This is — My favorite Christmas story ever. When in Doubt, Throw Hard Candy [AKA The Santa from Hell] — by Toni McGee Causey When the kids were little — I think Jake was three and Luke was seven — Christmas felt like it was going to be slim. Make that downright anorexic. […]
If Facebook insists on conducting these “social experiments” I say we all riot for free cheese. [All lab animals are entitled to free cheese, dammit!] [I am partial to Baby Swiss, myself.] Also I have our fight song: Anatole! Anatole! Anatole! *PS: Also my friend Timothy pointed out it would be inhumane […]
In news completely unrelated to regular goings on at AFW, Celluloid Blonde and all things Max — My assistant Cris is the proud new father of a baby girl. Welcome to the world, Baby Cici. Yay! *PS: I have no Cici photos yet so am nabbing a cute baby pic off the internet […]
That is Driskill before the storm. This is Driskill during the storm: *Photos by Chesher Cat *There are more fun AFF photos :::here:::
Honorary 5150 Member Pumpkin the Dog with Jon Stewart.
Okay I have not been good about getting photos this year [bad me] but here after a hard week festivaling, [yes, I made that word up, roll with it], Sunday night after the bars close: Max Adams, Chesher Cat, Vivi Gregg, Jennifer Mulligan, Kent Williams, and Cathy Rescher, AFF 2014 And, selfies grabbed […]
Max’s Good Hostess Checklist: Stock some sort of breakfast snack. In fact, stock some sort of food, period. Capture the prehistoric bug in the bathroom I have an armistice with. “Here Godzilla! Here Godzilla! Come to Max! Pay no attention to the super sized Tupperware container I am hiding behind my back….” Stock enough […]
I’ve got writers flipping out over not placing in the Austin Film Festival screenplay competition. Seriously? Just stop it. THE PURPOSE OF SCREENPLAY COMPETITIONS IS GET READS AND GET SOLD AND GET THE MOVIE MADE. Do you need to win a competition to get a script read, a script sold, […]
I posted on Facebook the other day that all my websites were crashed. People came through and “liked” the post. My websites are down, my servers are crashed, the school, my business, my book, everything, is offline crashed it could be the end of me. People LIKED that. There’s a […]