by Ira | Jun 5, 2018 | Film, Reviews
Right off the bat, I have to confess that I was not expecting this movie to be any good. Liz and I didn’t see it in theaters, we had no interest in seeing it in theaters, and my viewing of it on Blu-ray was purely out of curiosity to see if it was as bad as I...
by Ira | Jun 4, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
I’m listening to music tonight that I put into a playlist at the beginning of the year, a really rough part of the year for me. I had failed. I’d set many goals, many deadlines for my writing, and I was missing them all. It was a horrible, vicious cycle of...
by Ira | Jun 3, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Sometimes, my brain runs in circles when it’s trying to figure out something story related. There are so many moving parts to a story, it can be so hard to fit them all together, which is why “simple” is king. The rub is that “simple” can...
by Ira | Jun 3, 2018 | Film, Reviews
Cargo is an indie out of Australia, that’s actually based on this short film from 2011, and the short is absolutely fantastic. It’s a perfect example of the storytelling one can accomplish in quite literally seconds, as long as there is specificity and...
by Ira | Jun 2, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
The writing was good today! Twas a much more relaxing day for me today, for whatever reason. Not as up tight, or anxious. I just kind of enjoyed my day. I wrote. I did building work. I watched some baseball, and the movie Cargo…which I’ll do a write up on...
