• The Great Flop: Disney’s John Carter

    by  • May 12, 2012

    Hollywood flops are fun and instructive quite possibly the only thing we Minnesotans are allowed to criticize. I saw John CarterĀ at the Riverview this week and it wasn’t even worth the 3$ I paid. And I’d had a few beers too. Don’t feel sorry for Disney, they are making all their money back with The [...]

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    Why self-published books are so bad.

    by  • April 23, 2012

    I forgot my glasses way out in the suburbs two months ago and then somebody called and said they were sitting in the back of her drawer and since my phone number was on the case decided to call. Nice. Two-hundred fifty dollar bifocals man. Course, I’d already replaced them. On the way out to [...]

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    Self publishing: Advice to a friend

    by  • April 18, 2012

    Hi: I’m excited to hear about your writing project. Look, go down to your local library and see if you can find Walter Mosely’s book on writing. I think it’s called “This year you will write your novel” or something like that. Or Steven Kings book “On Writing”–could be a different title. King’s book is [...]

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    Instant Legacy

    by  • March 30, 2012

    It’s the end of the world, to quote Karen Carpenter. “Why” she asked, “does the sun go on shining?” A profound and simple question that goes straight to the heart of all cliches. Yesterday, the Bell Museum came to MCTC where I am a student at the Barber School (more on this later) with a [...]

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