Archive for May, 2007

One of the most fascinating and soon-to-be time consuming things to come out of this year’s visit to Balticon was the issue of Podcasting. The term “podcast” is a portmanteau word (see previous post) ; a combination of “iPod” and “broadcast.” It is an audio (or video) digital file that is distributed over the Internet using syndication...
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Thanks to the Women in Film and Video (WIFV) group here in Washington DC for bringing this to my attention. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i77c5a9f8c684e013b66d42b22005f6ca The WGAW report listed: More than 30% of the American population is nonwhite, yet writers of color continue to account for less than 10% of employed television writers.  In film, that number has been at 6%...
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Did you know: Almost 90 per cent of are people with some form of disability? So says, forensic expert Yusuf Yadgari. Every suicide bomber’s body in Kabul-based attacks passes through Dr. Yadgari’s morgue. He has so far detected such disabilities as muscular dystrophy, amputated toes, blindness, skin diseases and signs of mental illness...
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Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus…wait, I mean, yes, Virginia, I am a coward.  A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from Chris Soth (http://www.milliondollarscreenwriting.com/blog/) who was headed down to Georgia for the filming of his script, “Outrage.”  Basically, it was a call for folks interested in helping out on the...
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