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Hot off the Tweet

Keira — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:16:51 +0000

"...I don’t understand why the courts are so resistant to social media. It's true – print and other mediums are old technology. But I love how Twiiter, FB et al are dubbed “new” media. No. Its just media. This is it. It’s not new anymore. You don’t call a child in Grade 2 a newborn baby anymore, do you? This is the 21st Century. It's time for the courts to catch up. In jargon at least." [Post about Canada's Chief Justice pitting my two fields of law + media against each other by stating law courts must learn to deal with the concept of including Twitter and FB in reporting.]

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Ghost writers, ghost town? The lost arts.

Keira — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:01:59 +0000

"...Choose your creativity adventure. We are genetically modified girls living in a genetically modified world. Are we making creative aspects using less than creative means, and realizing only a limited aspect of our own creativity?" [Lamenting post about the automatic arts of photography, music and *gasp* possibly writing?]

Ghost writers, ghost town? The lost arts. is a post from: paperback writer - where the wild things grow.

The medium is the message? If you stay that long…

Keira — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:09:31 +0000

"...The story of Billy Bishop is a great one. But transferring a story does not mean a straight transfer of elements when transferring to a different medium." [Post about how I walked out of my first movie - a musical transported, not translated, to cinema.]

The medium is the message? If you stay that long… is a post from: paperback writer - where the wild things grow.

Code Red Flags – Raindance Canada Saturday Film School

Keira — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:38:40 +0000

"...You want to make it any country, you gotta know the language. And filmmaking is a world of its own. But it’s more of a code than a language, a verbal secret handshake. What does it really mean when someone asks, “Its on a European budget?” Here’s how to crack the code." [Finishing overview of Raindance Canada's Saturday Film School w Elliot Grove, and the elements of budget, casting, lighting and camera angles.]

Code Red Flags – Raindance Canada Saturday Film School is a post from: paperback writer - where the wild things grow.

Twins: a film of similarities – Raindance Canada Saturday Film School

Keira — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:01:22 +0000

"...First off, Raindance Canada’s course is not for newbies, students or amateurs. Of course, that doesn’t stop all of them from attending. Grove’s fascinating charisma, however, doesn’t allow you to think of yourself as a newbie, student or amateur. He offered real life insight and practical advice on the art of filmmaking." [Overview of Raindance Canada's Saturday Film School w Elliot Grove, and how screenwriting compares to writing a book.]

Twins: a film of similarities – Raindance Canada Saturday Film School is a post from: paperback writer - where the wild things grow.

Searching for my ego…

Keira — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:04:46 +0000

"...In an age where faces were replaced by books, and now books are replaced by Facebook, cries of privacy are louder than ever...I recently checked the ‘back end’ of my Google Analytics to see what drives traffic to my website/blog." [Post about the ego-crashing search terms that lead ppl to my blog.]

Searching for my ego… is a post from: paperback writer - where the wild things grow.

When the only interest is in cash…

Keira — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:02:50 +0000

"...really show[s] what makes the world go round. A bit o’ international cash, and riches in investment property." [Post about my first published articlesin Canada.]

When the only interest is in cash… is a post from: paperback writer - where the wild things grow.

When law goes from boring to ker-razy

Keira — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:01:01 +0000

"...Mental incapacity and a stock-broker who saw Jesus Christ as the inspiration of choosing multi-million stock options for her prestigious clients – and was still deemed capable under the eyes of the law!" [Post about my most recent article as a media delegate at a Canadian legal conference.]

When law goes from boring to ker-razy is a post from: paperback writer - where the wild things grow.

To read or not to read – is that even a question?

Keira — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:21:19 +0000

"...Disturbing report that when kids were asked whether they read books, they answered only social media and text messages. Um. This is not reading. This is akin to saying you read every morning as you stare at the cereal box mindlessly munching. That is not a newspaper (though prob same nutritional value) - just as Twitter is not a book. " [Post about how kids are not reading books, but social media only.]

To read or not to read – is that even a question? is a post from: paperback writer - where the wild things grow.

Eh, B, C – more writing in Canada

Keira — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:27:52 +0000

"...And appearances are very, very, very important to me. That's the whole purpose of these posts, so you can see my byline. Hey, I've always said ego is found as soon as the writing talent!" [Post about some more tax articles I write in my life as an international reporter in Toronto, Canada.]

Eh, B, C – more writing in Canada is a post from: paperback writer - where the wild things grow.