Monthly Archives: April 2016

All Books Without “Girl” in Title Banned!

Posted on April 28, 2016 by mitchteemley

New York, April 31, 2016 (United Press Irrational) – For the last eight years, the #1 best-selling book in America has had the word Girl in its title: 2009 – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 2010 – The Girl … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 10

Posted on April 27, 2016 by mitchteemley

Would you still desire the future you’ve imagined if you knew it would veer wildly and irrevocably off course?

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on April 26, 2016 by mitchteemley

(This is #2 in a series about my current feature film project. To read #1, click here.) We have a cast! And we meet next week to read through the screenplay together. So I’m deep in the throes of anxcitement … Continue reading →

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Courage Doesn’t Always Roar

Posted on April 23, 2016 by mitchteemley
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The Wishing Map 9

Posted on April 20, 2016 by mitchteemley

“’There’s magic in the world. And it’s waiting to be found!’ She’d said the words a million times before, but somehow this time was different. Urgent. As if it were no longer merely a motto, but a mission.”

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on April 18, 2016 by mitchteemley

Less than a month from now we begin shooting Over-the-Rhine, my first feature film as a writer-director. I want to share the experience with you, my bloggish friends, partly because I think of you as my extended family (aww) and partly because I’ll … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 8

Posted on April 13, 2016 by mitchteemley

“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”                   ~C.S. Lewis

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The Wishing Map 7

Posted on April 6, 2016 by mitchteemley

Has anyone ever appeared at just the right moment to spin your life in an entirely new direction?

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Inspired

Posted on April 5, 2016 by mitchteemley

“For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. Therefore, do all things without grumbling and disputation.”  ~Philippians 2:13-14

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