...is here.
Kate's writers' PA for the AMC show "Breaking Bad," and she wrote this very funny vignette about wedding-day jitters. (Need I mention that it is chillingly reminiscent of my own wedding day?)
Link to it, send it around, but be aware, it might be a little NSFW.
Barry Trotter (Book 1)
The Hogwash School for Wizards was the most famous school in the wizarding world, and Barry Trotter was its most famous student. His mere presence made sure that every year twenty candidates applied for every open spot, no matter how rapacious Hogwash's tuition became. As a result, Barry and the school had come to an unspoken agreement: regardless of his grades, Barry could remain at Hogwash for as long as he wished. He had just begun his eleventh year...Freshman
Sleepy with boredom and gassy from lunch, Hart Fox sat in the hard plastic chair outside his dean's office. A kid walked in the door, pink detention slip in hand, bobbing his head a little so that the purple spikes of his mohawk didn't get bent on the transom. He slumped down next to Hart. Hart nodded--he remembered tis joker from sophomore American History, constantly arguing in favor of anarcho-syndicalism. Was his name Henry?...Sophomore
Arcing lazily through the air, the Frisbee smacked against the window. “Ooo-oo!” a chiseled and shirtless boy teased as it wobbleplummeted to the ground. “Sarah's in troub-le!”The beauty-boy was righter than he knew: Of all the windows on campus to hit, this one was the worst. It belonged to Stutts’ Professor of Clandestine Affairs, Glenbard North, who had destroyed more students than there were blades of grass on the freshly resodded Old Quad below...Coming Soon!
All you really gotta know is, I'm writing new things constantly and the more I write, the better my books get. So if you've read my earlier work--and millions of you have--we should keep in touch. This fall, at least one and maybe two new books will be available: a Dickens parody AND a comic mystery loosely based on The Beatles. Drop me an email at mikesnewbooks[at]gmail[dot]com, and I'll be sure to let you know release dates, special deals, etc.Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
How to fix Playboy--and magazines in general
I happened across this excellent article from Salon, written upon the ascension of James Kaminsky to the editorship of Playboy in 2002. It's right on the money, as far as
--what the best magazines used to be;
--why that worked for them, artistically AND financially;
--why they changed to what they are now;
--and why that destroys them, quickly or slowly, one-by-one.
The major problem with American magazines is that they have no idea what they should be--what they do better than other media. If they identified those things, and provided them consistently, intelligently, almost ruthlessly, they would begin to thrive again, in print, pixels or both.
--what the best magazines used to be;
--why that worked for them, artistically AND financially;
--why they changed to what they are now;
--and why that destroys them, quickly or slowly, one-by-one.
The major problem with American magazines is that they have no idea what they should be--what they do better than other media. If they identified those things, and provided them consistently, intelligently, almost ruthlessly, they would begin to thrive again, in print, pixels or both.
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