The Walking Dead 1-5 circa 2003

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The Walking Dead 1-5 circa 2003

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BUILDING A BOOK

BUILDING A BOOK - Today’s post is the third in a series of reflections I had after attending Litquake’s digital publishing conference, digi.lit, on June 21, 2014. This session was all about the ways books can be built--in print or electronically--in today’s ever changing publishing landscape. The panel consisted of three reps from top online book sellers, but didn’t include Amazon, which continues to be number one. Kobo runs aps/ ebooks and got out of the ereader/ tablet hardware business in 2014. They partner with indie bookstores and report that 'first free' series sell extremely well. Smashwords will let an indie author post an ebook for free on multiple platforms. Think of it as one stop shopping, to get into all places and availability, in multiple formats. Ingram Spark purports to be Amazon’s main competitor. Their books are not labeled ‘independent’ and are associated with Ingram wholesale. My opinion? None of them have the same reach as Amazon, so upload your ebook, for free to Kindle. Nobody beats their POD (print-on-demand) for professional results at a cost effective price. Yes, that’s why they continue to be number one.

The following conference sessions will be covered in this series of blog posts.

1. Digital 101: Is Digital publishing the best option for me?

2. Do you read me? Author Branding and Marketing

3. Building a Book

4. The Changing Ways we Read

THE GREEN INFERNO

THE GREEN INFERNO - The Green Inferno, directed by Eli Roth, was inspired by the 1980 Italian film entitled Holocausto Canibal. Stephen King tweeted a glowing response to the film, stating it was “hard to watch, but you can’t look away”. Roth is known for directing horror films such as Hostel, Hostel II and Cabin Fever. Hostel is one of my personal favorites in the horror film genre. It showcased a flawed main character you can root for, who is put into a dangerous scenario, and is able to fight his way back to freedom. While Green Inferno uses some of the same structural conventions, the impact is less effective and nowhere near as original. However, I did enjoy it and do recommend watching this film. Keep in mind it is very violent, politically incorrect and should not be seen by anybody with a sensitive disposition. Be warned, and, stay out of the jungle!   

LITCRAWL 2015

Don't miss Litcrawl this Saturday October 17, 2015!

Listen to me read at Litcrawl, part of the larger Litquake festival, at City Art in San Francisco which is at 828 Valencia Street, beginning at 7:15pm. 

http://www.litquake.org/events/alabama-street-writers-group-facades

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THE KNOWN UNIVERSE

THE KNOWN UNIVERSE - The observable universe consists of everything (planets, stars, light, signals, gas, etc.) that can be observed at the present time because it has reached the Earth visually (Hubble Ultra-Deep Field) since the beginning of the cosmological expansion. 

THE KNOWN UNIVERSE

NYCHOS

NYCHOS - These pics represent street murals from the Austrian artist Nychos, seen around the time of his exhibit at Fifty24SF Gallery, in San Francisco's Lower Haight. Enjoy! 

WES CRAVEN

WES CRAVEN - With Wes Craven’s recent death, I thought it would be a good time, for a retrospective. He worked as a professor, got his start in X rated film and growing up, movies were banned at his house. He grew up, moved away and turned his imagination toward scary monsters. He wrote books (Fountain Society) and was involved in television (Castle).

• A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Scream
• The Last House on the Left
• The Hills Have Eyes
• Vampire in Brooklyn
• The People Under the Stairs
• Shocker
• Swamp Thing 

THREE SKELETON KEY ON ESCAPE

SCARIEST OLD TIME RADIO EPISODES? - Before internet, cable and satellite--the network television channels we think of today--began as broadcast radio. The same way good writing employs zero narrative distance, there is something about sitting in a dark room, listening to a scary old time radio play. The following are arguably the best-of-the-best tales of the supernatural from yesteryear. 

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - This is a series of posts on the ongoing theme of my favorite musical, Phantom of the Opera. The material remains the same: with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, all based on LeFantome de L’opera by Gaston Leroux circa 1909. This is the story of Christine--reunited with her long-lost love Raul, thrust into a leading role--at the hand of her saboteur and vocal coach. It’s not the first time I’ve seen the musical at the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco. What’s different, you might ask? It really comes down to advancement in set design and technological innovation. Thanks to producer Cameron Mackintosh with well-known hits such as Miss Saigon, Les Miserables and Cats. He has made the Paris Opera House and its subterranean labyrinth the star of this production (when it really should have been the Phantom or at least Christine). I don’t feel this Phantom was as strong as the previous version. There was a production glitch, which caused the house lights to come up with a 5 minute pause, between the theme and Music of the Night. The stall derailed the momentum. Still worth seeing? Yes! It is Phantom, after all.

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LOVE NEVER DIES

LOVE NEVER DIES - Recently, I watched a City Center movie theater presentation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, titled Love Never Dies. Webber's new work is a follow up to an all-time classic and personal favorite; a sequel to ‘The Phantom of the Opera’. The pros of seeing the film version: larger-than-life, movie screen sized performers singing music that's been recorded live. While it's obviously not shot in one take, it's clear that this performance is not a lip-sync. The cons are; ‘Love’ will never match the elegant brilliance of ‘Phantom’, along with the film's static nature that isn't as exciting as live theater. While I don't think ‘Love’ is still in theaters, it will be released on DVD in May, according to the Playbill website. On a related topic, the 25th anniversary performance of ‘Phantom’ continues on PBS this week, as well as being currently available on DVD. My love affair and deep admiration for Phantom began in orchestra section seats at the Orpheum in San Francisco. The phantom's anguish over an opera singer, amidst the subterranean opera house catacombs, is beautifully conveyed in concise lyrics and soaring musical arrangements. 

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1925 full movie

GHOST HUNT ON SUSPENSE

SCARIEST OLD TIME RADIO EPISODES? - Before internet, cable and satellite--the network television channels we think of today--began as broadcast radio. The same way good writing employs zero narrative distance, there is something about sitting in a dark room, listening to a scary old time radio play. The following are arguably the best-of-the-best tales of the supernatural from yesteryear.