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Category: Video
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Hipster Rationale: Does it Make Sense to Avoid Popular Culture? (Video Blog ep 053)
Click the image above to view the video Why dislike something that you’ve previously liked, once it becomes popular? Is there any logic to avoiding something once it becomes popular?
I explore my thoughts on this topic, from the perspective of someone who has hipster tendencies, but is at least willing to admit to it.
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FREE copy of my “new” novel, Stranger Will, to willing readers
Click the image above to view the video My first novel, Stranger Will, is being re-released this January 25th, 2013 through Perfect Edge Books. However, I have a stack of unedited proof copies from the previous publication that I need to get rid of. Here’s where you come in.
I will send a free copy (until my limited supply runs out) to anyone willing to read the book and provide a video review. The review doesn’t even have to be positive. Just provide your honest response.
What’s the catch? No catch. I’ll even pay for shipping the book to you.
Because the book will be released on January 25th, 2013, I’m hoping for reviews to be uploaded as soon as possible. However, if you can’t meet the 25th deadline, anytime soon after is quite cool by me.
If you have questions, just ask in the comments at the YouTube video page.
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Writer’s Block is Just an Excuse for Broken Storytelling (Video Blog ep 052)
Click the image to view the video Writer’s block is just an excuse for broken storytelling. That’s the name of an article I wrote a while back for a site called Slothrop.com. The article, in so many words, says that the reason a writer gets stuck is not a spontaneous drain of energy or a mysterious lack of motivation. Writer’s block is simply a symptom of denial. Writer’s block is the writer’s intuition declaring that the story sucks and you need to fix it.
Share in the comments below: what has been your hardest bout of writer’s block and what did you do to cure it?
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How to Write Christmas Thank You Letters for Crappy Books (Video Blog ep 051)
Click the image above to watch the video Now that Christmas is over, we must begin the long process of thanking each of the kind people to have given us gifts this holiday. I know how arduous this can be, so I’ve taken it upon myself to offer some of my own thank yous as examples that you may wish to follow. Fair warning: don’t follow these examples.
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The Uncanny Canyon/Valley: Good for Fiction Writing and 90s Grunge Music Videos (Video Blog ep 049)
Click the image above to watch the video There’s a strange phenomenon in the world of visual character creation—puppetry, animated cartoons, robotics—where the more closely a character resembles a human, the more sympathy that character elicits and the more compassion we give it…until a certain point. This gap is called The Uncanny Canyon.
But how does this concept work in fiction? Here, I answer that very question.