LB: Golden Years Leadership Skills

by Larry Brody

Not to be confused with Golden AGE leadership, which is a whole ‘nuther thing (except in the lives of geriatric billionaires, of course. But that’s a mark I’ve fallen hopelessly short of.)

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Cartoon: ‘Night Thoughts’

Today, our favorite cartoonist-philosopher, Grant Snider, presents his daytime thought about a situation that eventually comes after all of us, especially creatives, long after dark.

More of Grant Snider’s sensitive perception of humanity and creativity at Incidental Comics, HERE

Via Nathan Bransford: WHY to stop writing your novel

When Nathan Bransford offers writing or publishing advice, we listen…and advise  y’all (especially prose writers) to do the same. Today, his guest author, , gives us some super important info, namely, how to stop yourself from continuing to write in what could be a fatal (metaphorically only, of course) direction.

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LB: IATSE

by Larry Brody

I should have made this clear weeks ago. In fact, I thought I had, but the image I so vividly remember posting has vanished somehow. So, just to make sure everyone who visits this site knows:

Without IATSE and its membership, there’s no us.

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Herbie J Pilato on The New Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

The New Academy Museum Brings Movies to Life with Visitors Front and Center
by Herbie J Pilato

Class.

That’s the first word that came to mind as I walked through the seemingly endless cinescopic-like halls of the brand-new beautiful Academy Museum of Motion Pictures located at 6067 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles.

Enveloped by and amidst the all-surrounding wonder and visual and sound-effects of big-screen classics like The Wizard of Oz, and tributes to Bruce Lee, Spike Lee, and other legendary filmmakers and their work, a stroll up and down this very memorable movie lane of many layers is one like no other. read article