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Sunday, December 14, 2014

My Accidental Hiatus

Posted on 10:47 AM by christofer D


Turns out I took an accidental hiatus. I kept thinking I would get back to posting, but things kept getting in the way. I was teaching and writing my own stories. I wrote a bible for a television show which took up a lot of time. I am working on a graphic novel as well as a couple of other projects. All of those things spread me pretty thin.

The other thing is that every time I tried to
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Monday, June 2, 2014

How Stories Work – Everything Old is New Again

Posted on 3:31 AM by christofer D













A few months ago, I heard a
story on NPR about a study that found reading literary fiction, rather than
popular fiction, could help people be more empathetic. I have no doubt that this could be true. But I
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Monday, March 24, 2014

Movies I Like: Ace in the Hole

Posted on 9:41 AM by christofer D

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I am unsure just how many posts of mine mention legendary
writer/director Billy Wilder, but here is
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Friday, January 17, 2014

Why a deus ex machina doesn’t make a satisfying story.

Posted on 7:37 AM by christofer D











Before I start this post I want
to apologize for the long gap between this post and the last.  I was deep in a project that took up a
lot of my time and mental energy. That project is more or less done—more
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