In journalistic world dominated by sound bytes and bombastic blowhards, Tim Russert stood out and stood above the rest of the pack. To my mind, he was the Walter Cronkite …
Final Draft Templates for Comics
It was Antony Johnston who first switched me on to the joys of Final Draft, and gave me a copy of his own comic-book template to go along with it. …
From Russia With Love!
Well, we are here. Actually, we’ve been in country for four days now. The weather has been … well … Russia in winter. Translation: it is freeeking cold! 😀 The …
The Road to Open Water Diver
Today, I took the first major step in fulfilling a lifelong goal … PADI Open Water Diver certification. I had a lot of fun at the course taught over at …
WETA discuss 3D Effects in LotR
Alias traveled to New Zealand for the world premiere of The Return of the King and to meet with four of the key players at Weta Digital to find out more about the 3D effects in the third movie. Scott…
Neil Gaiman on Blogging
Re: Journal – by burrowsWilliam Gibson just stopped blogging [williamgibsonbooks.com], stating that informal blog/journal writing gets in the way of writing fiction. Is there a conflict for you between maintaining your journal and writing fiction? How do you manage your…
Play Time with Jackie and Adam
I just got home from three hours of great play with Jackie and Adam. They very graciously introduced me to the basics of single-hand rapier fighting. As with my experience on Henry V, I am very impressed with how similar…
The Curtain falls on Henry V
For strike, Jay (my buddy) and I took charge of the storage space, making sure that items were correctly and appropriately stored. It also involved a fair amount of heavy lifting.From Drew’s WebLog at drewvogel.comReally? All I recall is…