1 ‘Apollo 11’ Composer Talks About Writing the Score Using Only Instruments Available at Time of the Launch

Composer Matt Morton shared with TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) what it was like writing the score for the highly anticipated documentary Apollo 11, particularly since director Todd Douglas Miller used only archival footage to tell the story. In that same vein, Morton decided to only use instruments available at the time of the 1969 […]

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  • April 10, 2019

Adorable Writing Studio Lets Nature In

Thoreau would envy this small cabin. It’s in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, near the winding Marys River, not far from the town of Corvalis and Oregon State University. Kathleen Dean Moore, a philosophy professor at OSU commissioned this tiny house as a writing studio. She tapped her daughter, an architect who also teaches at OSU and […]

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  • April 8, 2019

Why everyone should watch Canada’s Celebrity Debate on BOOKS!

Canada Reads 2019 concluded last week. Five Canadian celebrities defended their chosen books on this year’s theme — One Book to Move You. The show went on for four days, an hour of debate per day, and at the end of each day, the panel, which consisted of the five celebrity contenders, voted off one book. I […]

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  • April 7, 2019
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Top 20 Western Fiction Blogs, Websites & Newsletters To Follow in 2019

Top 20 Western Fiction Blogs Western Fiction Blogs List. The Best Western Fiction Blogs from thousands of Western Fiction blogs on the web using search and social metrics. Subscribe to these websites because they are actively working to educate, inspire, and empower their readers with frequent updates and high-quality information. These blogs are ranked based […]

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  • April 7, 2019

The 25 Top Romance Books on Goodreads

There seems to be some confusion about what sort of books qualify as romance. Certainly the definition has changed in the last, oh, 200 years. Add in the fact that readers choose their own shelving systems on Goodreads, and you have a confusing category. I took it upon myself to compile a list of the […]

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  • April 5, 2019

WGA Outplays Talent Agencies as Precursor to Next Year’s Tough Studio Talks (Column) – Variety

WGA Outplays Talent Agencies as Precursor to Next Year’s Tough Studio Talks (Column)  VarietyWGA Members Overwhelmingly Vote Yes to Implement New Agency Code of Conduct  TheWrapWGA Members Vote to Tighten Talent Agency Rules  VarietyWriters Guild votes overwhelmingly for code of conduct limiting talent agency practices  Los Angeles TimesWGA Votes Overwhelmingly for New Code of Conduct, Agents Have a Week […]

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  • April 4, 2019