Hint. It’s MAGIC. (Cross-posted from my substack, if you please, follow me there, it’s free. You can follow here — Joshua Todd James) There’s a wonderful scene in HEAT… hold the phone, there are a TON of wonderful scenes in the film HEAT, as most of us are aware of…

I have two free ebooks for actors, audition monologues, one for males, the other for females. As an actor (in another lifetime) I sorely remembered trying to find a new monologue that hadn’t been done to death, and also, the one that felt like it was meant for me. In…

The number one FEAR most, if not all, writers have is a simple one. Failure. They are, to a person, horrified that they may create something that will suck and folks will let them know about it in no uncertain terms. And, let’s face it, that’s a distinct possibility whenever…

There are a lot of stories to tell. We all have stories. Everyone you know has stories. They tell them to you when you stop and chat with them on the street (back when it was safe to do that) or when you call them on the phone (when that…

All rage is essentially trauma buried and unearthed. I have a lot of rage. This essay wasn’t something I wanted to write, and struggled with whether or not I should, but in the end, I feel it’s necessary. …

Generation PTSD: a tragic story. From my twitter thread. My mother used to tell me that her dad, when she was young, never took them to restaurants, even when traveling, not even fast food… they’d stop at a store, buy bread, meat, and eat plain sandwiches. Never fast food. They…