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Prince’s Number One Writing Tip: Never Stop Proving It

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I work best with a chip on my shoulder. Nothing gets me going like someone not believing I can do it. In every direction you’ll find doubters. People looking to put you in your place. Your job is to prove them wrong. Watch and wait for Prince to take the stage below. For years I’d […]

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The Future of TV – New Webseries ‘Adults Only’

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Check out the trailer… As a personal aside this was written and co-directed by Jason M. Burns. Jason and I worked briefly together at the Sun Chronicle and he gave me a shot at Severe which led to PopSyndicate.com which led to the great gig I have now. Writing is a tough job – in […]

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The Circus on the Border

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A tight rope stretches across the living room, 15 inches above a tangled orange carpet that has always been there. Kenny hops up on the rope, practicing an art, gliding to the end in effortless sways of tension and release. The rope is not a rope but a wire. The wound steel, an inch in […]

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Some Folks Never Seen A Bear At All (Hank Stabbed That Guy)

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2006 FINALIST BUKOWSKI TAVERN SHORT STORY CONTEST (Story had to include words, Harpoon, Bukowski, Pint and Pen) It killed him about the same time Hank lost his head to that bear. “Nothing,” he used to say. Still, he walked around for years with that gash in his side, a small scar but deep. Hank was […]

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