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		<title>We Can&#8217;t Stop Here, This is Bat Country</title>
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Soon your Mike Golamco is going on the road again on business.  And when I go on the road, everything becomes bloggable.  Why am I going on the road you ask?  It&#8217;s to watch your auditions.



Auditions:  I&#8217;ve been through them myself and I know how tough they can be, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-03-08-we-cant-stop-here-this-is-bat-country</link>
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		<title>Filmed in Terrorama</title>
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We all know that I love really bad movies.  I am a huge MST3k fan &#8212; it&#8217;s my third favorite TV show of all time.  There is something really fun about awful movies.  Is it the unintentional comedy?  Or how bad acting, visuals, writing, etc., can become a palette for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-03-06-filmed-in-terrorama</link>
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		<title>The Inside Story</title>
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Hey writers and other wordtards, I just read this book a couple of times and I got a lot out of it:  The Inside Story by Dr. Dara Marks.
Our good friend Dave suggested it to me so I picked it up right away.  It&#8217;s about the transformational arc in a story &#8212; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-03-04-the-inside-story</link>
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		<title>Animated</title>
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I got a chance to see all the Oscar nominated animated shorts today.  See them all for yourself here.
The standout for me was Logorama (see it here in a higher resolution) &#8212; an incredibly creative French short film that uses all the logos around us as its building blocks.  This thing is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-03-02-animated</link>
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		<title>Departures</title>
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I make it a point now to watch movies that A) I know are going to be good, and B) I know nothing about.  All I was getting from the poster of Departures was that it involved a guy playing a cello with a little nature in the background.  Plus this pic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-02-28-departures</link>
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		<title>How to Dress Like a Writer</title>
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I had dinner with one of my agents recently and we were talking about the need for people in her position to dress well and present themselves properly.  Appearance isn&#8217;t everything, but it&#8217;s very important.  This goes for their surroundings as well &#8212;  when I&#8217;ve been in their office, everything looks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-02-25-how-to-dress-like-a-writer</link>
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		<title>Fashion / Art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Art.  Fashion.  Two worlds that I don&#8217;t understand very well &#8212; although I&#8217;m trying my best to open my mind to them both.  
As far as art goes, I know what I like:  Art with boobs.  Jeff Koons, for instance.  That guy sure loves boobs.
And as far as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-02-24-fashion-art</link>
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		<title>Motives</title>
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I just read Inside Steve&#8217;s Brain, a Steve Jobs biography with a focus on his managerial style.  There are a lot of great nuggets in this book, but one thing that really struck me was this:
&#8220;The older I get, the more I&#8217;m convinced that motives make so much difference,&#8221; Jobs said.  &#8220;HP&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-02-21-motives</link>
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		<title>Irrelephant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant.
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		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-02-16-irrelephant</link>
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		<title>Writing Rituals</title>
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I was recently asked to write a response to the following:  Do you have any writing routines or rituals?
I have a ton of them.  I&#8217;m not superstitious &#8212; I don&#8217;t need these things in order to write.  Instead, my rituals/routines are designed to augment the job and make it easier.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-02-14-writing-rituals</link>
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		<title>Singletasking</title>
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FRONTLINE: Digital Nation (watch it online here) takes multitasking to task, revealing studies that show that people who think they are effective at multitasking end up being fairly horrible at it.  In fact when you multitask, your ability to memorize, make judgements, and focus are all degraded.  
I&#8217;m working out ways to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-02-11-singletasking</link>
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		<title>Wah Do Dem</title>
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Last night I had the opportunity to cruise down to the Ray Kurtzman Theater at CAA &#8212; the in-house movie theater, essentially the equivalent of CAA&#8217;s big-screen-TV-living room &#8212; to check out a screening of Wah Do Dem.
Going in, I had absolutely no idea what this movie was going to be about.  All [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-02-09-wah-do-dem</link>
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		<title>Sam Elliott Has Something Important to Say to You</title>
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If Sam Elliott sits down next to you in a bar or on a plane and starts telling you things, it&#8217;s very important that you listen.  
Because this singular event signals the fact that you have just gone through a life-altering experience (whether you know it or not!) and Sam Elliott is there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-02-07-sam-elliott-has-something-important-to-say-to-you</link>
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		<title>A Tome of Creatures Malevolent and Benign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Today was an excellent day.  Got some big news that my home office will be sharing soon.  Plus I came home to find a suspicious package on my doorstep.  What did it contain, you ask?

The FIEND FUCKING FOLIO, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Edition THE FIRST printed in 1981, courtesy of our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-02-04-a-tome-of-creatures-malevolent-and-benign</link>
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		<title>Every Place Can Be a Safe Place</title>
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I was told something recently that makes a lot of sense:  You&#8217;ve got to find your &#8220;safe place&#8221; for writing.  This is the place where you aren&#8217;t thinking about whether something is going to sell or not, or whether you need to do your laundry.  This is the place where the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-02-03-every-place-can-be-a-safe-place</link>
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		<title>My First Day as a Professional Nerd</title>
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So today was my first official day of full time writing.  I was supposed to take a bit of a vacay over the weekend but I can&#8217;t not-write, so I did some writing anyway:  Just some really simple stuff &#8212; worked a few things out on paper.  
But today was the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-02-01-my-first-day-as-a-professional-nerd</link>
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		<title>If You Work Really Hard and You&#8217;re Kind, Amazing Things Will Happen</title>
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Coco had it right bigtime when he said this during his last speech.  Kindness is important;  watching out for other people is important.  Doing what you can, lending a hand, and building relationships is vital in any endeavor.
The thing is, kindness is tough.  It takes time and energy to write [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-01-31-if-you-work-really-hard-and-youre-kind-amazing-things-will-happen</link>
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		<title>I Am Now a Fully Armed and Operational Battle Station</title>
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Today&#8217;s the day, my little Droogs.  The last day of the day job.  After today I have one weekend where I&#8217;m FunEmployed &#8212; aka between careers &#8212; and then on Monday I&#8217;m officially on the clock as Joe Hollywood.  
I cleaned out my office and found the following:
- Many, many old [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-01-29-i-am-now-a-fully-armed-and-operational-battle-station</link>
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		<title>Form Factor</title>
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The iPad. There have been a lot of cheers from the Apple faithful, a lot of mehs from the Apple unfaithful;  the battle lines are being drawn pretty quickly.  All day yesterday people were emailing me, IMing me, and asking me in person for my thoughts on the thing.
My thoughts:  This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-01-28-form-factor</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s iTablet Eve</title>
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Here it is my friends:  The night before Apple changes the world again.  Fake Steve Jobs reports that &#8220;He&#8217;s tingling all over&#8221;.  The Financial Times tells us that the tablet will be to the Kindle as color TV is to black and white.  Walt Mosspuppet says that the tablet allows [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-01-26-its-itablet-eve</link>
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		<title>Very Few Discerning People Will Ever Own The Life of Christ in Cats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ It is the greatest story ever told, now in cat form.  Own the commemorative collector&#8217;s plate today.
(Beware of Judas Cat.)




So how&#8217;d you like the weather last week, my fellow Angelinos?  Not so great, right?
When the sun finally came out of the clouds on Friday it was like nature&#8217;s Prozac.  My will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-01-25-very-few-discerning-people-will-ever-own-the-life-of-christ-in-cats</link>
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		<title>I Am a Newly Minted Hobo</title>
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T-Minus one week until I&#8217;m a professional layabout without an office to go to every day.  I need to find a new daily place to commute to in order to keep cabin fever at bay.
I&#8217;m thinking about rotating among various coffee shops in the neighborhood, although I don&#8217;t want to become a member [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-01-23-i-am-a-newly-minted-hobo</link>
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		<title>The Apple Tablet:  The Magic of &#8220;Hover&#8221;</title>
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In my last post I discussed the idea of media delivery and how media and advertising will be hyperlinked.  Since I&#8217;m a pretty huge interface nerd (I love studying and designing web-based interfaces), I&#8217;ve been thinking more about the interface design for hyperlinks.  
Please pay special attention to this patent that Apple [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-01-19-the-apple-tablet-the-magic-of-hover</link>
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		<title>The Apple Tablet:  We Know What It Will Be, But This is What It Will Do</title>
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The reveal date of the worst-kept Apple secret ever has just been slated for Wednesday, January 27th.  I&#8217;ve been watching this thing carefully;  everyone from John Gruber to the New York Times has chimed in on what they think the Apple tablet/slate/thing will be and won&#8217;t be;   the Chicago Sun-Times&#8217; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-01-18-the-apple-tablet-we-know-what-it-will-be-but-this-is-what-it-will-do</link>
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		<title>New York I Love You</title>
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I just spent a week wandering through everyone&#8217;s favorite &#8216;burg &#8212; the only place in America where you can get real bagels;  the only place where you can hang out with friends in front of a dive bar and take in a knife fight:   NEW YORK CITY.
I arrived on Tuesday.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-01-16-new-york-i-love-you</link>
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		<title>Hey That Don&#8217;t Even Make Sense</title>
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This guy &#8212; one of the best things to ever come off of YouTube with his Star Wars Episode I review &#8212; has listened to the fans and is coming out with an Episode II: Attack of the Clones review.  
I know this now:  His review of Episode II is going to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-01-08-hey-that-dont-even-make-sense</link>
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		<title>Leaving the Day Job</title>
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A few years ago an agent gave me a really good piece of advice that I haven&#8217;t been able to put to use until now:  &#8220;Don&#8217;t quit your day job until you&#8217;ve sold two things.  Often a writer will sell one script and immediately quit his or her job;  then he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-01-06-leaving-the-day-job</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ll Keep That In Mind</title>
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How to Take Criticism: Years ago I put together a writing guide for my old college theater company &#8212; a reference that they can use that remains consistent as membership turns over every year.  This ensures that as new kids come in and old kids graduate, the wheel of writing doesn&#8217;t have to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2010-01-01-ill-keep-that-in-mind</link>
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		<title>On Theater and Film (Part Two)</title>
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(Continued from Part One)
So I was doing pretty well in the theater world.  My plays were being produced across the country and abroad, and my pieces were being published in various anthologies.  I thought I was developing a fairly good grasp of long-form storytelling.  So I started adapting my own work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2009-12-30-on-theater-and-film-part-two</link>
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		<title>Notes From the Holidays</title>
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It was a nice holiday week.  Every time I go back home to the Bay Area I forget how dark it is there at night &#8212; or I fail to recall how fluorescent LA&#8217;s night sky is.  The Bay Area is also a lot more granola &#8212; the spirit of Jerry Garcia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelgolamco.com/2009-12-29-notes-from-the-holidays</link>
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