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Before there was 'Dune', there were 'The Godmakers'
Frank Herbert is best known for the epic 'Dune' world he created with a total of six novels. Dune came to life in the sixties, and its success gave new…
Nov 21
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Before there was 'Dune', there were 'The Godmakers'
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So you want to be a screenwriter - do you have what it takes?
The two most essential elements for a screenwriter are discipline and stamina. Only then come craft and talent.
Nov 14
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So you want to be a screenwriter - do you have what it takes?
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September 2024
Pierre Benoit's curious quest for Atlantis
We all have our quirks, don't we? In the case of French writer Pierre Benoit, the quirks were many, among them was that each of his novels had to have…
Sep 28
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Pierre Benoit's curious quest for Atlantis
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The Transcontinental Railroad (includes exclusive chapter)
1869 was a landmark year for frontier America. The completion of the railroad was seen as more important than the gold and silver rushes. They were…
Sep 22
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Don't give up your day job
What may be meant as a put-down, coming from someone who doesn’t believe you can write, is actually very healthy thinking.
Sep 14
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"The Star" - H. G. Wells puts a up a mirror for all of us to take a good look at ourselves
We are masters of denialism. Whether its relationships or a global pandemic or climate change, realities can stare right at us and we'll still deny…
Sep 9
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"The Star" - H. G. Wells puts a up a mirror for all of us to take a good look at ourselves
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The California Gold Rush went viral because of Thomas O Larkin's 'gold letters'
The famed Gold Rush was a local matter, until Larkin's 'gold letters' to the New York Herald announced it to the world - and brought the world to…
Sep 1
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The California Gold Rush went viral because of Thomas O Larkin's 'gold letters'
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August 2024
Don't plot your story to death
Once you get commissioned to write scripts, things like proposals, exposés, treatments in every size, shape and form become the norm. In all of that…
Aug 24
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Notes from Underground: Dostoevsky's take on the importance of the irrational
Dostoevsky's brief 'Notes from Underground' is quite powerful as it tackles humanity's quest for sense and desire for nonsense in a pretty unusual way.
Aug 17
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Notes from Underground: Dostoevsky's take on the importance of the irrational
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The Mountain Meadows massacre (includes exclusive chapter)
Nevada in general, and Las Vegas in particular, might look entirely different today - if not for Mormon fears and actions in 1857.
Aug 13
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The Mountain Meadows massacre (includes exclusive chapter)
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"Even A-list writers write crappy first drafts." No, they absolutely do not.
This post’s title is a comment I once came across … and I couldn’t disagree more.
Aug 1
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"Even A-list writers write crappy first drafts." No, they absolutely do not.
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July 2024
The life and death of William 'Lucky Bill' Thorington
A largely forgotten man played a key role in early Nevada history - he was free-spirited, he was lawless, he was industrious and wealthy - and he was…
Jul 27
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The life and death of William 'Lucky Bill' Thorington
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