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About Trigonis

Published poet, writer and storyteller, DIY filmmaker, part-time professor & full-time ambassador of the written world currently authoring The Tao of Crowdfunding for Filmmakers.

The Most Noble Truth: The Bridge Between Want and Need

Posted on May 15, 2012

One of the most defining moments in many of our childhoods is when a grownup asks us what we want to be when we grow up, but no one ever asks us what we need to be when we grow … Continue reading →

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Writing Like a Martlet: Five Months Past, Five Lessons Above

Posted on April 4, 2012

A martlet is an interesting little bird –– one with no feet that spends all its time flying because it can’t ever land. Lately, I’ve felt very much like a martlet when it comes to my own writing. I mentioned … Continue reading →

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Bringing the Beat(nik) Back in American Culture in Film

Posted on March 19, 2012

The other day I was updating my Facebook status and I noticed an advertisement on the side of my screen for On The Road – The movie. I immediately clicked it and was pleased to see that someone had finally … Continue reading →

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The Sirens are Calling and I’m Shipwrecked on Creative Shores

Posted on February 20, 2012

We’re coming up on three months into 2012 and the sirens have been calling to me quite fiercely in one form or another. That said, I’m hoping for another productive year that will drive me towards my ultimate goal, and … Continue reading →

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Riding the Writer’s Road: Three Lessons Learned in Three Months of Writing

Posted on February 1, 2012

Today marks the beginning of my fourth month writing The Tao of Crowdfunding for Filmmakers, and on May 1st I should have a complete manuscript ready to turn in to the editors at Michael Wiese Productions. Back in December, I … Continue reading →

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From Television to Tomorrow’s Vision

Posted on January 16, 2012

Happy 2012, folks! So the other day, I did something I rarely do. I went to Hulu and watched a show that my good friend Troy Romeo recommended called The Booth at the End, a web series about a guy … Continue reading →

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Top Eight Movies I Saw in Theaters in 2011 (Because I Only Saw Eight Movies in Theaters in 2011)

Posted on December 30, 2011

As many of my closer friends on Facebook and those who follow me on Twitter probably know, I spent the bulk of 2011 writing, teaching, and doing research for my second feature-length screenplay Caput. That research took the form of … Continue reading →

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Bird on a Limb: My Facebook-Updated Family Tree

Posted on December 14, 2011

I was always a good kid, at least according to my Dad. I was quiet, introspective, always thinking and always creating. Even as far back as before my mother died, while the grown-ups were talking grown-up things in the living … Continue reading →

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Tao Te Trig: The Flow, the Muse and the Working Writer’s World

Posted on December 1, 2011

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 marks the day I started writing my very first book, The Tao of Crowdfunding for Filmmakers, for Michael Wiese Productions. Thirty days later, I’m about a hundred pages into my 200-page guide focused on helping indie … Continue reading →

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From Auteur to Author: The Tao of Crowdfunding Goes to Print

Posted on October 20, 2011

It’s official––I’ve just signed and mailed away a contract to pen The Tao of Crowdfunding for Filmmakers for Michael Wiese Productions! Based on my blog series of the same title, this book will be centered around practical tips that DIY … Continue reading →

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