First, a quick summary for those of you who just want the yay or nay: Zootopia is an excellent, wonderful film with a lot of heart, a lot of adventure, and a wonderful moral at its core that wraps up everything in a fantastic way. Put it on your list.

Now, the longer explanation, at Unusual Things ...

Hey guys! It's here! As promised for the anniversary of Unusual Things, I'm doing a Reddit AMA today for a few hours! Stop on by and, as the title suggests, ask me anything, from questions about my books, to writing, or whatever else is on your mind!

I Am Max Florschutz, Author of ...

Now closed! It was fun, guys!

Right, it's day two of the Anniversary week! Starting tomorrow, I'll be doing a Reddit AMA. But that's tomorrow. Today, however ...

I'm doing a live Q&A for The Dusk Guard Saga. Right here. Right now.

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Today we're tackling a topic directly. Head on. We'll be discussing a problem I often see throughout literature, especially work from new writers or in the area of fanfiction (and both are probably bolstered by the fact that most television deliberately commits this act in order to pad out run-time).

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WHOA! Unusual Things has been on the web for one year this Wednesday! Which means sweet things for this week’s collection of posts, like a Reddit AMA this Wednesday to mark the one-year date!

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Hey guys!

Right, so first things first, here's a cross-post from Unusual Things to give you guys a bit of an update on what's going on there, and then I'll get into what you can expect over here:

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All right guys, just a quick update on the Patreon Side of things.

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Welcome back to another Being a Better Writer post! I've got a lot to do today (tax season) so I'm diving right into this one as quickly as possible. Today's topic comes from the request post I made several months ago (which I've been slowly digging through ever since), but it's a topic that I've heard brought up before in writing panels as well as in other places. And it's a good question, one every author will either probably consider or run afoul of in the course of their

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Quick update, guys. Unusual Things (my site) has a new page to check out: The Writing Samples page! There all excerpts posted to the site as well as other free fiction write-ups have been collected and linked for your browsing and reading pleasure, hopefully making it just one step easier for you guys to get a taste of my work. Currently, you can read both an excerpt and a chapter from Unusual Events: A "Short" Story Collection, as well as Green Apocalypse, a short bit of

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Tonight, television saw the airing of the last episode of one of its greats. Gravity Falls, after two seasons (over four years, which made it feel like four seasons) has finally ended.

And did it ever go out on a high note.

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