How I Quit Smoking
Failure is your best option. “Oh my God, YOU smoke?” “Yeah.” “You don’t look like you smoke.” One of the weirdest things that kept happening to me when I was younger was strangers refusing to believe I was a smoker. Maybe I looked like a Boy Scout, or put off some Mama’s Boy vibe, or…
Son of Rosemary: The Second Worst Sequel Book I’ve Ever Read
Fiction Affliction #5: Son of Rosemary, by Ira Levin A novelist’s career is a strange thing. You can have “it” for a number of years/books, and then suddenly lose “it.” Maybe sometime later you get “it” back. Or maybe you never get “it” again. What is “it” exactly? The good stuff. The spark. Creative synergy.…
Reflections on Turning 41
Today, April 16th, is my birthday. And I don’t care what anyone says. Your birthday always feels special, no matter what your age. Even if you didn’t plan anything special. Or if you’re at work on your birthday, which I am today. Last year I wrote a reflection article on turning 40, “40 Isn’t ‘Over…
Why are Feminists So Desperate for Men to Like Captain Marvel?
Maybe I’m missing something, but I think not. So a few years ago, for a summer school project, I had to travel to some middle-of-nowhere town in North Dakota for a ten-day project to help model and reorganize the town’s tiny museum from a junk drawer to a pristine attraction. It was for a Public…
How to Make FAT Stacks With Mini-Videos on YouTube
Niche Knowledge #5: Braso To say that this latest niche I stumbled across blew my mind would be a massive understatement. If you work a dreadful 9–5, prepare to be downright demoralized after finding out how this guy makes giant gobs of money with this clever, simple niche. Or perhaps you’ll be inspired instead. :)…
Representation is Bullshit
There will never be a part-Hispanic/part-White, devastatingly handsome, six foot tall, thin, modestly fit, straight, quite masculine, Colorado-born, PA to ND transplant, very late Gen-Xer like myself properly portrayed in film. Should I despair? One of my favorite films as a kid, which still is to this day, is Aliens. James Cameron’s brilliant high-octane 1986 sequel…
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Book Adaptation of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial The Movie and The Screenplay, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Fiction Affliction #4: E.T. was actually a botantist all along. Meanwhile, Elliott and Michael are casually assumed to be molesting their younger sister Gertie by their mother, who desperately wants to get laid. E.T. and Me, a Brief History E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and I have some history. It was actually the very first movie I ever saw…
NEW BOOK: The Devil’s Throne
My new novel has just been released, and is available for purchase now on Amazon. I’ve just released my third self-published, and fourth overall novel, THE DEVIL’S THRONE. Available here on Amazon for purchase, and through Kindle Unlimited. Here’s the synopsis: Christian “Flick” Stevenson and his fiancé Margo Bennett are both American graduate students studying demonology.…
Dragged Across Concrete — Movie Review
An underrated gory gem now enjoying a resurrection on Netflix. How in hell did I miss this one? Dragged Across Concrete was largely forgotten, or lumped in with the rest of Mel Gibson’s many “geezer teasers” when it premiered in 2018. The infamous, multiple Oscar-winning, somewhat professionally redeemed, devout Roman Catholic, and notorious anti-Semite Mel Gibson strikes…
Make $500+ A Day Talking About Movies and Comic Books
Niche Knowledge #4: YellowFlash 2 Imagine if you could make a substantial living talking about Spider-Man, the Avengers, the latest adult cartoons, anime, or pretty much anything big in pop culture news. We are truly living in the “Age of the Geek.” When it’s possible to make a six-figure income sharing news, gossip, not to…
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Dean Brooks 