If any of you lovely readers (can I call you readers if you mostly consist of family members who feel obligated to read whatever words I string together?) are somehow still unaware despite my mad twitter activity, this past weekend was Emerald City Comicon--the one weekend a year when Seattle nerds come together to be… Continue reading Why We Need Conventions
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Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts 2013
Who's watching the Oscars tonight? Before you do, let's take a minute to talk about the Oscar-nominated animated shorts, because frankly they're the best part of the Oscars. If you haven't yet, check out my reviews of the live-action shorts, too. But for now, it's time to get animated. Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"… Continue reading Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts 2013
Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts of 2013
Like I mentioned a few weeks back, we seem to have found ourselves smack-dab in the middle of awards season again, with the Oscars coming up next weekend. And while most of the attention come Oscar season is on the feature films, I'm taking you on a trip through my favorite part of the show--the… Continue reading Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts of 2013
Transmedia and The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
For those of you who don't follow me on tumblr, there's a web series you should be watching. It is called The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, and it is a modern adaptation of Jane Austen's Price and Prejudice, and it's one of the best things currently happening both on the Internet and in the world of innovative storytelling… Continue reading Transmedia and The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
On Modular Stories
Because I feel like being contrary today, we're going to talk about something that most "literary" types love to do that drives me absolutely bonkers. Come on, modular stories--let's dance. For those of you who don't spend an absurd amount of time reading and thinking about story structure, a quick explanation: a "modular story" is a… Continue reading On Modular Stories
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