J. J. Hillard

Trailer for "#Counterfeit" — #awardwinning #shortfilm I wrote that Michael E. Berg (#SpilledInkCinema) produced. Now in festivals this year! youtu.be/axf4E8u0fMU #indiefilm #filmnoir #dramedy #screenwriting #screenplay #screenwriter #thriller

#SpaceX Won A #Mars Mission That Might Get Cancelled payloadspace.com/spacex-won-a-m… #Nasa

It's our home. This Earth Day, see our planet as our Artemis II astronauts saw it with these new images from the mission.

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What a combined Paramount-Warner would mean kcra.com/article/what-c… #screenwriters #filmmakers

#EarthDay2026 #ClimateCrisis

‘ #HolyBabble !’ NYC Art Installation Examines #Trumpism April 15–May 2 blackstarnews.com/holy-babble-ny… #Art

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One of the most inventive and fun scenes in 1930s film... Ruby Keeler and Lee Dixon dancing upon the giant typewriter in "Ready, Willing, and Able" (1937)

#bookshop.org "Supporting indie bookstores isn’t just about where you buy your books—it’s about keeping money in your community." "... indie bookstores have proven at every turn that they will protect, defend, & care for their community members without hesitation." #writers

Here Are the Finalists for the 2026 #HugoAwards reactormag.com/2026-hugo-awar… #sciencefiction #fantasy #writers

Got my 1st payment for a short story I wrote for an online literary magazine! The amount will cover coffee, croissant & a tip at an upscale chain. My story will be published in May. Was told only 'real' writers get paid, so I'm enjoying my new 'status' as a literati. 🤣 #writer

The White Lotus: #MikeWhite on How Survivor 50 Shaped the New Season (Ex... youtu.be/_023v68HSMo?si… #YouTube #WhiteLotus #TVseries

(April 6, 2026) – #NASA #astronaut and #Artemis II #Pilot #VictorGlover pictured here in the #Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II #lunar #flyby.

The reporting on OpenAI and Sam Altman that I've been working on for the past year and a half, for @NewYorker, with @andrewmarantz: newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…

#AI #technology #NewYorker #cartoon

"Writing Across Formats: Why You Should Diversify Your Projects" -- Edwin Cannistraci finaldraft.com/blog/writing-a… #writers #shortstories #plays #novels #scripts #screenplays

"... [the dialogue] a dazzling display of second-gen immigrant linguistic dexterity, which slips between Urdu, Arabic, MLE (Multicultural London English) and RP... via a stream of merciless insults." — Ellen E. Jones theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2… #RizAhmed #JamesBond #TVseries

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"Imagining a post-literate future" "Fiction appears to be in decline. Literary fiction... is especially at risk of extinction. Visual media has almost completely taken over from the written word." -- Joe Ponepinto #authors #CreativeWriting beyondcraft.substack.com/p/dinosaurs

Oscar-winner Ryan Coogler says he hopes #Sinners might someday be taught in film curriculums, recalling how a college writing professor pushed him to become a screenwriter. “I’m not smart enough to teach college. I have so much respect for professors.”