Ryan and I are coming up on the back half of the Disney Renaissance, which reminds me a lot of the risks the animation studio took during the "Dark Ages" of the 70s and early 80s. The storytellers in place at the time were concerned with telling different kinds of stories that were a little … Continue reading (Movie Reviews) A Hunchback, a Demigod and an Only Child Walk Into a Bar…
Month: June 2016
(Review) Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1-6
When Marvel resumed their regular universe in the wake of Secret Wars last November, they released a really great line-up of diverse comics under the "All-New, All-Different Marvel" banner. I wrote a little about the titles I was most interested in here, and it's taken me a little time to get to most of the … Continue reading (Review) Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1-6
(Reviews) The Circle of Life, The Colors of the Wind, The Virtue of Playing Nice
Ryan and I are holding a weekly film festival where we watch the entire Disney animated canon in chronological order, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs all the way to Zootopia. Currently, we're up to the latter half of the studio's first Renaissance. Here are my reviews of the latest batch of movies! The … Continue reading (Reviews) The Circle of Life, The Colors of the Wind, The Virtue of Playing Nice
(Writing) Ye Olde List of Projects
The biggest takeaway from my week of Infomagical is the seriously wonderful idea of narrowing my focus to one or two things and working on them until they're done. I have a bad habit of saying yes to everything, of getting excited about so many projects and/or collaborations that it becomes really difficult to keep … Continue reading (Writing) Ye Olde List of Projects
(#Infomagical) Day 5: One Priority
Yesterday's Infomagical challenge was to have a conversation at least seven minutes long with someone about a topic important to you, either over the phone or in person. So...how was it? Was it harder than you thought it would be? Easier? What did you talk about? And did you learn anything from the conversation? I … Continue reading (#Infomagical) Day 5: One Priority
(#Infomagical) Day 4: The Art of Conversation
Yesterday's challenge was to avoid any meme, article, video or other link that didn't take you closer to your information goal. For me, that was making sure that any content I consumed online made me a better and more focused storyteller. I'm not going to lie, this was the hardest challenge this week; I didn't … Continue reading (#Infomagical) Day 4: The Art of Conversation
(#Infomagical) Day 3: You Shall Not Pass, Meme!
Yesterday's Infomagical Challenge centered around the joy of tidying up your phone. The idea was to take a look at every app on your smartphone and think about whether or not it made you happy and productive. If it didn't, see ya! The app is gone and your home screen is a little less cluttered. … Continue reading (#Infomagical) Day 3: You Shall Not Pass, Meme!
(#Infomagical) Day 2: The Minimalist Phone
Yesterday for the Infomagical Challenge we were supposed to single-task: throughout the day, we choose ONE thing to do and carry out that task to completion. For those of us who are really used to bouncing around from webpage to Word to chat program, it might have been pretty difficult. How did you do? What … Continue reading (#Infomagical) Day 2: The Minimalist Phone
(Infomagical) Day 1: Zen and the Art of Single-Tasking
We live in a world of constant, almost unavoidable connection. At our computers we have the world at our fingertips -- we can search for any obscure thing our hearts desire, or keep up on the news of countries around the world. At any given moment, we can check in on our friends and the … Continue reading (Infomagical) Day 1: Zen and the Art of Single-Tasking
(Friday Fiction) The Comfortable Clink of Silence
Working on THE CULT OF MAXIMUS has exposed a few problem areas for me as a writer -- I really need to get better at writing scenes where characters are in direct conflict, and I could stand to shore up my dialogue so that characters expose their personalities a bit better through how they speak. … Continue reading (Friday Fiction) The Comfortable Clink of Silence
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 