An award winning writer/creator of the Blackjack series about a black adventurer in 1930s. I'm also a writing coach/consultant. #writingtips #actionhero
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This is Blackjack. It’s Harlem nights, jazz clubs, exotic locales, corrupt politicians, power-mad leaders, gangland killers, and global threats. It’s one man's battle to maintain his dignity and save his soul.
It's the 1930s, AND LIKE NOW, it’s a good time for a dark hunter.
Arron Day is BLACKJACK, a globetrotting African-American soldier of fortune living in the turbulent 1930s! He’s a man challenging power-mad dictators, the ghosts of his past, the bigotry of his time!
It's the 1930s. A good time for a dark hunter.
Get it on Amazon.
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Mac Miller gives a masterclass on failure
Listening to music, we don’t see the countless hours artists spend trying new things and failing
One of my best friends grew up with Mac and described his work ethic as "in the studio until 4 AM every single night"
“I never take a day off / work around the clock, my engineer getting paid off [...] Go a couple full weeks without a good night's sleep / imagination, makin', musical creation / The journey that I'm facin' plus the paper that I'm chasin,” Mac rapped on Best Day Ever.
Over his career, Mac dropped 6 studio albums and 13 mixtapes. You don’t do that without countless hours of failing and trying new things.
“It’s okay to believe in yourself against all odds and fail, it’s okay to fail,” Mac says in the vid below. This is a reminder to all artists that failure is cool. Don't stop trying new things. When you fail, get back up again and keep on going. RIP Mac.
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It's a special episode of The Comics Lair where host @NancyNorthcott spends a great hour with Alex Simmons @BlackjackAD, an award winning author, creator of comic books, children's books, screenplays, stage plays, and more! @ConTinual_Con #ConTinual bit.ly/3bXvTb3
When 100 pages of action adventure isn't enough. How about almost 300?
Blackjack: Dangerous Dispatch (Omnibus)
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Blackjack Adventure is worth more than a king's ransom.
The treat is a bloody war and the destruction of a kingdom!
"Blackjack: Ransom for a Dead King."
On Amazon
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I'm utterly stunned by this news. THANK YOU.
And the winner of the 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature is . . . Gene Luen Yang! Kathy Neustadt announced the winner at the Neustadt Lit Fest moments ago. Mr. Yang is the 11th laureate of the NSK Prize.
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The Comics Lair 17 spreads its wings and dives into the #Disney TV series, #Endgame, and the influences from the comics with @micaiah_johnson, @VanAllenPlexico, @BlackjackAD and host @NancyNorthcott @ConTinual_Con #ConTinual bit.ly/3uDP3t0
Alone in Northern Scotland, Blackjack must protect where hatred looms, death runs rampant, and the night is filled with werewolves.
For Halloween it's 50% off
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Of the 7 ORIGINAL BASIC STORY PLOTS which 3 are missing?
Man against man
Man against society
Man caught in th~e middle
Man and woman
And of those 3 which one would be easiest for you to base a story upon?
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Confidence isn’t the absence of fear.
Confident people feel as much fear as everyone else.
They just don’t allow it to prevent them from action.
Writers ...
Stuck in a story?
Sometimes a quick tip is all you need.
Check out, "Tip Talk," my mini podcast from
Alex Simmons.
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My biggest fear is failing to fulfill my purpose. My greatest and most elusive pursuit ... was figuring out what my purpose was.
And now that I have, it's back to fear #1