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Hey Casting Directors! Do you need Jason Momoa but can't afford his rates? Hire me, Jason Temuoa! Half the rate, half the abs! #icandoitfor10mil #hellicandoitfor5 #whoamikiddingiwouldprobablydoitforajrbaconcheeseburgercombo

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Bad Lit Friends Bad Lit Friends is a writing podcast that barely knows what it's doing.

Hey everyone! If you've ever been interesting in how the novel/fiction writing process works, etc, Meagan Thompson-Mann and Kirk R have created a new podcast just for people like you! Subscribe to Bad Lit Friends (www.badlitfriends.com) and check it out!

For compilation purposes, I imagine the 75 don’t mean much other than sheer tenacity. There’s no self-tape/audition attached to them. So, out of the remaining 21, 19 had auditions requested, 6 callbacks, 4 books, 1 avail (no book), 1 offer (ghost) #actingstats

Bad Lit Friends Podcast · Bad Lit Friends · Bad Lit Friends is a writing podcast that barely knows what it's doing. And that’s the point. Hosted by fiction writers Meagan Thompson-Mann and Kirk Rafferty, this show is...

Uhhh I did this thing with @kirkrafferty.com and please clap because I feel very exposed.

Behold, the first episode of Bad Lit Friends! @badlitfriends.bsky.social is a podcast about writing that doesn't pretend to be art. Or good.

Don't hate us because we're beautiful. #writingcommunity #writesky

True story.

Wrapped and time for a nap #acting

And just booked a speaking role on a feature tomorrow!!

Just got availed from my callback! This means they liked me enough to check that I can work the dates they're shooting. It doesn't mean I booked it, but it's a huge first step!

Submitted for a role a couple months ago. They had me read for a different character last night and this morning they are asking me to try out yet another. Sometimes, that's the game! My coach says it's a sign that they like you, they're just trying to find where you fit in their cast. #actinglife

Holy crap just got my first in-person commercial audition! Tomorrow! #actinglife

First lines completed

Four days on set working behind the scenes; tonight I'm back in front of a camera on a recall. Supposed to get a line(s)!

On set, Christmas in July

On set this week on a low budget Christmas movie and this weekend I'll be on set reprising my role as a Fetty addict on skid row, now with more lines! Two auditions down yesterday, including a zoom callback, got another audition due on Friday I'll be working on today and tomorrow. #acting

Just finished a self-tape for a huge commercial (for me, anyway). And in 45 minutes I've got my first callback audition via zoom for another decent little commercial! #actinglife

My cat can count his treats. And that number is never enough. #mycatisabondvillain

What did you do at work yesterday?

The Masque of Anarchy As I lay asleep in Italy There came a voice from over the Sea And with great power it forth led me To walk in the visions of Poesy.

It's a good time for us to re-read Shelley's "The Masque of Anarchy" for a pep talk.

‘Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you –
Ye are many – they are few.’

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I'm watching an old Mary Pickford silent film, "Fanchon the Cricket" and it's got the most goddamned annoying music playing over top of it and it took me 12 minutes to realize... It's a fucking silent film I can fuckin' mute this shit and won't miss a thing. #iAMSmart

Some girl gave me her number and said "sure" when I asked if I could send her dick pics. Boy was she mad when I unloaded my whole Richard Nixon collection on her.
#dailyjokewriting #openmichereicome #whennetflixspecial

I dunno when I decided I wasn’t going to buy that car, but probably somewhere between the “oh yeah you have to pump the brakes to get them to stop the car” (while I was driving) or when the body panel fell off.

Just sent out my first unsolicited headshots to a dream project's casting director in the highly unlikely event that they will actually view it and think "yeah, I think we got an audition spot for you." #manifestation #mysuccessisinevitable

Every time I go to Costco I feel like I’m about to join some sort of fundamentalist church and have a sudden desire to have like 8 kids

I need some more of these $50/30 minute shoots.

Secret Level S1E5 is amazing. God I hope Cavill's vision is as dark as that.

I just submitted for a small role as "Burly Man" and I somehow feel like that's cheating...

Digital bolex; vertical style. #bmpccog

Oof. Just took a look at the various casting sites and found myself submitting for around 20 roles. And those are the ones that don't require a self-tape (yet). Still a few self-tapes to crank out. Queried a couple agents. 2025 looking good so far!