Posts Tagged ‘pencils and pop culture’
Films for Writers: Write Better with These Literary-Themed Films
I have a soft spot for literary themed films, because I admire watching a movie that is able to entertain as well as inform. Films about writing are often fun ways to get writers out of a funk and back into writing. When pus...
Golden Globes Serve Up Golden Advice – PPC
Last weekend was the a somewhat rambling speech), Tarantino used his opportunity at the Golden Globes mic to thank his friends who participate in his creative process by listening to him read drafts of his screenplays aloud. Th...
Blackwings, Movies, and Mystery – PPC
Pencil Pushers, rejoice: There were Blackwings all over the pop culture scene as 2012 came to an end! Many cheers to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for FINALLY recognizing actor Dustin Hoffman for his sterling contr...
Timothy Green: Magic in the Movies…and in a Pencil – PPC
The Odd Life of Timothy Green Sometimes I worry that I get a little too wrapped up in pencils. After all, it is an occupational hazard, and my belief that a pencil is the key to limitless possibility is pretty well documented. ...
Cooking with Julia Child Stirs Up Memories – PPC
Cooking with Julia Child Stirs Up Memories There are two schools of thought when it comes to writing in your books. There are those who believe that pencil jottings in a book’s margins are tantamount to sacreilige, and th...
Pencils and Pop Culture: You Can’t Erase Hope
Pencils and Pop Culture: You Can’t Erase Hope I had a lot on my mind sitting down to write this week’s “Pencil and Pop Culture,” since frankly, it’s not the happiest time in the pop culture world. ...
Video Game Changer: An Atari Kid in an Xbox 360 World
The Evolution of Video Games As you read this, some of you may or may not remember a time when Atari kid in an Little Big Planet (I’m a Google search and pull up the article I just mentioned. Just try it, kid. Also, video...
Crafting Your Way to DIY Greatness – PPC
Pencils and Pop-Culture: Crafting Your Way to DIY Greatness While channel-surfing the other night, I happened to stumble on TLC’s latest reality competition series, “Craft Wars.” Now, I’m not much of a DIY-er myself –...
Silence – the Ultimate Form of Expression? — PPC
Pencils and Pop-Culture: Silence – The Ultimate Form Of Expression? On this blog, we talk about expression – creative expression, expressing yourself, expressive gestures, expressions that have passed from the commo...
Bradbury lit the spark of imagination – PPC
Pencils and Pop-Culture: Bradbury Lit the Spark of Imagination The passing of Ray Bradbury yesterday at the age of 91 fills me with a certain kind of nostalgic sadness. His writings, from “Fahrenheit 451” to “The October ...
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