A
"mad genius" is someone who is exceptionally intelligent or skilled, but also a bit crazy or unconventional in their thinking or behavior.
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Even that stroke of
mad genius in the writer's room managed to inform character and plot.
Our
resident Mad Genius shows a simple technique that will keep your pork chops from ever curling up again.
Reblogged this on Spin, strangeness, and charm and commented: My guest post at
Mad Genius Club on how to add «X-ray» content (e.g., character biography lookup and concordance) to your published Kindle book.
We'll be talking about this more here
at Mad Genius Club in the upcoming months, as if you don't remember from last year... However, last year the Sad Puppies campaign was responsible for the highest voter participation in the Hugos, ever.
BUFF is psyched beyond belief to be hosting the East Coast Premiere of 68 Kill
from mad genius Trent Haaga, director of BUFF's 2011 Director's Choice Award - winner Chop and writer of 2013's Cheap Thrills & 2008's Deadgirl.
In the meantime, check out Kate Paulk's post
on Mad Genius Club about advice on story telling and Sarah A. Hoyt's post on Talent and Other Fairy Tales.
Would any of the resident
Mad Geniuses here care to take on the topics of Amazon Press or Kindle Scout?
You go to blogs
like Mad Genius Club, Kris Writes, Dean Wesley Smith, The Passive Voice and read what they have to offer.
However, his plans are thwarted when a rival
mad genius named Vector (Segel, I Love You Man) steals the shrink - ray from under Gru's nose.
It's a smaller, fantastic film named Anomalisa, a stop - motion puppet film written and co-directed
by mad genius Charlie Kaufman, and here's why you absolutely need to check it out.
Whether you prefer a softer scramble or one with diner - style heft, the
latest Mad Genius Tips offers a valuable addition to your arsenal.
Thanks to Food & Wine Culinary Director Justin Chapple's latest episode of
Mad Genius Tips, this particular plate might come out a bit more appetizing than the version Sam - I - Am so ardently pushes in the book.
20 minutes later eating these piping hot off the baking sheet proved that I probably was crazy — in the best kind of
mad genius way.
Food &
Wine Mad Genius Justin Chapple uses a waffle iron to make this crispy, Korean - inspired potato pancake.
Caleb's boyish charm and high intellect makes for an obvious choice, but Nathan's charisma and downright hysterical personality makes him a
lovable mad genius.
Not content with giving the world a fully - functioning set of Wolverine claws, X-Men
inspired mad genius Colin Furze is at it again.
Charles Manson lurks behind the pages of Inherent Vice, the latest novel from
reclusive mad genius Thomas Pynchon.
The Woolf thread is the best realized, but that has more to do with Kidman's performance, which fully fleshes out Hare's vague «
mad genius stifled by sedate country living» conceit.
Providing the villainy as Arliss Loveless, the wheelchair - bound, arachnid -
obsessed mad genius determined to seize control of the country, is no less than multiple Oscar nominee Kenneth Branagh.
Whitford is set to take on the role of Commander Joseph Lawrence, ««the architect of Gilead's economy, who is gruff and intimidating, with a
disheveled mad genius vibe.
This is what
keeps Mad Geniuses going, selling a book here and there when we aren't trying to help out other aspiring writers.
Geoff Manaugh's
mad genius thrill - ride, A Burglar's Guide to the City, is the most fun you'll ever have learning about architecture, city planning and the shadowy world of burglary.
Anyway, dear Cora nominated the
entire Mad Genius Club to Damien - lite as the big «fascists» of the genre, along with such heinous creatures as Tom Kratman, Larry Correia, Vox Day (whatever you think of him, if there's a Glittery Hoo Haa making a list of the most evil people in SFF, Vox will be on that list — and I would not object to his sales figures, thank you very much), and of course our very own Sarah Hoyt.
This can be both good and bad, something I will likely discuss in a longer post, as this one is getting rather long (and the
other Mad geniuses just told me I'd do fine when I asked about length).
I don't normally spend an entire post responding to a comment but, after discussing this with several of my
fellow mad geniuses, I decided that is exactly what I'm going to do.
Liberation Maiden — this full - scale 3D sci - fi shooter was created by
mad genius SUDA51, creator of personal faves Lollipop Chainsaw and Shadows of the Damned.
«On the technical side, even though it is still the original code base of the early Killzone games, it has evolved [significantly]; the engine has had such a major overhaul that we actually rebranded it — we now call it Decima,» he says of the engine that has caused such a stir in the industry that
even mad genius Hideo Kojima was spurred on to ditch any plans of creating his own proprietary backbone and instead decided to embrace Decima as his own for Death Stranding.
Mad genius Bongo the Sane over at The Overseas Connection Podcast has come up with a great idea which he is calling, «The Year of Living Gamegerously.»
Mine, over
at Mad Genius Club today, is mostly pointing out the underlying psychology of business / publisher / author interactions.
Writer's block is no match
for mad genius, and Seven Psychopaths is delightfully mad and surprisingly genius.
On paper these might sound
like mad genius, but Daft Punk somehow misplace the wit and the light touch that's pretty much their trademark.
Those of you who follow my weekly posts
on Mad Genius Club know I tried something new with the print edition of Vengeance from Ashes (special edition with exclusive material).
Hi, my name is Cedar, and I'm not sure how I ended up here... Actually, it involved Sarah and Amanda getting me alone, and with this look of glee on Amanda's face, asking me to become the
latest Mad Genius.
Those of you who have read my posts here or over at
Mad Genius Club know I have little love for Smashwords.
This is owed, in no small part, to
the mad genius of its creators, Andy and Lana Wachowski.
More than a few people view Secunda, a gruff 59 - year - old trained as a mathematician, as
the mad genius behind the terminal, a wizard at connecting the worlds of technology and finance.
Whether you're looking to create brilliant marketing, design a breakthrough product, or disrupt an entire industry —
Mad Genius is a call to action.
It's a way to take the principles Randy reveals in Risky Is the New Safe, and
Mad Genius and apply them in your organization.
Most of the religious content of the series comes from George Meyer, «who is generally considered
a mad genius, with emphasis on «mad,»» said Steve Tompkins, former writer for the show, who spoke to a seminar last fall at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
With Freddy Muldoon, Brinley adds the happy fat boy all such stories must have, and with Mortimer Dalrymple, the sardonic skinny boy» together with the club's phlegmatic president, Jeff Crocker, and
its mad genius, Henry Mulligan.
Lily is
the mad genius behind the beautiful blog, Kale And Caramel, a space where she shares her love for food that nourishes the mind and body.