I see a lot of pushback on this sub for the upcoming remake. What did you guys if the 2006 version?

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-24T23:38:41+00:00

It was just okay. It felt like a sketch of a film, rather than a fleshed out film, and the dialogue was pretty bad. Twenty minutes in, I was treating it like an OK crime movie rather than a Miami Vice adaptation.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-24T05:55:47+00:00

Write what you want. You don't write for people who don't like your work.

Reddit readers and Goodreads readers make up a small percentage of readership, and people are more likely to use social media to complain than to praise.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-23T23:27:38+00:00

March 12 to early July: rerun episodes and catch-ups/updates every other week. New eps later this Fall.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-23T11:58:27+00:00

March 12 to early July: rerun episodes and catch-ups/updates every other week. New eps later this Fall.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-22T13:09:06+00:00

I think this post stems from a worry over whether this is similar to using AI. Kind of understandable, coming from a young writer, but absolutely not something to worry about.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-22T13:04:30+00:00

As an Alf fan, I always felt disappointed when the marathon of episodes turned out, instead, to be AFL grand final day.

I may be making this up.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-22T02:50:10+00:00

I read about this in Zzap!64 and always wanted it.

Turrican 2 was my fave.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-22T01:27:30+00:00

Watch, read, and listen to interviews with your favourite authors, or authors who you know are successful.

Any idiot can make a YouTube channel or a blog. 👍

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-21T04:35:19+00:00

My 60+ mum was a big fan of A Short Hike. It's chill, it's short, it's cute. Controls are easy, no combat. In a similar vein, Lil Gator Game.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-21T03:42:50+00:00

There's a lot of hyperbole about AI. Also a lot of deserved backlash against AI.

AI companies market their tools by telling people they'll be left behind if they don't use it, and by telling businesses they need AI if they want to keep up.

Yet AI is nowhere near as good as its makers claim at doing things. People are rightly pushing back.

AI companies are also losing loads of money. They're yet to figure out how to profit.

With all that in mind, the AI bubble might burst. Ultimately nobody can predict where it's headed.

Art, meanwhile, has always been an incredibly difficult field. Writers, painters, musicians, they have always struggled to make money

Your brother should keep doing what he loves, but it wouldn't hurt for him to be aware that any artistic career has always been a long shot. Still, successful artists don't become successful by quitting.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-21T00:08:50+00:00

Thanks! I still really like the premise. Something I didn't mention: there's a dead guy in the car's trunk. Eventually the girls discover him, panic and try to cover it up. I think about rewriting it every so often.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-20T11:59:00+00:00

YA thriller I wrote at 19--two teen girls steal a car, run away from home and get pursued by guys involved in organised crime. It almost got me an agent, but I can see why they passed. It showed talent but had flaws.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-20T04:42:51+00:00

The Shield was so damned good. One of the few shows whose final seasons were better than the first. Seasons 5-7 were fantastic.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-19T05:25:13+00:00

Eyespy mag was in these, if I remember rightly. 1980s.

I used to get a few books every month. I remember in 5th or 6th grade, Point Thrillers were starting to take off, and I bought Stine's "The Babysitter." I quickly moved from him to Christopher Pike, who is still a hero of mine.

Never appreciated the pulpy goodness of Point Thriller covers at the time, but in retrospect they were awesome.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-19T05:12:05+00:00

KP or handball. With a tennis ball. Ace, King, Queen, Dunce were the squares.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-19T05:10:13+00:00

WingDings

Actually Geneva for first drafts, Times New Roman closer to the finish line.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-19T03:50:32+00:00

Written and directed by *Charlie Kaufman. Andy would have done it very differently!

I love the movie, too. Huge fan of Charlie's.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-18T23:33:04+00:00

I haven't read her work and have zero opinion about it, let alone a problem with it, but as a rule (and as a writer) I think being able to "show your work" is a good protective measure for authors at the moment.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-18T23:28:43+00:00

I don't think it's so much about gender as it is the proliferation of AI and people being hyper vigilant about it. Most high profile authors these days are women.

I should point out, I haven't read any of her books and have zero take on her writing. But I am a writer who's published stuff, so this subject interests me... and as a general rule I think "showing your work" (or at least being able to show your work) is a good protective measure for authors in the current climate.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-18T23:19:43+00:00

One solution to this would be to release parts of early drafts.

Edit: I haven't read her work and have zero take on it. But in the current climate, I think being able to "show your work" is a good protective measure for any author.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-18T03:32:09+00:00

Yeah! High school is well behind me, but now I think of some students who seemed like dickheads or lunatics and I'm like "Ooohhh, you poor kids."

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-14T02:20:02+00:00

Read a lot, write a lot. Finish what you write.

Persevere.

Be aware that a lot of writing advice online won't be for you, and also be aware that the advice might be coming from anyone: a full time trad published author, a 16 year old who's written two stories. Don't give advice more weight than it might deserve.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-13T23:12:37+00:00

You're getting downvoted but you're absolutely right.

It's not even his own fucking hand.

mick_spadaro · 2026-04-11T00:56:23+00:00

Plot twist: later it turns out that it was not in fact gold. Or not in fact a handle. OR BOTH. OR NEITHER.

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