Character Death Should Be Premeditated

I’m a big fan of fiction and screenplays that kill off major characters mid-stream.  It happened in Breaking Bad.  It happens all the time in The Walking Dead.  The problem is that an amateur writer will kill off characters for the sake of killing them off or for shock value without thinking through the character death and

How to Make a 1940’s Style Captain America Shield: Part 1

Some of you may know that I am busy working on a 1940’s style Captain America costume for the Avengers movie premiere on May 4th.   We will be appearing at the Warren IMax Theater.  I will be accompanied by Bucky Barnes (my son), Thor, Tony Stark, Black Widow, Wasp, and Loki.  I used to