It rains. A lot.
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[Micah is in an undisclosed location, writing and stuff. Little Wolk goes off on owls]
Little Wolk here. Picture this—Zack Snyder, director of “300″ and “Dawn of the Dead,” pitches an idea to Warner Bros.:
Zack: ”Oh man, you guys are gonna love this. You’re just gonna love it. Okay, so there’s this legendary group of warriors who protect civilians. No one really knows if they exist or are simply mythical, but one day, this heroic guy who truly believes in them decides [...]
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Jul 18
Simulacrum
Fiction > Short story> Diagram
Simulacrum
Henry Seton had a simulacrum of himself constructed, which he would place in his stead whenever his notoriously ill moods saw fit. Dinner, a night at the movies, a trip to see long-lost cousins—all these events Henry Seton’s simulacrum enjoyed, with his wife at his side and three children in tow. The simulacrum was an artist’s representation of Henry Seton, and thus was imperfect. Henry’s sharp features were sculpted soft, his proud posture had [...]
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Jul 15
Wolk ex Machina
[Little Wolk is all growns up and has posted her first...er, post. Before I get back to the shed I'll secretly comment on her self-described inane ramblings. Then I really must go. No, seriously.]
Hi there. I’m Little Wolk. I can only assume I’ve earned this epithet by being a gargantuan five feet tall, but it’s catchy (and true) so I’m cool with it. In fact, here is me looking both Little and Wolk-y.
Before I jump right in to what can best [...]
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Jul 11
Little Wolk
Work soon beckons—the staring-at-a-screen-all-day-and-trying-to-write-something-worth-writing kind of work—which means fewer updates, which means a cry rises from the countryside. Women rip out their hair, men beat their chests with spiked gauntlets; a people mourn.
So I’ve acquired the services of a guest blogger, who I’ve named (without asking if she even likes it) Little Wolk, and who will be a refreshing change from my usual “Hey, this is what I’m working on!” thing. I have no idea what she likes (running marathons, [...]
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Jul 7
Words to Defend and Deplore the Image: On David Mamet’s Speed The Plow
Non-fiction > Essay > Total Theater Magazine
Words to Defend and Deplore the Image: On David Mamet’s Speed the Plow
Style is a funny thing with writers, often portrayed as the opposite of substance, as though the two can’t happily co-exist. One could argue—and one will—that the style of a David Mamet play is its substance; imagine his work without the staccato chatter, the pauses, the repetition, the doubling-back fragments, the New York-infused vulgarity sweetened with a drop of Los Angeles gloss. His characters [...]
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Jul 7
I Am Waiting
A bunch of correspondence today. Random, cranky, what have you. Must be the heat.
Hello Sir,
We met briefly at the Comic-Con. You were speaking with someone at the IDW table, I was an artist waiting to pitch you an idea. Unfortunately you had to run, but you were kind enough to give me your email and I though I’d lost it. Two items: 1. Will you be at the Comic-Con this year? 2. Do you have any interest in steampunk? Specifically, [...]
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Jul 3
A Curious Spite
So I managed to get something out of all this academic writing: an essay on David Mamet’s Speed The Plough. It’s not going to win any awards or be cited in future critiques of his work, but at least it’s found some online permanence. The massive theater database Total Theater added my piece to their archives. Now, there are some formatting issues, some missing footnotes, etc., but you can find the full [...]
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Jun 27
The question is, not does love exist but when she leaves, where she goes.
Such a long post title. For those of you who remember DLR sprechstimme-ing his way through Secrets, well…there you go.
The hotel room is quiet. I left my shoes outside the door last night and this morning they are polished. Summer school officially ended Friday. I had an anxiety dream about my final exam—I’m sitting at the desk, pen in hand, unable to read the questions—which ended with an in-dream realization that I’m 36, and shouldn’t waste my time worrying, and [...]
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Jun 24
Groan…
So the NYT has another good article about another good Asian film festival, and they use the phrase “genre-bending” which raises my hackles. As always. Asian cinema–itself a sloppy distinction, as if all of Asia can be lumped together–is frequently referred to as “genre-bending” meaning they aren’t afraid to combine different “genre” elements into one narrative.
Really? This approach to storytelling is worth a label? Sadly, yes. Marketers too often treat audiences like sheep. Notice I didn’t use “children” [...]
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