All this talk of suicide and the moral implications of telling a story based on it brought back memories of a short story I wrote in my early twenties. I thought lately of turning it into a short film, but leaving it as a downer just didn't sit well with me. The message, though, remains clear. We need to look after our children because often we don't realize the damage we can cause.


Sweet Sixteen
(C) 2007 V.P. Turner

Alissa sat back in the tub, feeling the...

When it's quiet and my mind is at rest, the muse strikes hard and fast. I've spent several weeks pondering my next feature length story concept and the characters who will participate. Today, it hit me. I will soon fill blank pages again. The last feature took six months from concept to first draft. Let's see how this one flows. Here is my marker. Ready... set... go!

Wait, I hear you. What's it about, you ask? It's about time. It's about time I got back to writing again because that's...

Procrastination. What a horribly wonderful thing. That is, it's horrible and it makes me wonder. I used to think of myself as a Jack of all trades and a master of none. This is no longer true. I have mastered the art of procrastination. My first mental break from Mundania (that place where the mundane and boring live, q.v. Piers Anthony, Man from Mundania) and I find myself reminiscing about what could have been, what should have been. But could it have been any different for me to become who I...

Just when I thought it was safe to pursue this passion again, my day job hits me square in the time management department. Looks like things won't be letting up until at least February. Nothing like a new, accelerated project schedule to keep the mind and the energies trapped in Mundania. I haven't even pulled the camera out in a few months. Sad.

But if it's not meant to be, it's not. And it's never a matter of "if" this will happen, but "when". I invested a lot of time and money into...

I hear this term more and more lately, and the people who use it throw it around as if they've stumbled upon something new and unique. After all, who isn't an analog person? The term is meant to describe someone who doesn't understand the digital world, but to me it highlights a profound misunderstanding of both worlds.

One of my first college term papers was on George Lucas and his contribution to the digital age with his "Edit Droid", the first non-linear digital editing system....