Finding a fresh approach to thinking about magic.
I've found a book that helps me understand magic just a little better, as well as appreciate COMIC BOOKS better. The book in question is UNDERSTANDING COMICS (The invisible art)…
Be wary of thinking someone is stupid.
A while back, I had someone send me an email regarding one of my manuscripts. They said that they thought the ENDING of the trick would have been better if…
Organization – a necessary evil.
As a programmer/director type during my work career, I really learned to hate yet appreciate what it takes to organize a project. You have to find the right staff, figure…
Some magic…some not magic
It's pretty much every day that I think of magic. Many days I actually play around with ideas and props. Some days are all rehearsal. Some days...not so much. Take…
Please do reviews. For selfish reasons.
This is going to sound self-serving, and quite frankly, it is. You see, I write manuscripts for magicians. I have almost 50 of them on Lybrary.com, covering a gamut of…
A day of – other – things
Today is not a particularly good magic day. I do have a 15 minute lecture coming up, so I did run through my material a few times, but other than…
When it’s hard to practice, this may help.
There are some tricks that are just hard to practice. They're boring to do over and over. Yet to get good at them, you must do EXACTLY that. Practice over…
Practicing a fatal error!
If there's one thing that 98% of all magicians do poorly, it's practice. A ton of magical methods require nonchalance, and a carefree handling. And the only way you…
I don’t know where people get these ideas.
Somehow, somewhere, people have gotten the idea that I can give talks and lectures about magic. I seriously have no idea why anyone would think that. But they do. So,…
Ah, the lovely internet………
In a vague effort to push my website more, I decided to pick a more generic URL ( www.BestOmahaMagician.com) and have it redirect to my website ( www.LarryBrodahl.com ). Well,…