Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on August 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
More drawings for the sci-fi author trading cards…
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Cygnus is a journal of speculative fiction headed by writer, editor and epic beard-grower, Casey Winters. The journal (which is listed on Duotrope’s Digest) will feature six to nine short stories, as well as speculative works of art (arguably, anyone could look at my pictures and speculate as to whether or not it is really … Read more
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Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on June 17, 2011 · 3 Comments
My boy and I like to pick out movies from the library to watch (they’re free and we get ‘em for two weeks!) and this week’s picks included Contact, starring Jodie Foster, from 1997. What an incredible film. I picked it up because I remembered liking it, but I’d forgotten just how great it really … Read more
Filed under STORYTELLING, VIDEO · Tagged with 1997, camera tricks, Carl Sagan, cinematography, Cloud Atlas, Contact, David Mitchell, film, filmmaking, good story, Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, movie, movie graphics, sci-fi, Science fiction, SETI, Speculative fiction, story, storytelling, writing
