Recent content by Senator Jack

As a native, I can tell you no. It only became unbearably expensive to the middle class once Giuliani got into office. Good or bad, he turned NY into a 'nice' city, and that's when all the hipsters moved in and drove up the rents. In the early 90s, you could buy a house in Williamsburg for under...

Ironic that I should start a thread that would by turns lead to both the praise and panning of one of my favorite groups. By the by, if it's a more musically mature version of Madness that you want, you should check out The Liberty of Norton Folgate. Released about two years ago, it's a damn...

Holy Hand Grenade, this thread is still going?

Yeah, I saw that one, Matt. Is it me, or does it look a little, er, 'butch'?

Hiya gang, Been a while since I've been here, but it's the place to comr for hat questions, right? I'm looking for a company that manufactures service hats - gas station, milkman, etc - like those in the link below. http://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/2339/page1 Thanks and kind...

When I first set out to write fiction some ten years ago, I made it a point to write about things I knew little or nothing about. After all, I was to be writing fiction, right? And the one thing I can't stand are novels that are thinly disguised biographies of the writer. "Joe Blow's first novel...

Yeah, I noticed a scene in a taxi, too, that was cgi. The car ahead of them and I believe even the streets were cgi. Well, they're still shooting every week here, so i can't imagine it's going to be cancelled this season. Unfortunately, though they called me up for more work, it was last...

I've done two episodes now, and it's difficult not to scream, 'You're getting it wrong!' First of all, EVERYONE is too tall, both the men and women, but that's what you get these days what with steroids in Pablum. Though, I see that's changing as the casting notices are asking for actors under...

Thank you again, Chasseur! As to Grand Prix Press: Of course, I would love for it to become the press for the vintage scene, but the only way to do that is by proving to the distributor that there's a market for what we do. I hate to say it, but I sent review material to over 150 media...

Yep, big problem if you want to keep it authentic; you don't realize how many roads, turnpikes, bridges, parks, etc. have been renamed over the years till you try to write an authentic period piece. You'd have to try the libraries for old city and street maps. Even skimming through the...

They're actually called 'filters' or 'tags', and I think balance and rhythm is the key to usage. I just edited a book with nothing but 'said', and it did start to get on my nerves. On the other hand, I just read a short piece online where nearly every filter was different (he mused, he chortled...

Whew! Glad I'm passing the test with you guys. If you hated it, I don't think I could show my face around here. Thanks for the support and patronage! I made enough sales to buy groceries for the next week. (I'm not kidding. As cliche as it is, I'm on the precipice of the whole 'starving writer'...

Unfortunately, unless one has it done in China, offset at low runs is very expensive, and you have to set a retail of about $30 per unit if a publisher wants to make even a few bucks. It's a game of nickels and dimes. Marketing is, indeed, rough. I could go on about that, but, again, it would...

And Lizzie comes out swinging. Pickled novelty websites. That's rich. Do you know there's one that was started about three months ago and already they got a book deal? It's called Crazy Things My Parents Text. THREE MONTHS! Here I am struggling over plot, character, climax, restrictive and...

How is it that 'the arts', a term that would signify things artistic, is just about the only field that is overrun by people without any idea of what art is about? For example, a surgeon spends ten to twelve years going to school to learn how to cut people open. Then he goes out for a job...