Sifting through what was left on the cutting room floor promoting Winifred Meeks, we cobbled together an interesting new angle on Figgis-West’s interest in the paranormal. Join John, Jason and Adrienne as they discuss future projects and share ideas on the creative process.
Links
https://ghoulsjustwannahavefun.podbean.com/e/40-the-paranormal-and-figgis-west-productions/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ghouls-just-wanna-have-fun/id1296677450?mt=2
The most unexpected response I’ve received from readers regards my horror shorts. Subconsciously I was making my protagonist’s gender ambiguous, but in my head she was clearly female. Most of my beta readers, men and women assumed my protagonist was male.
The result from their feedback was equally unexpected. I started writing in a male voice for these shorts. It felt natural for a reason still unknown. Why did this paradigm shift take place inside my head?
What’s considered male and female? What does it mean to be feminine? Masculine? These mean different things to different people. Right?
I devised a test. I used masculine terms for women and feminine terms for men in day to day interactions, then gaged their responses.
“Marty, stop being such a diva.”
“Cheryl, you’re being a dick.”
Who’s self aware enough to have a sense of humor? Who has a deep seated misogynist bent? Who questions if I’m acting on some thinly veiled feminist agenda? The results were interesting.
Don’t think I’m such a prat to believe I’m the first to come up with this game. I’m not delusional. This isn’t new. My own responses were just as surprising. I’ve gained new insight to my beliefs and how they subconsciously affect my writing.
Have your readers responded to your writing in a way you didn’t expect? I always return comments unless I’m sucked into a parallel universe and/or busy dodging a Sasquatch, but that’s another story…
Listen to my interview with Jason Figgis and John West on their new film Winifred Meeks. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.
I believe all creative output involves risk. As an independent content creator and social media specialist I wear many hats. My last writing assignment involving travel sent me to Japan. It seems like a lifetime ago, and it’s only been two years.
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Time for another of Alex J. Cavanaugh’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group post. We share advice, our fears and let the optional monthly questions inspire us to discuss what’s been either inspiring and/or eating away at us. Join us by clicking HERE!
1. Take Inventory –
When it comes to my reading preferences I’m all over the shelving map. My personal library is organized into sections alpha by author. The only section alpha by subject is my auto/biography section for obvious reasons. I collect biographies on Sidonie Colette. A performer, journalist, novelist and play write with a mind blowing repertoire. Colette has her own section. It sits prominently among the Cs in my biography section next to french windows on the left-side of my study.
The rest of the sections are as follows: Fiction, Mystery, History, Poetry and Plays, Philosophy and Religion, Music, True Crime, Science, Psychology, Art, Science Fiction and I’m probably leaving out a few subs. Having worked at 3 indie bookstores in the SF Bay I own A LOT of books. My library is the largest room in my house. It practically is my house. When guests ask if I’ve read them all I gently shoo them away to prevent them further offending my collection.
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| My editor on desk in “The Library” giving me her now perfected condescending yet concerned look. |
I wish I could take a picture of what my library and writing desk look like now for this post. I swear it’s tidy and organized. But I’m up in Truckee.
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| Chillin. Literally. |
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| With moms and dogs. |
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This Graphic Novel Is To Be Announced:
By Matt Garcia and Adrienne Reiter
Mmm… a little citrus… maybe some strawberry…
[smacks lips]
Miles Raymond: … passion fruit…
[puts hand up to ear]
Miles Raymond: … and, oh, there’s just like the faintest soupçon of like asparagus and just a flutter of a, like a, nutty Edam cheese…
Jack: Wow. Strawberries, yeah! Strawberries. Not the cheese…
Miles Raymond: [looks at Jack chomping in disbelief] Are you chewing gum?
Sideways (2004)
The media influences our choices on just about everything under the sun. Still, as much as we can’t trust our own impulses at times, there are tried and true less than covert pop culture promotions one can trust over time. Why? Because, all great marketing does is help a bad product fail faster. Here are a few of our favorite pop culture wine pairings. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Musicians have stolen countless book titles to name their albums and songs. Why can’t it work the other way around? Click on the link to my blog post below and learn to steal like an artist.
I have been considering writing a piece on my favorite activist, writer, and food critics of all time, but haven’t been able to spill any ink on the subject until now. The shock of Anthony Bourdain’s passing was too fresh.