Feral Dream Vox 2009-11-12T21:03:20Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c22525529e8fdb/ Adventures in storytelling Halfway to a manuscript tag:vox.com,2009-11-12:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb01240b77db40860e 2009-11-12T21:03:20Z 2009-11-12T21:03:20Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom This month is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). The challenge is to write 50,000 words during the month of Nov. I dove in immediately after the World Fantasy Convention. The great people I met at the convention must have inspired me bec...

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]]> World Fantasy Convention tag:vox.com,2009-11-01:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb01240b72b486860e 2009-11-01T18:38:10Z 2009-11-01T18:38:10Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Wfclogo

I went to the World Fantasy Convention this week at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. It was my first World Fantasy Convention and I have to say that it ranked as my favorite of the four SF/Fan conventions I've attended (2 WorldCons and Wiscon). ...

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]]> Tooth Fairy part of TV Halloween Special! tag:vox.com,2009-10-13:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb0123f16c5c2c860f 2009-10-13T18:53:49Z 2009-10-13T18:53:49Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Tooth Fairy Peeking

I just got word that TOOTH FAIRY will be included in a 3 hour Halloween TV special produced by Dark Carnival Film Festival and HorrorHound Magazine! It will air on October 24 at 8pm (EST) on Time-Warner channel 991, which is a local independent ...

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]]> Latest Distribution Model tag:vox.com,2009-10-11:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb0123ddac73dc860b 2009-10-11T17:21:31Z 2009-10-11T17:21:31Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Paranormal Activities (a film made for $10,000 that ran the festival circuit and eventually got picked up by Paramount) reached a million requests for it to open in people's towns. Paramount used Eventful to set up a website in which fans can ask...

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]]> Standard symbols tag:vox.com,2009-10-08:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb0123f16957d2860f 2009-10-08T02:24:06Z 2009-10-08T02:24:06Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Sonnyboo's website has free downloads of standard symbols like festival laurels, DVD symbol, FBI warnings, film ratings, etc. That's where I got my festival laurels for my Tooth Fairy website, but I had to process it to make it transparent. Susa...

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]]> Tacoma Film Festival weekend tag:vox.com,2009-10-05:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb0123f1685840860f 2009-10-05T18:03:44Z 2009-10-05T18:03:44Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Tacoma Film Festival

A couple of us from TOOTH FAIRY made it to the Tacoma Film Festival this past weekend. Although Tooth Fairy played in Chicago a couple of weeks ago, this was the first festival I attended. I picked it among the other festivals because they were...

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]]> Hybrid Book/Film tag:vox.com,2009-10-01:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb01240b6332d7860e 2009-10-01T18:42:21Z 2009-10-01T18:49:05Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom A few weeks ago, the creator of CSI released a book on paper where every 20 pages or so, the reader can go to a website, put in a password, and see a video that supposedly enhances the story. I just watched the "trailer" for it, expecting it to b...

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]]> $40k development deal open to submissions tag:vox.com,2009-09-29:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb0123f1659334860f 2009-09-29T02:52:45Z 2009-09-29T02:52:45Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Ion Television is looking for scripts in the area of "drama procedural." I've no idea what that means. For details, go here. Good luck! Susan Ee www.feraldream.com

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]]> Photo vs Text tag:vox.com,2009-09-28:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb0123f1657299860f 2009-09-28T17:16:07Z 2009-09-28T17:16:07Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I learned the following things: JPEG = good for natural shapes like photos. PNG = good for sharp shapes like text. GIF = old format, avoid if possible Photoshop = good for photos, terrible for text Illustrator = good for text and graphics. Not s...

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]]> TV 8 hrs a day, 7 days a week tag:vox.com,2009-09-24:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb0123f1644267860f 2009-09-24T20:42:35Z 2009-09-24T20:42:35Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom The Economist reports that Americans are still watching TV for an average of over 8 hours PER DAY. Watching TV is like a full time job for us. This is the number I've heard over the years and it looks like it hasn't gone down despite the popular...

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