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10 years ago I learned about an awesome challenge called the " Script Frenzy ." The idea was for writers to take the month of April and write a 100-page screenplay or other creative project. While I thought the challenge event was an incredible idea I never actually participated before the  official project was sent out to pasture after the 2012 event... But then March 30, 2017 rolled around and I discovered the perfect story to frenzy onto the page and today I have a 101-page script. No this is not my first screenplay. But it is the first one I've gotten to the point of typing "The End" and still felt the absolute NEED to produce. I won't bore you with details of the screenplay other than it's an adventure-drama-romance set in Iowa's Loess Hills and loosely "based on actual events." As I've recounted on here   many times before I love cinema and a long term goal of mine has been to write-direct a feature film. Am I delude

This article was first published by  dmcityview.com This lesson is far too important to slow walk you to understanding: stop what you’re doing and activate the baked-in device tracking tools available to you and download some extra security measures while you’re at it. Sometimes in our never ending tech excitement and device worship we forgo the simplest steps to ensure data and gadget security. So if your smartphone, tablet, or laptop are repositories for your sensitive information consider how devastating losing those tools could be to you or your family. At this point many will say ‘oh nothing will happen to me, I always keep my phone/tablet/laptop safely stored and only the most brazen thief would walk off with it.’ Well guess what that can happen to you, as I am a living example. Last month a burglar broke into my home -while I was in the house, sleeping no less- and made off in the middle of the night with nearly all of my devices. Luckily all the devices required passcode