Category: Author
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Finnemore Fridays: Are You Registered?
A funny message for you about voting via a John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme sketch which is about ghosts who have a message for you about voting.
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Finnemore Fridays: Summer
Luckily we have John Finnemore to explain what the heck is going on these bizarre, slightly-off, artistic endeavors.
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Narration Demo
Somebody’s got a new demo… This week I’m in San Francisco, writing and recording a professional demo reel for narration jobs. I’ve learned gobs about this very technical work, and gained the experience of a director looking for a specific sound and helping me get there. Identifying areas where I need deeper work and more…
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Finnemore Fridays: Bad Love Affairs
No matter how deeply, passionately, and devotedly we participate in love affairs, some partners are just bad luck.
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Stay Astonished
It’s good to stay astonished by things. Curious. Aware. Here’s a list of the things which astonished me today and especially on my “commute” to class in San Francisco tonight: There’s a Redwood Park next to the Transamerica building 81 degrees in SF at 5PM Despite my runaway worrying, Asphalta provided a parking spot directly…
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Tips From SBWC: Be Not Afraid. Query Away, Writers!
Yesterday, thanks to spontaneously participating in #PitMad, I wrote a query. What’s a query? It is a letter (email, these days) that you send to an agent, a publisher, or anyone who might help you along on your route to publication. I hear you, devoted audience. “But wait,” you are saying, “didn’t you already write…
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Finnemore Fridays: Time Travel
John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme (JFSP) travels through time with hilarious efficiency in a number of sketches. I particularly like the logic in this one about how the machine works…or does it?
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Finnemore Fridays: Don’t Tell Me, Please
I henceforth resume my Finnemore Fridays, celebrating my favorite comic writer, beginning with the My Dog Song.
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On Writing Well: Part I, Principles
And here are my summary notes, in case you want a William Goldman style “good parts version.” Readers of The Princess Bride know that they are really all the good parts. That’s no different with this book. Read it all if you can.
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Pride and Prometheus: The Post-Perusing Depression of Great Novels
I finished a fantastic book for my Jane Austen book club today. Pride and Prometheus was supposed to be my “reward” for getting work done. But I read a little bit during breakfast–I just wanted to get to the end of the chapter I fell asleep on last night–and I couldn’t make myself put it…