48px; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Capesters: A Hero Bureau Thriller</span></em><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #101010; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 48px; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />by Peter G. Bielagus</span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #101010; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 30px;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #101010; line-height: 24px; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">It's 2025 and the United States Federal Government has passed The Vigilante Act, allowing private citizens to operate as for-profit crime fighters. Under the jurisdiction of the Hero Registration Bureau (HRB), Registered "Heroes" are popping up in major cities, hitting the streets, solving crimes, raiding warehouses all while grabbing the action on video. When a seven-and-a-half-foot armored Rogue begins a nationwide killing spree, disgraced NYPD detective Stan Magreen is coaxed into the case; not just because he's a good detective but because he was the first Rogie.</span><o:p style="font-size: 12pt;"></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background: rgb(75, 71, 133); border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-radius: 4px; padding: 13.5pt; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://storymerchant.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9594faf1936c64d12b3eb6b0e&id=c443c01b16&e=42e3104275" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank" title="Read Today"><b><span style="color: white;">Read Today</span></b></a></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072611935124185096.post-37302132171208879752024-01-15T00:00:00.000-08:002024-01-15T00:00:00.141-08:00New from Story Merchant Books - Up Here on Casings by G.T. Hogan <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNp3JW-pl-rcWKYgIK9JcLj0QaUhU6gnFbdAo7guT8AkAa-PbhEFj4lR5-JkSbe1wkP_825JC46LKZyYX1b2YRo_iK-J8UE9L97ZfVCy7QN8KLYDQq5gbLYJbI1oddRLnSqYOW4ABbdirz9sTj9Zf-mQQnhCF7DPIupMOcgZQKCkEKq-fmuUsMvIaOdHgx/s2560/Casings%20Ebok%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNp3JW-pl-rcWKYgIK9JcLj0QaUhU6gnFbdAo7guT8AkAa-PbhEFj4lR5-JkSbe1wkP_825JC46LKZyYX1b2YRo_iK-J8UE9L97ZfVCy7QN8KLYDQq5gbLYJbI1oddRLnSqYOW4ABbdirz9sTj9Zf-mQQnhCF7DPIupMOcgZQKCkEKq-fmuUsMvIaOdHgx/w400-h640/Casings%20Ebok%20cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Up-Here-Casings-G-T-Hogan-ebook/dp/B0CQ6LRG5L">AVAILABLE ON AMAZON</a></b></div> <p></p><div class="celwidget" data-cel-widget="titleblock_feature_div" data-csa-c-asin="1970157429" data-csa-c-content-id="titleblock" data-csa-c-id="g2c8ke-ag7ct7-4za7l2-mdejw5" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row="false" data-csa-c-slot-id="titleblock_feature_div" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-feature-name="titleblock" id="titleblock_feature_div" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><div class="a-section a-spacing-none" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 22px;"><h1 class="a-spacing-none a-text-normal" id="title" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">After growing up together in New Jersey, a college kid, Jon, and his cousin, Dwayne, find themselves both moving out west. While Jon has an idollike respect for Dwayne he can’t help but be put off by his odd, hyper, borderline autistic nature. Still, they spend a year plus exploring the San Juan Mountains, working different construction jobs, and having generally irregular but sometimes extraordinary experiences together. After one characteristically heroic event, in which Dwayne stops a movie theatre shooting, Jon and Dwayne’s time out west solidifies their “coming of age” as Dwayne barely survives a shot to the head, and Jon is involved in a fatal shooting accident himself. In the end, both boys have to face who they are and who it is they actually want to be.</span></span></h1></div></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0