Tag: character

• PIZZERIA FAKE NEWS STORY FREE ASSOCIATION EXERCISE

  yeah, i’m looking at you NPRThe story sounds like a drug-inspired paranoia trip. But here it goes. Some conspiracy whack jobs on the interwebs told everyone that a pizza shop in Washington D.C. was a front for child-sex trafficking and satanic illuminati shenanigans. The conspiracy loons said Hillary Clinton was involved. Their mindless bilge was all propagated…

  Jamie Greening

  December 8, 2016

  All, Books, Culture, politics

  Barack Obama, believability, character, Comet Ping Pong Pizza, facebook, Fake News, Hillary Clinton, novels, plot, social media, Twitter, Writing

• CHALLENGES FOR WRITING FICTION

  I’ve spent lots of time this week trying to finish my new short story on the Deep Cove monster.  It will be the fourth installment behind Deep Cove, Deep Cove:  The Party Crasher, and The Deep Cove Lineage.  These sci-fi stories are written like a serial–a continuing story line.  It is almost finished and ready…

  Jamie Greening

  June 26, 2014

  All, Books, Writing

  Books, character, continuity, Edward Norton, Fiction, Fight Club, fight scenes, novels, sci-fi, serials, tension, tension in writing, writing fiction

• DO YOU THINK SPORTS BUILD CHARACTER?

  I cheered when the Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl. I hope that the hapless Astros might someday cobble together a 15 game win streak. And, as always, Hook ‘Em. I make those statements so that you know I am not a prude when it comes to sports.  I enjoy a good game and I…

  Jamie Greening

  April 23, 2014

  All, Books, Culture

  character, children’s sports, coaches, Colin Kaepernick, Frank DeFord, money in sports, sports, winning

• DEDUCE THIS: SHERLOCK HOLMES IS AWESOME

  Tonight Mrs. Greenbean and I watched the new episode of PBS’s excellent Sherlock. It was so great to see Cumberbatch and Freeman get back to their real work and stop playing around with hobbits and Star Trek. I thought I would reblog this old post from almost four years ago. Enjoy! Last night I finished…

  Jamie Greening

  January 20, 2014

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  Benedict Cumberbatch, character, character verses plot, flashbacks, Martin Freeman, Moriarty, plot, secret societies, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, villians, Writing