The recent news that Warner Brothers is putting any future Superman movies on hold has fanboys (and girls) speculating on what might have led to the franchise’s journey into limbo. A popular theory is that it’s too hard to come up with a viable Superman story in this day and age because the guy is too perfect and we demand imperfection from our heroes. Supes has every imaginable power from the ability to fly to incredible strength and it’s hard to relate to a character who is so…well, super. But I think that’s actually what’s so appealing about the character. He’s our collective fantasy of what we all would like to be. Who wouldn’t want to be able to do all the things the Man of Steel can do? There’s no apparent downside. Well, I’m going on the record to state that I would never want to be Superman for one simple reason: you could never have sex. Ever!
Man, I’m behind in my work and wasn’t planning on posting any more blogs today, but damnit, today would have been 
I always enjoy hearing about how people got started in their careers so thought I’d share the story about how I landed my first professional “Hollywood” writing gig. I should preface this by saying that I was extremely lucky and I know it usually doesn’t happen this smoothly. Believe me, I know—it’s never been this “easy” again and, over ten years later, it’s still a day-to-day struggle to make a living as a writer.
