Teams and Projects COG Page to Screen animation headlines unique literary approach By Soma Frazier | March 2, 2018 Lullaby, by Megan Merchant, was described by 2015-2017 U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera as revealing “the sudden fall into dream, tenderness, awakenings and delicate and crystalline images – the tone and lines are just right and seem to be in the language of a forest at night and the unseen eye in the wave”. Thus, her […] Read More
Digital Art and Animation Insider Character Development Writing Tips: How to Make Your Fictional Characters Come Alive By Soma Frazier | September 14, 2017 Character: \ˈker-ik-tər\ noun A fictional representation of a person. An individual marked by notable, quirky or conspicuous attributes. What do author Daniel Handler and the unfortunate Baudelaire children have in common? “A life rife with misery and misfortune?” you might guess. Wrong. Daniel, aka Lemony Snicket, is actually quite happy. The correct answer is: they’re […] Read More
Creative Careers and Job Advice 5 Tips for Aspiring Writers on How to Publish a Book By Soma Frazier | July 25, 2017 Do you want to publish a book? For many, the question is more daunting than the writing itself. Take experienced authors Dave Eggers, A. Van Jordan, Gish Jen and Chris Baker: not one of them started out with a crystal clear vision of how to get published and build a readership. Instead, each took a […] Read More
Creative Careers and Job Advice Learning from Failure: How to Turn a Bad Result into Positive Steps By Soma Frazier | July 13, 2017 Last year, I donated my 17-year-old Toyota to charity. Did it die? Refuse to start? Belch smoke on the I-880? Not exactly. “Herbert” was still running – but he was old, and I thought it best to retire him. He’d served me well; now he could serve others in need, as scrap metal or transportation. […] Read More
Digital Art and Animation Insider 3 Tips for Writing a Winning Submission for the Upcoming COG Contests By Soma Frazier | November 22, 2016 As you may have seen, COG just announced its celeb judges for its Page to Screen and Poetry contests. Our close-knit campus community is abuzz with the news that U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and NPR/PRI host Glynn Washington will serve as the final judges. And COG’s staff has already begun receiving questions from […] Read More