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  • Quote by Michael Pokocky

    November 20, 2009

  • The future of print: Follow the money

    November 19, 2009

    • An amazing news announcement from Worldcolor (World Color Press Inc.); world headquarters are ironically in Montreal right near where I live.  Even more ironic is that I knew the founder who gave me my first computer.  We met right here in Ste-Adele where he lived at a coffee shop named Poivre.  Anyway I had to get that personal story in and on that note I will proceed.   If you want to ...
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  • [writers] Why Enid Blyton's greatest creation was herself - Telegraph

    November 16, 2009

    • Blyton, who died aged 71 in 1968 and has sold 600 million books, was a trailblazer. After training as a teacher, she got her first break thanks to Pollock, who worked at the London publishers George Newnes and helped her publish her first stories in 1924. But it was her own ruthless business acumen that helped her become the most popular children’s author of the era. via ...
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  • How I got my groove back as a writer who believes in himself again.

    November 14, 2009

    • I have been on a long journey heading toward being a published writer.  Along the way I got so tangled up in the what if's, the fears, the how to's, the editing, the revision, the state of publishing and countless other worries that I created a lot of anxiety for myself.  I almost quit on myself, which is not what I really wanted.I found a childhood friend who spent a lot of time deconstructing ...
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  • There's money if you got great content

    November 10, 2009

    • Twitter Fav 'Shit My Dad Says' Gets CBS Deal ! http://pop.is/blb via popurls.com  Curation: Well there's more authors, writers, screenplay writers [established or aspiring] entering the game daily. This could have been a problem if the corporate suits did nothing. There was this doom and gloom feeling being spread around the Net about things like print is dead, newspapers are dead, ...
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  • Agreed! Look at Hemingway.

    Agreed! Look at Hemingway. He wrote simple sentences - noun and verb - and he was a genius.

  • And a traveler you are my

    And a traveler you are my friend who shares her wonderful journeys with others. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your piece and did see your mention of Paul Auster. He is awesome!

  • Wonderful that you have set

    Wonderful that you have set your mind to writing this story. It must have been a story that was waiting to be born into this world. Congratulations!

  • Wow Dale this must have been

    Wow Dale this must have been an exciting day. I have been to Halifax and was considering living there. Seems you were write what you posted on twitter. [smile] Hey have you ever met Faley Mowat?

  • I really enjoyed reading

    I really enjoyed reading this. You certainly have a way of keeping me interested. As you say,"glued to my seat." Keep these coming.

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A series of sketches by writer Michael Pokocky, with accompanying quotes performed as a narrative by Kev Moore and set to his original music. " Energy Avatar" - The Philosophy Sketches
A video short to introduce Michael Pokocky's new novel One More Day. Created by Kev Moore and Miki - original music by Kev Moore.YouTube - One More Day booktrailer

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