Dark Inspiration from The Abyss
Inspiration is easy, it just requires being bored for a little while or reading a novel or realizing you’re going to die someday and be forgotten. I tried to think of the things that inspire me. Not in...
View ArticleMy talk about transmedia and indie film at UO
I was excited when Mary Erickson asked me to talk about indie film and transmedia for her film industry class at the University of Oregon. I was also a little nervous when I found out there would be...
View ArticleBigfoot Bridge
There’s a contest to name the new bridge being built in Portland. This bridge is different than every other bridge in Portland because it’s the only span across the Willamette that doesn’t allow cars....
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Notecarding a new screenplay…
I’m in the process of notecarding out another feature. It’s probably the most fun part of making a movie because there is no technology to troubleshoot, people to schedule, locations to coordinate...
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Editing new Phrenic episodes
Phrenic is having a one year anniversary party on Wednesday (post & pictures to come). Here are some screenshots from scenes I’ve been editing. Two take place in a creepy asylum environment. The...
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My first Tweet Your Own Adventure game
I turned an interactive story I wrote for Phrenic into a Tweet Your Own Adventure game. Not only is it a homage to the choose your own adventure type books everyone read as a kid, but it’s also a...
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Phrenic now has an alternate reality game that starts with interactive video
I’m always looking for ways to get people interacting more deeply in the story of Phrenic. Sometimes that means allowing people to create their own content (like in Go Clone Yourself) or letting them...
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Help me make the Clone Assassin interactive comic & alternate reality game
If you’ve ever wanted to see me get tasered/stabbed, today is your lucky day! Today I launched a Kickstarter with the help of some really talented people. I’ve hesitated to do crowdfunding for anything...
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Ten Years of Self-Publishing
Ten years ago I decided that I’d spent too much time waiting for permission from the book publishing gatekeepers. I’d written five novels prior to that (the thin literary kind with lots of character...
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