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Again, spoiler alert, if you haven't watched Dirge yet. Go do that real quick. It'll take 15 mins. Less even if you're someone who doesn't enjoy watching/hearing the credits go by. I promised to bring you the story of the 5 people (not counting myself) who brought Ray to life. I'm going to do this in order of contribution, more or less... First, Josh and Alison Brown. They are responsible for the design and the building of Ray. When I tossed the idea out about this short, Josh was first in my mind when it came to coming up with Ray. Mostly because he can kind of do everything. You think I'm kidding? (Professional dog groomer, professional pastry chef, plays several instruments well, fixes cars, electronics, knows his way around guns, computers and all aspects of music production). Well, he and his bride are both very capable and creative in many ways and have done all of the music for both Dirge and Proxy  and have really been a part of our core creativ...

Spoiler Alert - If you haven't seen Dirge (and it is only 15 mins long so...) then don't read this. Yet. You should totally read it after you see Dirge. And to paraphrase a cinematic masterwork *, "watch it with a box of tissues he said." Ok, I exaggerate, I've only had three confirmed criers since the movie released online Nov 14, 2011. But when you realize you're about to write a piece about your own work and realize you're leading said piece with "Spoiler Alert", you get a little self-conscious and feel compelled to lighten the mood. And oh, how it is a compulsion. But now, to answer the days old questions, "Where did you get your idea?"   Well, I'm a writer. I made it up. And by making things up, I use all sorts of bits and pieces of everything I've ever watched, read, heard, felt, done, and ate to build something that feels fresh and real and inspiring to me. There are of course works or events that spark an idea or ev...

First things first, Dirge, our newest short film, is available online via CELTX. You can view it here: www.celtx.com/seeds.html I'm beyond grateful that when CELTX set out to fund and support filmmakers with both a grant and online promotion they chose me and my team. They put a lot of faith in seeing a worthwhile film based soley on our 48 Hour short film project, Proxy , and a half finished rough draft of a script about a dude and his talking computer living out their days after the end of the civilized world. I'm starting to think I might be cut out for this. But I'm not really here to toot my own horn. I'm terrible at that. I will be the first to admit, that wrong or right, promoting oneself feels excruciatingly awkward to me. At the same time, what else is a writer or filmmaker or artist or songwriter to do...they've got this almost irrepressible need to not only create the work, fashioning it from a very personal part of themselves, but to also shar...