Category: creative contributions to society
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Snowmen
I’ve been going through my old Google documents as I organize my Google Drive, and came across the following CBC story contest that I entered a few years ago: We are looking for you to send to us a brief story (100 – 250 words) using the following opening and closing lines.Opening: “The snowman grinned…
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Story Time: "Where The Zooey Deschanel Blood Enters The Heart" by Kitty Glitter
Remember when I told you about my new favourite writer, Kitty Glitter? Well, s/he put up a Fiverr gig to write a story about Meow Solo and Zooey Deschanel (stars of Wil Wheaton: Teenage Hump Machine and its sequel, Ashton Kutcher’s Space-Sex Rampage), featuring me, for five bucks. I know, bargain! Here it is in its…
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Why Horror Movies Are Scary, and Why People Like Them Anyway
Hollywood Horror by Tedakin A while ago, I was contacted by a PR agency who had seen one of my talks about the psychology of horror. A British media company was putting together a Halloween marketing campaign, and wanted some advice on how to use some scariness to make it more effective. I wrote them…
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