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May.15.2013
Words From Beyond: Playing with Virtual Fire (A review of “Ready Player One”) Adira Rotstein | 10 May 2013 | Books | 0 Comments
Ready Player One is one of those novels that’s been making the rounds of late at the studio where I work. Artists need books to...
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May.15.2013
On Zombies
I have to say I find the current zombie fad a total turn off for me. The whole Hollywood-comic book concept of zombies is just ridiculously dumb. The whole idea of the shambling, walking, brain eating dead is just stupid and one note to me.
Especially...
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May.15.2013
There is no magic bullet. Just write the stories you wish were out there, but aren't. Write what you are passionate about. You have to love your subject and be completely obsessed with it, because trust me, it's going to be a WAAAAY longer slog, through way worse water than you ever think it...
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May.09.2013
Playing with Virtual Fire: a review of “Ready Player One”
By Adira Rotstein
“Ready Player One” is one of those novels that’s been making the rounds of late at the studio I work. Artists need books to listened to as audio entertainment and this one has been delivering in spades...
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Mar.22.2013
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Feb.26.2013
I've grown up in a family of doctors (not psychiatrists though) which I think gives me an interesting perspective. I think one of the reasons people are sometimes so down on those of us suffering mental health issue is that up until recently these have been "invisible diseases" (hence books with...
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Feb.26.2013
I’ve been reading “True Believers” and I feel like it’s as real a slice of the 60s as I’m ever likely to get in real life without travelling back in time. Andersen really made the decade and young people’s concerns of the time really come alive. I also had no idea that the news was...
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Jan.24.2013
Throwing my two cents in here, but no one seems to be complaining about all the Canadians in LA, illegal and legal and there are seriously a lot of them, due to our sucktastic film industry up here in the north, mainly I think because we mostly speak English without a noticeably "different"...
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Jan.24.2013
On Design, Intelligent and Otherwise
The biggest flaw in the argument for intelligent design, is not in assuming that only an intelligent maker could have put something as well-designed as a human being together, it is the assumption that humans, and other animals on Earth are the...
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Jan.24.2013
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Jan.24.2013
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Jan.10.2013
Dear Senior Manager ____,
I am writing to express my desire to teach elementary school at the Toronto District School Board. By applying for this position I hope to make a difference in the lives of children in Toronto. As you will see from my resume, I have extensive experience working with...
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Jan.10.2013
Some comickers in Toronto may have noticed a new presence on Spadina this fall. Located above a watch shop near Kensington Market the “Comics Embassy” has some people perplexed as to what it is… school, shop or studio?
Whether you haven’t noticed it yet or have been wondering constantly about it...
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Oct.11.2012
Okay, I got in a debate with my entire Writing for Comics class at the Comics Embassy last night. I felt bad for hijacking Ty's class, but what's worse is that I think I had something important and right and valid to say, but I just didn't express myself well enough so no one...
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Oct.11.2012
In writing class Ty had us do this exercise. I've done it with him before at Comic Book Boot Camp 1, but thought I'd share it with friends here. If you feel like posting one back feel free! I'd love to read it and see how we differed!
The basic premise of the exercise is...
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About Adira
Some info about me and my education and experience:
I am the Toronto based author of "Little Jane Silver," the first in series of two novels, (so far), featuring the granddaughter of Long John Silver from "Treasure Island." I am also an accomplished...
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Adira’s Favorite Books
I'll add to this, but here are a few for now: Foundation and Empire the Tempest X-men Lyrical Ballads The Mask of Anarchy King Rat 2001: A space odyssey...
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