My Super First Day

By christy on February 7, 2010

Last year, Andrea Phillips and Jay Bushman of Alchemy Storytelling started an online website called My Super First Day. The idea is anyone can contribute to the fiction: “Think up a superpower and write the story of your first day with it. Did you use your powers for good or evil? Were they [...]

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Tips on turning your dissertation into a book

By christy on February 3, 2010

In Twitter, I noticed Matt Gold (@mkgold) shared tweets being delivered by (@fhi_duke – Franklin Humanities Institute). The tweeter was at a session about turning your dissertation into a book. The talk was by Ken Wissoker, the Editorial Director of Duke University Press (@kwissoker). I thought the info was great, and so I’m posting here the  tweets [...]

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The Pixel Lab: The Cross-Media Film Workshop

The Pixel Lab: The Cross-Media Film Workshop

By christy on February 2, 2010

Power to the Pixel have put together “a ground-breaking new residential course centred in developing, producing and distributing cross-media stories – stories that can span film, TV, online, mobile, gaming. The Lab is open to anyone with a strong track record in the European film and related media industries”
Topics of learning will include:

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Brant Smith’s Report on Slamdance

By christy on February 2, 2010

Brant Smith, who produced and self-distributed the film Quality of Life (see trailer below) and is currently worked on In-WorldWar, has written a great report of the tips he picked up at the Slamdance Filmmaker Summit: New indie distribution secrets for activating the audience (and I’m not just saying this because he gives me a shout-out!).

Training wheels off!

Training wheels off!

By christy on February 2, 2010

Ever since I submitted my PhD in December, I’ve allowed myself to go through a necessary and needed transformation. The PhD mind-set was intense for me, not just because of the amount of mental work involved with a PhD and birthing a major creation, but also because of all the career-building work I did at [...]

The Bootstrapper’s Manifesto

By christy on January 24, 2010

I had a great time yesterday participating remotely at the Slamdance Filmmaker Summit with an extraordinary bunch of people at the event and online (the sessions will be online soon and Filmmaker Magazine has published a quick review).  At the end of my session, Lance Weiler (thanks so much for the invite Lance!) asked me [...]

Update!: PhD submitted & now in the US for MLA and Microsoft SCS

Update!: PhD submitted & now in the US for MLA and Microsoft SCS

By christy on December 24, 2009

Whew!! I did it!!!!! I finally submitted my PhD!!!!!! It has been a crazy few years finishing that thesis writing up and doing all the travel and work stuff at the same time. I’ll share more about the content of my thesis, the research and writing process and lessons learned soon. I’ll also be sharing [...]

Multi-Platform at the Whistler Film Festival 09

Multi-Platform at the Whistler Film Festival 09

By christy on November 22, 2009

My next trip will be to the Whistler Film Festival, BC, Canada. Wohoo! I’ve been invited to participate in their Forum, which “is an industry conference organized to address issues of concern to the film, digital media and television production industry in Western Canada”. This year they “are embracing the changing landscape of content [...]

Videos and slides from Power to the Pixel, London Film Festival

Videos and slides from Power to the Pixel, London Film Festival

By christy on November 7, 2009

 As I outlined in a previous post, I was fortunate to be invited back to be a part of Power to the Pixel, London Film Festival 2009. The videos and slides are now online and so here is a selection of ones I’m sure you’ll enjoy/get something out of.
 
 
Take Back What Has Always [...]

Creative Writing & New Media and Transliteracy @ De Montfort Uni

Creative Writing & New Media and Transliteracy @ De Montfort Uni

By christy on October 19, 2009

A few years ago I was fotunate to be invited to participate in De Montfort University’s online Masters in Creative Writing and New Media programme. It was created by Sue Thomas and Kate Pullinger, and had wonderful aims:
The degree was designed for writers interested in experimenting with new formats and was informed by contemporary thinking on [...]

Report on Social Web Foo Camp 2009

By christy on June 14, 2009

A couple of months ago I was fortunate to be invited to the O’Reilly Social Web FOO Camp in San Francisco.
Australian new media arts organisation dLux Media Arts was one of my sponsors for the trip, and so I’ve published my report on their site: http://bit.ly/fId0H 
Enjoy!

I've just submitted a PhD on a new form of storytelling & gaming; consulting to clients on cross-platform projects; and I am developing my own projects.
This site is the main hub of my various blogs: Cross-MediaEntertainment.com [Internet Archive], UniverseCreation101.com, WriterResponseTheory.org, Transmodiologist.org and CompletionofBeginnings.com.
Contact me via email: christy at this domain.

Upcoming Appearances

> Crossover Lab Australia, Feb, 2010
> The Documentary Organisation of Canada cross-platform web conference ReBoot, 16th Feb, 2010 (remote presentation)
> Cartoons on the Bay, Italy, 15-18th April, 2010
> Sydney Writer's Festival, May, 2010
> The Pixel Lab: The Cross-Media Film Workshop, London, June, 2010

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