Anthony Rapino

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Art and Fiction Collide!

Don’t run away!  I know you want to.  I know as soon as you see the word “Kickstarter,” nasty visions of wannabe artists and writers float through your mind, all with their hands extended begging for your hard-earned cash. Push those visages away momentarily.  Instead, picture rewards beyond measure: hand-painted sculptures, exclusive maps, things that […]

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The Halloween Club

Ever since I started sculpting, I have wanted to create a throwback to the mail-in kids’ club packages I remember from the 80s and 90s.  Those, now nostalgic, sign-ups we’d send in–sometimes with box tops, sometimes with Kool-Aid stamps or product labels–which resulted in a surprise package at our doorsteps. These boxes would contain all

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The Writing Tips App

The Writing Tips App Good writing comes from experience and practice. In reality, there’s no better way to become better at writing than reading a lot, and practicing your writing. There is, however, one way to help speed things up and boost your writing prowess through the help of apps. While it neither tells you

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Ben Eads: CRACKED SKY

I recently had the great pleasure of interviewing friend, writer, and all around good guy, Ben Eads, about his new book CRACKED SKY.  If you take any two things away from this interview, they should be as follows: Buy Ben’s book. If there were such a thing as interviewer school, and I attended–I’d fail.  

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1,000 Subscriber Holiday Giveaway

Greetings members, new and old, and the Candy Corn Apocalypse Army!  I’m here today because my YouTube channel has finally reached AND exceeded 1,000 subscribers (1,003 at last count).  To celebrate both this milestone and the holiday season, I’m running a giveaway. The giveaway will run until Christmas eve, at which time I’ll announce the winner.

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Big Five Fear

By Jonathan Winn James Patterson is afraid of me. The simple fact that I exist keeps him awake at night. And the audacity of my daring to release yet another book throws him into a quietly desperate frenzy of doubt. Why? Because, like all those other gate-crashing “wannabes who don’t work hard” – as Big

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