Jeff Macfee

My first reader gave me feedback on Moneymaker, and it wasn’t soul-crushing. Wo-hoo! I’m going over notes now, and will start hardcore revisions tomorrow. Back to a total focus on Moneymaker.
This change is possible because I’ve finished Bad Idea. Or finished it for now. I’ve submitted to one publication, and [...]

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I’m sure American Gladiators is killing brain cells. Many brain cells. But sometimes the brain just needs a rest. And Hulk Hogan does nothing if not rest the brain.
Look out for those tennis balls, brother!
In non-Hulk Hogan news, I’m through the third draft of Bad Idea. I’m really pushing this one, [...]

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Sigh….
Wow. I couldn’t have picked two more uninspiring choices. I assume the Pats will annihilate them. Probably over by the second quarter. wohoo….. There’s always hockey, I guess. Who gets the Versus network?

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The first and second drafts of Bad Idea (that long-ass title had to go) are done. Wo-hoo! I’ll dive into Draft Three next week, and start passing it around for reads. We’ll see if I’m just wasting my time or not (my immediate assumption is always that it’s crap. I hope [...]

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And another thing about Cloverfield reviews, specifically the complaint about the main characters being “yuppies”, and wouldn’t it have made a better movie to show “real” people. The cynical side of me says the movie reviewers are forced-ennui bohemian types who resent yuppies anyway, even when they are being eaten by monsters. I [...]

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