WRITE MAKES MIGHT seminar now online!

Happy October, everyone:
Ah yes, the traditional month of fiscal failures, yellow leaves and what we used to call Halloween. This month, I'm happy to report that the 30-minute seminar WRITE MAKES MIGHT, Stronger Structure in Storytelling, is now up and running at 2hip4tv.com. This live program, which in person can extend up to an hour including Q&A and signings, covers the 3-act structure, scene & sequel structure and much more -- using popular films to illustrate, including JAWS, THE EXORCIST, THE GODFATHER and others. DVDs are available at the 2hip4tv store. Here's the link to watch the seminar:
http://2hip4tv.com/show.php?i=NTI%3D
Interested in booking the seminar for your college or organization, or even your speakers' bureau? The WRITE MAKES MIGHT page of the home site, www.fletcherrhoden.com, will give you a choice of bureau-friendly or direct-booking pages (the two pages are not directly linked, video clips are bureau friendly).
In other news, I've finished work on my new CD, which was mentioned in this very blog some months ago. NEW HEAVEN should be available within a month or so from my website, where a few tunes will soon be posted on the MUSIC page. One of the earliest tracks, CRACKER LOVE, is already up, but it doesn't reveal much of what the cd has to offer. This disc is almost an even balance of Christian and secular pop -- five months recording time and over a year in the writing. I'd release it now, but the recent release of LAST TANGO WITH MARLON and the upcoming release of Dylan's new BOOTLEG SERIES cd set makes me think another month might be a better time to drop my new disc. Check back in about two weeks for a few more samples from what I really think is my best collection of new tunes ever. I'll post a blog with the appropriate announcements.
In other news, my new script (with Jeanell Suggs) is just about there, and a TV "back door" pilot is next in the pipeline. Some of you may have read about this in my interview with BookPleasures.com, which spread with unbelievable speed and breadth across the internet. I've done a few others (in support of my new novella, LAST TANGO WITH MARLON -- www.trafford.com/07-2958) and several outlets have reviews upcoming, including MIdwest Book Review, BookPleasures.com and some of the nation's leading university newspapers. Keep an eye on Entertainment Weekly magazine too! All will be posted on the REVIEWS page of my home site when they come out. Because many of the reviews will be in university papers (I feel many of my potential readers of LAST TANGO WITH MARLON are college students), I may not be notified when the reviews are published, so if anybody comes across one, feel free to contact me. Contact information is all over my site (see above) and I think in my blogger.com profile. At my site, you can also check out my new novella, read excerpts, follow links to the publisher's site (the book is now available at Amazon.com too) and so on.
I did also make an appearance at the West Hollywood Book Faire this past weekend -- made some new friends and spread the word of my book around, although I was not on the official roster. A big shout-out to Jim Marquez at CITIZEN L.A. and the gang at OR magazine!
Also in other news, Eva James is back in Los Angeles, but those hoping for an Eva James Band reunion will have to keep hoping for at least a while. Eva and I came close twice to gigging as a duo recently, but for various reasons it didn't happen. With both of our lives in such states of flux, it's hard to say when or if it will. To quote a certain ex-Beatle, that would be something. In the meantime, you can view some performance clips on the PERFORMANCES page of my home site, plus our video JUDGEMENT DAY on the VIDEOS page.
Speaking of videos, my much-maligned short subject spoof, GEICO.COM: CAVEMAN MEETS GECKO has handily become my most viewed on any site. In September, the cheap-o quickie averaged (on Youtube alone) 2,000 hits per week (In August, 1,500 per week, and in July about 1,000 per week and so on). Not a ton by Youtube standards, but it's far-and-away my most viewed at about 24,000 hits since last year. What's interesting is that the numbers keep increasing, whereas most of my shorts get a lot of their hits in the first six months and the average usually drops off after that. There were even a few people who posted favorable comments, although they are in the minority. Believe me, folks, I wasn't shooting for the moon on that one -- it's just a little goof I tossed together, but I'm glad it's reaching so many people. My most recent short, JURASSIC FART CLUB, also on the VIDEOS page, has started off strong, with over 1,500 hits in the first month (the animators of JURASSIC FIGHT CLUB even sent me a congratulatory email, thanking me for the laughs!) To compare, CAVEMAN MEETS GECKO's first month brought in only a few hundred hits, although it picked up steadily as the year went on.
So after you order your copy of LAST TANGO WITH MARLON from Trafford or Amazon.com, check out WRITE MAKES MIGHT: Stronger Structure in Storytelling at 2hip4tv.com, along with their other cool programs. Then spend some time at www.fletcherrhoden.com for a variety of amusements -- and stay tuned to this blog for additional developments in all things Fletch.
Keep blogging, everyone!
FR