In last month’s course, I read Chris Anderson’s book, The Long Tail, which discussed the evolution of the market and how “hits” are no longer the sole generators of profits in the entertainment and retail industries. In the case of addressing more traditional forms of literature, such as novels, Anderson didn’t go into as much…
This morning, I sat down at my desk and committed myself to focus on my homework for class. This is the final project, the culmination of our studies on publishing and distribution. In case you haven’t been following the blog for the past few weeks, I had to come up with a new project and…
Yesterday evening, I had the unique pleasure of getting to help out a friend and support a good cause. My friend, Jeff, and his girlfriend are looking to start a nonprofit organization called Project: Perfect Timing. The goal of the program will be to encourage abstinence among today’s youth and to look to establish healthy…
On Friday, I bared my soul to the world by posting a documentary in which I admitted to having an eating disorder. If you haven’t had a chance to see the video yet, you probably didn’t realize that I made this confession while literally stripping down to my underwear. It was hard for me to…
For those of you that follow both of my blogs, I apologize that you’re seeing this post twice. I promised myself that if I went through with it and created this documentary on my eating disorder, I’d share it with the world. If you’re going to do anything in life, do it well and do…
Just a quick note — Even though I had planned to move forward with the filming of my doc tonight regardless, I was pretty thrilled to get a response back from my teacher this morning: “I am glad you are pushing out of your usual medium and also using your personal knowledge and life experiences. …
*GULP* Tomorrow, I will begin filming for the short documentary I proposed for my Publishing and Distribution class. In case you haven’t been following my blog for the last few weeks, I’ve basically committed to creating a very short [3-5 minute] documentary reflecting on my life as a yo-yo dieter and borderline OCD-calorie counter. My…
For those of you that do not know, I’m a current student at Full Sail University, majoring in Creative Writing for Entertainment. Full Sail University, located in Winter Park, FL, is an entertainment and media arts school. For the past four years, they’ve hosted what is known as the “Hall of Fame,” which is when…
Let me preface this post by saying that I don’t think there is such as thing as an intentional hypocrite. I strongly doubt that people wake up, get their morning coffee, and add “commit hypocrisy” to their to-do list for the day, right below “take out the trash” and “clean the gutters.” I believe most…
One of the things I’ve learned after nearly six years of marriage is that it’s not always perfect. It’s rarely the beautiful, singing-hand-in-hand-while-skipping-into-the-sunset sort of thing, despite what Hollywood would make you think. More often than not, marriage is a series of compromises, discussions, concessions, and sometimes full on pout-outs [primarily by the lady, I’m…
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