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End of Summer Update from Scratch Writing Press
New books, live readings, a growing creative house—and what's coming this fall
Summer is winding down, which seems like a good time to look around Scratch Writing Press and ask a fairly simple question:
What have we been up to?
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Scratch Writing Media Kit
Author information, book resources, images, and media inquiries
Welcome to the Scratch Writing Media Kit, a collection of resources for journalists, reviewers, podcasters, booksellers, event organizers, bloggers, and anyone interested in covering my books or the work of Scratch Writing Press.
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Football Fan’s Diet: Turning Health Into a Season
A game-day approach to healthier habits, football, and having a little fun along the way
I've tried enough approaches to health and weight loss over the years to know one thing about myself: I'm much more likely to stick with something if I can turn it into a game. Preferably a football game.
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Across Pittsburgh: A Site About the Place I Call Home
Some websites begin with a business plan. Across Pittsburgh began because I kept finding things about Pittsburgh that I wanted to write about.
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Productions: Where the Experiments Become Something
For most of my creative life, the basic equation was pretty simple: I had an idea, I wrote it down, and eventually it became something somebody could read. Scratch Writing Productions is where that equation gets considerably messier.
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About Scratch Writing Studio
I started Scratch Writing because I wanted a place for my writing. Somewhere along the way, apparently writing books wasn't enough. I started building websites. Then came graphics, book trailers, live video, animation experiments, voice work, short-form video, AI tools, and an increasingly dangerous tendency to look at some new piece of technology and think, I wonder if I could make something with that.
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The Funny Newz: Officials Frustrated as Mojave Alien Monolith Cleanup Enters Second Year With No Progress
MOJAVE DESERT — Local officials say they have had enough of extraterrestrial developers dropping cheap black monoliths in the desert and calling it a civilization.
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Cool Filmz: Stargate (1994) – A Great Idea Lost in Space
Some movies are better ideas than they are movies. Stargate may be the perfect example. When I reviewed it for CoverUps.com in 2007, I was fascinated by its premise and frustrated by what it did with it. Revisiting that review now, I still feel much the same way: the portal remains irresistible, but the adventure waiting on the other side is not nearly as imaginative as the doorway.
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Cool Filmz: Wag the Dog (1997): Because It Says So on TV
Some old movies age. Others sit patiently until the real world catches up with them. Wag the Dog belongs to the second group. Barry Levinson's political black comedy came out in late 1997, but when I reviewed it for CoverUps.com in 2007, it already felt less like a farce than a field manual for manufacturing reality. Revisiting that review now, the machinery looks dated. The idea behind it does not.
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Quantum Soup: Did We Just Hear Dark Matter Knock?
One strange particle interaction is not a discovery. It might, however, be the most interesting knock on the door in a century-long search.
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- Bingham's Notebook: Chapter File — Midas Protocol - Chapter 5 "Book Lovers"
- The Scratching Post: The Joy Is in the Doing
- The Funny Newz: Claude to Add "Skidmarks" to AI Slop Videos
- Bingham's Notebook: Character Profile — Caroline Friday In The Midas Protocol
- AI: Would That Be a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?
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