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NEW: A Collection of my Canadian Film & TV Essays...I’ve been writing provocatively on-line since around 1998: about Canadian film/TV, Canadian culture & identity, as well as about comic books and graphic novels. But I also occasionally write fiction, with stories published in Strange Horizons, Daily SF, On Spec, the acclaimed Tesseracts anthology (the 19th volume), and other places over the years. I mention this because I’ve put out a few pulp story collections. And if you enjoy this blog, essays, reviews, and/or any of my websites, one way to show support would be to check out MY FICTION COLLECTIONS and, if they look interesting…buy one! It ain’t PATREON or anything, but it’s a way of showing you think what I’ve been doing is worth doing, and would help keep this blog and the websites up.
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
The Art and Craft…of the Title Sequence
Part of my blathering, both here and in my accompanying websites (such as The Great Canadian Guide to the Movies & TV), is to consider and opine on the storytelling process. As a kind of minor example example of that … Continue reading
Even Artists Must Respect the Craftmanship
In an earlier post, I used an up-coming TV series (sight unseen) to comment on some potential pitfalls in storytelling — to speculate on “do”s and “don’t”s. Which can be a kind of interesting topic, with two schools of thought. … Continue reading
Reviewing radio drama — Trust Inc
Workers in Canadian film & TV often complain about how hard it is to get press coverage and reviews, squeezed in between the American releases…and radio drama has even more obstacles. So today I’m looking at a current CBC Radio … Continue reading
The “Game Changers” of Canadian TV
I keep drafting essays I intend to post — but then a random comment in one will kind of drag my thoughts off in a whole new direction for a different piece altogether. This post ended up morphing out of … Continue reading
Those Who Don’t Learn From Time Travel TV Series Are Doomed to Repeat Them…
And that cheeky paraphrasing of George Santayana’s oft-referenced admonishment leads us into today’s topic, kiddies n’ pals… Sometimes you’ll see books (or advice columns) about how to write great movies, hit movies, how to craft a great screenplay. But, you … Continue reading