Failing again. Failing better.
But my in-laws arrived, and we spent the day doing various Christmas-related activities. My parents will arrive in a few days as well. So on top of hosting everyone, I’m also trying to get my commercial writing business started. I will try to post things as I can, but don’t expect a lot–maybe just funny…
Continuing yesterday’s theme, the official trailer for Prometheus was released today. You can view it here. If you viewed the leaked trailer I posted about earlier, you’ll see something familiar. This is being billed as a sort of Aliens prequel, and you’ll notice a lot of thematic and tonal similarity, even if you don’t see…
I’ve written about the militarization of law enforcement here, here, and here. Yesterday I came across a long, but great article that detailed the extent of law enforcement militarization. The article notes that the U.S. Government has distributed $34 billion in homeland security grants, but with little oversight and incomplete record-keeping. Fargo, North Dakota is…
Jon Gingerich of LitReactor.com has a great post on editing your story. But his advice is also useful for nonfiction writers as well. I used to edit a journal at law school, and I followed an editing pattern similar to the one suggested by Gingerich. You see, when you edit, you shouldn’t be looking only…
I didn’t intend for today to become video-clip day, but here we are. Here is a link to the trailer for the second season of the BBC’s modern day Sherlock. I can’t wait for season 2. Sherlock is played by Bennedict Cumberbatch, a great actor who you can also see in the new film Tinker,…