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Tell The Damn Story-Unplugged: Tim Fielder Back With “Matty’s Rocket!”

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Alex Simmons Says

“Join (black) space pilot Matty Watty as she takes on flying saucers, aliens, and southern heat…” Continue reading →

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TELL THE DAMN STORY (UNPLUGGED) #1: Trail To the Black Panther Movie

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Alex Simmons Says

Greetings Faithful Ones, Thanks for keeping an eye out and an ear up for my irregular blog postings.  Though I’m always going somewhere, or working on some project, I find it difficult to set aside a consistent time to write … Continue reading →

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Tell The Damn Story …

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Alex Simmons Says

“WHERE THE MUSES SING,” OR “HOW THE HECK CAN YOU WRITE IN THERE?” I’m sure you’ve heard writers talking about needing solitude or at least some form of peaceful silence to get their head in the right place to write. … Continue reading →

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Tell The Damn Story: Genius High

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Alex Simmons Says

“…what we write varies from simply earning a salary to exorcising our own demons, to righting wrongs and saving humankind…” Continue reading →

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HAVE SUPERHERO FILMS HARMED COMIC BOOK READERSHIP?

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Alex Simmons Says

“…many of the early superhero films over the past 30 years, did much to either stimulate or mutilate characters’ origins, codes of conduct, costumes, and even powers or abilities. ..” Continue reading →

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TELL THE DAMN STORY: Style vs Story Pt 3

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Alex Simmons Says

To champion full transparency (which seems to suggest I’m hiding tons of stuff from you), I will admit I’m still getting this post scheduling things down. Seems I still a strong practitioner of “Doing” a ton of stuff, which doesn’t … Continue reading →

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What Am I … ?

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Alex Simmons Says

“…How I write and what I write is inconsequential. Not that it isn’t important to me that I write something worthwhile.  But I’m not going to judge what worthwhile means… Continue reading →

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I’ve Been Cheating Myself!

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Alex Simmons Says

Sometimes the challenge is not to tell the damn story, but more like, Damn! Tell the story! Continue reading →

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How To Put Character In Your Characters (Pt. 1)

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Alex Simmons Says

Sometimes it’s good to go back and revisit discussions that shared aspects of creativity that still ring true. This is one of our original episodes that answered questions then, that people are still asking now.  So give a listen and … Continue reading →

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Who Are They And Why Are They Saying Those Stupid Things?

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Alex Simmons Says

“If it’s true that there are “only 7 plots in the world…” is true, then how on earth can a writer create anything that hasn’t been done before? Continue reading →

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