Michael's Musings

March 28, 2011

On Saturday, I threw out much of what I'd done with the trailer for my next book and, virtually, started from scratch.  Now, rather than have one trailer that runs close to 2 minutes, I'm going to have 3 different related ones that are less than 1 minute each.

And, none of them will have a "voice over," just visuals, the written word on a scroll, music and sound effects.

I'm very pleased with this approach.  However, except for a "tweak" here-or-there, there's not much more I can do with them until I have a book cover, which probably won't be for a few months.


I've posted 2 new reviews on the Best Bets on DVD site, accessible via the Introduction section of this page.  They are THE RESIDENT with Hilary Swank and Christopher Lee and THE PROWLER with Van Heflin and Evelyn Keyes.  So. take a look.


Now, here's something I was sent:

A man asked an American Indian what was his wife's name.  He replied, "She is called Five Horses".

The man said, "That's an unusual name for your wife.  What does it mean?"

The Old Indian answered, "It old Indian Name, mythical and deep. It mean...

NAG, NAG, NAG, NAG, NAG!"


You have a creative day.

Michael

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March 25, 2011

I spent much of yesterday working on a trailer for my next book, DRACULA MEETS JACK THE RIPPER And Other Revisionist Histories. 

I found a bunch of public domain photographs and drawings on the Internet that should work well.

The book isn't going to be out until late August or early September, but I like to get an early start.

Incidentally,  yesterday I was watching Muammar al-Qaddafi ranting on the news , and I was thinking: "My God! It's Charlie Sheen!"

Not much else to report, so you have a creative weekend and I'll be back with you on Monday.

Michael

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March 24, 2011

A teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class.

She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to gather the building materials for his home.

She read. "And so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and said: 'Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that straw to build my house?'"

The teacher paused then asked the class: "And what do you think the man said?"

One little boy raised his hand and said very matter-of-factly,  "I think the man would have said - 'I'll be a son of a bitch!! A talking pig!'"

The teacher had to leave the room.

You have a creative day.

Michael

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