Hollywood used to be a fortress. Thick walls, guarded gates, and a select few holding the keys. If you wanted to tell stories, you needed their blessing. Their money. Their approval. That era is over. Today, the tools to create, distribute, and monetize your work sit in your pocket. Your audience is out there, hungry for authentic voices, not polished corporate products. And the creators who win aren't the ones waiting for permission, they're the ones building their own doors
Recently, I've been looking at the announcement that Christopher Nolan is about to change the Odyssey. Matt Damon's Odysseus, Anne Hathaway's Penelope, and every shooting at IMAX in Italy; it sounds like we've been waiting a long time. But then I saw the details of the cast: Helen of Troy, played by Lupita Nyong, Achilles by Elliot Page, and Athena by Zendaya. And as a lifelong lover of Greek mythology, a comic creator, and the founder of a publishing company with the Muse Ca
I've come across a disturbing matter. As a storyteller this truly brakes my heart, we are failing the next generation of writers, creators, musicians, anybody that needs to communicate in this world. It's like we are literary moving backwards in today's society. are we going to allow this to continue? This is a thing that should keep every guardian, teacher, and storyteller awake at night with a child who is not reading less. Never a little less, a lot less. And that only hap
