Fibbing Friday (9/15/23)

(Back to my prevaricating ways after a brief spell of honesty, good to be back. The theme of this installment is popular slogans, all of which look like they come from that longtime bastion of misdirection, advertising. Prompted by pensitivity101, link below.) https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/09/15/fibbing-friday-15th-september/ 1. Have a break, have a Kit Kat Family themed entertainment venue … Continue reading Fibbing Friday (9/15/23)

Movie Making Challenges

Finally shot all the footage for my short comedy Escape From Jury Duty on Sunday on September 3rd. I had my cast, my skeleton crew, my rented camera, and a conference room at the Satellite Workspace reserved to double as the jury assembly room. All the stars seemed aligned as I entered the Satellite at … Continue reading Movie Making Challenges

99 Word Prompt: Journey Home

(Flash fiction piece prompted by Carrot Ranch. I took the theme of journey home and made it a metaphor for the final journey everyone has to make, hence the unusually somber tone of this short fiction piece. Link below.) https://carrotranch.com/2023/08/15/august-15-story-challenge-in-99-words-2/ He recalled his last visit to the doctor's office and getting the bad news; terminal, … Continue reading 99 Word Prompt: Journey Home

New Short Movie Project

I've embarked on a new short movie, it's a farce about people trying to get out of jury duty and is based on a piece of flash fiction I wrote and posted a year and a half ago. https://robertkirkendall.com/2022/01/15/jury-duty-a-flash-fiction-piece/ Already have most of the cast, only need one more actor with a speaking role and … Continue reading New Short Movie Project

Attack Of The Sea Weasel!

Otter 841 of the Monterey Bay, the rascally little carnivore who's been terrorizing surfers and stealing their boards, has the potential to be a new horror movie concept. 841 of the 831 (the local area code) has made headlines all over the world with her antics and is gaining a following. People gather on the … Continue reading Attack Of The Sea Weasel!

Short Video By My Brother

Here's a short video shot by my younger brother Joe with his new Go Pro camera of him bicycling down a trail. Don't know exact location but it's in Nevada and I think it's near Lake Tahoe (my brother lives in Sparks). He posted this nifty little video to his YouTube channel and I'm sharing … Continue reading Short Video By My Brother

Does Writing Affect Moods?

Ever since I began this writing journey some 30 years ago I've sometimes wondered about its psychological effects on the writer, but I've been thinking about it more lately during the latest round of rewriting for my novel Redwood Summer. I came to the most difficult part to write, the chapter in which the two … Continue reading Does Writing Affect Moods?

First Day Of Making My Short Movie

On April 28th I shot the first scenes for my short movie Sunset Memories, which I'm going to chalk up as a learning experience. I wanted to begin shooting last January but then we got deluged by multiple atmospheric rivers which put off shooting for a long time. Once we entered spring and the weather … Continue reading First Day Of Making My Short Movie