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Brat Summer
Read more: Brat SummerIt’s brat summer and for me this meant rediscovering Bratwurst. I’ve had it a couple of times, usually the white version on a bun, like a hot dog. These were mainly bought from UK or US grocery stores and they were…okay. Nothing great, a little too much meat. I would eat one every couple of…
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Transmedia Influences
Read more: Transmedia InfluencesAs my interest in understanding how people are creating transmedia bodies of work, I stumbled on Kris Straub‘s Local58 series of ‘nostalgia horror’. I’ve watched a few others in the nostalgia horror genre but Local58 has stuck with me. There is a sense of dread and fear from elements in the grainy ‘found footage’ videos.…
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Transmedia World-building
Read more: Transmedia World-buildingThe idea of a book, TV show, or movie having deeper world-building experiences such as extending the story or universe across different mediums has interested me for a few years now. As part of my MFA, I created a website based on the world of my manuscript. The site (haptai.com) is for the services offered…
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1000 Pages and Counting
Read more: 1000 Pages and CountingI guess when I was told a javascript script wasn’t working I should have listened. Instead I ignored the printer error for awhile. But no, I had to find out for myself. I tested the script by printing a test page. The script ran and moved the document from one queue to another. An error…
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Horse Riding
Read more: Horse RidingSo, I was on my usual horse today. I wasn’t dreading and the lesson went okay after a shaky start. It was 9am. First lesson of the day. First lesson for the horse as well; and she takes a bit to get going. I felt better cantering today on her than I have over the…
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Work
Read more: WorkWent back to work today after a week off. I love days when a lot of bulk gets done. We sorted out the music PCs after 3 long weeks of rebuilding, testing software, failing, trying again. Then, finally, success! They are all hooked up to the Yamaha midi keyboards and they all work. Trial wifi…
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Lights!
Read more: Lights!In my first essay on the Duchess of Malfi, we have to consider how we would stage one of the scenes. In researching this it has turned my mind to lighting in tv, film and plays. Drive was the first movie I watched where the lighting really struck me. I found it fascinating to learn…
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You Are Home
Read more: You Are HomeGravel crunched under the tires. The sound of home on Cape Cod. Amy came to a stop at the back of the house and cut the engine. She looked out of the bug-spattered windshield at the neglected house looming before her. Weeds poked through the drive. She glimpsed more weeds from the rear view mirror;…
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Troy
Read more: Troy‘I’ll get it, Mom,’ Dex called out as he loped down the stairs. ‘If it’s Grandpa send him out to the backyard to keep an eye on the barbecue,’ his mother called back from the kitchen. ‘I said I’d do the barbecue.’ ‘I don’t want you doing anything on your last day here.’ Dex opened…
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8 Seconds
Read more: 8 SecondsEight seconds, that’s all it would take, then he’d be done for the day. Wade hung his head over the small stainless steel sink and tried to breathe. He’d be up soon, out there in the ring again for the first time since the accident. Nerves clenched his gut. He heaved but only water came…
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Rodeo Research
Read more: Rodeo ResearchFor my final piece on the OU A215 course a story about a cowboy came into my head one day in March/April. I’d never been into western riding or cowboys, ever, but there the idea was so I went with it. As I go back to the US every summer, I Googled rodeos in the…
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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn – Goodreads Review
Read more: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn – Goodreads ReviewGone Girl by Gillian Flynn My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wow, what a read! What totally insane characters. I loved how my allegiance to the two main protagonists/antagonists shifted, I loved how the story kept me guessing, I loved how the entire train wreck of these 2 characters’ lives unfolded across this story with…