Julie is one of my students. I would love to take credit for everything she has accomplished, but I can’t. I am her teacher, I guide. I’m a good teacher and a good guide. Hell, I’m a good writer, if it comes down to that. But. A guide can only guide someone willing to be guided who has drive to push through. I could be walking someone up Kilimanjaro, but Read More ...
Yes, we have been photo ninjas — well sort of photo ninjas. This is for you, Christie. Pictured Left: #1: Julie Howe and Max Adams, Austin Film Festival 2012 #2: Kent Williams, Max Adams, and Carl Miller, Austin Film Festival 2012 #3: Max Adams and Carl Miller, Austin Film Festival 2012 #4: Ben Green, Max Adams, and Kitty Sibille, Austin Film Festival 2012
On Wednesday members of 5150 descend on Austin from parts North, South, East and West. It is going to be a very good time — and hopefully we all make it out of the Driskill bar alive. On Thursday, I will be on the roundtable “The Creative Side” at 1 PM at St. David’s Episcopal Church, Crail Hall. Other panelists include Ernest Cline, Stephen Dyer, Mike Fry, Read More ...
Congratulations to 5150′s Christie LeBlanc, who just made the next Nicholl cut, and to 5150′s Jacqueline Radley and Julie Howe who just made the next Austin cut. Yay! And also to Julie again, she also just made the Latitude semi-finals. Yay! Meanwhile, 5150′s Deborah Chesher’s short, End of the Innocents, now has an official web page. Yay! Check it out at End of the Innocents. Nice going Read More ...
So. The big haps is the move. Casa Max and AFW are moving to Austin. Forms have been filled. Lucre has changed hands. I have an apartment. AFW has a PO Box. The apartment is bigger and AFW is complaining, but hey, AFW does not do dishes so those are the breaks. Bottom line, we are in full swing here and come the end of August I Read More ...