Daily Archives: May 28, 2008

Halloween second-biggest holiday?

It’s still five months away, but a lot of people seem to have a need for Halloween invitations in recent years. This is one thing I can’t understand. Sure, as kids, we might do some trick-or-treating and go to a friend’s house for some apple-bobbing and watching a scary movie, but that was about the …

May 28, 2008 – 9:50 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Fiction and history-true crime don’t mix well

When one writes both history and fiction, it’s sometimes a bit of a chore to remind yourself which genre you’re working in, so as not to make embarrassing mistakes. For example, in fiction, one can generally have license to go inside a person’s mind, imagine their motivations and personal thoughts, and use that to further …

May 28, 2008 – 9:38 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Details of the AFTRA-AMPTP deal

As mentioned earlier on my HollywoodIdiocy blog, AFTRA, one of two actors unions active in Hollywood, reached a tentative three-year deal with the AMPTP today, the first sign of hope that a second major labor stoppage in Hollywood might be averted. AFTRA, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, controls only about a dozen …

May 28, 2008 – 9:30 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in AFTRA-SAG Strike 2008 | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)