This week, Ira spoke with award-winning filmmaker Josh Mendoza, author of "Shadow of the Eternal Watcher," a new noir crime thriller sci-fi novel. In this scary episode of “Ira’s Everything Bagel,” Josh talks about he made the leap from his post-apocalyptic film, “What Still Remains” to writing a novel; how the novel features alternate realities and time travel blended together seamlessly in a tale of government corruption and personal redemption; why he loves writing genre mashups; creating Duster Raines, a private detective, as the main character; how he moved from Arizona (where he grew up) to Hollywood; going to USC film school; why he always wanted to be a writer; how he’s a visual thinker; the difference in writing books vs screen plays; how he came up with the title of the book; writing for a broader audience; his dream as a kid; why “character is first”; why reading is important; and why getting words on paper is the most important thing.
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