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Breaking down Big Fish

March 25, 2012 Big Fish, Projects, So-Called Experts

A reader forwarded a link to this structural analysis of Big Fish, which attempts to break down my screenplay down into five plot points

Go, while you can get it

February 28, 2012 Charlie's Angels, Go, News

The deal between Starz and Netflix expires March 1st, so if you have any titles you’re eager to watch online, get cracking. Among my movies, that includes Go and the first Charlie’s Angels. The Nines and Titan A.E. will still be available.

What free gets you on Kindle

February 6, 2012 Follow Up, Snake People, The Variant

Last week, I ran an experiment to see what would happen if I took one of my existing Kindle titles (Snake People) and made it free for three days. Here are the results.

Spelunking the Kindle market, cont’d.

February 2, 2012 Books, Follow Up, Snake People, The Variant

Amazon’s new KDP Select program allows self-publishers to run free-book promotions. I’m running an experiment to see what that means for one of my older titles, Snake People.

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