My interview didn’t make it into Sunday’s broadcast. As a result, they gave me my own show at

After Wednesday, the podcast will be archived and available on the Blog Radio site or its main site:

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A few days ago MovieMaker Magazine, the world’s best-selling independent movie mag, named this blog one of the “50 Best Blogs for Moviemakers.” Click here to read the announcement:

The mag’s editor, Jennifer Wood, emailed me, “We reviewed a lot of blogs and I can tell you that the competition was fierce this year!” The full article is in on newsstands now and will show up online soon. But Jennifer pdf’d me what it says about Joy’s blog: “Gael Chandler’s blog concentrates on – surprise – film editing, reminding

readers that editing is a lot more than pushing buttons on a computer.”

Well, we all knew that but it sure is, well, joyful, to be acknowledged. Especially since this blog is not even five months old! I have put a lot of time into it so it’s good to be acknowledged. But I would like even more to hear from you who read it. Please comment, ask questions, make suggestions or requests at any time. I want to know what you’re thinking and where we can go next.

A blog is born

When I first considered blogging I recoiled, thinking, “What a narcissistic, self-promoting endeavor!” Then I realized that I could write to inform and connect people. I also admitted that I have a lot that I think about and yes, want to say.

Growing up I was admonished not to “toot my own horn” or crow like Peter Pan. I’ve learned along the way that you have to promote your work and creations for them to have their intended homes and to make a living.

So I dropped these perceptions and committed to blogging.

Blog’s journey so far

At first I wasn’t sure if anyone was reading the blog. I didn’t want to feel like Father McKenzie, writing the blogs that nobody.

Webmeister Sherry Green tracked the number of hits, which slowly crept up. And continue to creep. Long may the numbers creep!

Despite the solo nature of my life’s work – writing, editing, projecting films – I am also a teacher by nature and work and a gregarious extrovert. This blog has connected me to new people. And I continue to connect people to each other as I have been connected by others over the years. Sounds biblical but it’s true.

Final note

This blog would not exist without webmeister-designer Sherry Green, who posts it and serves as copy editor and sounding board.

Thank you Sherry and thank you readers.

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Two weeks ago Jamey DuVall, producer and co-host of Blog Talk Radio,
interviewed me on a host of editing topics: the editor and the director, the editor and the producer, the editor’s contributions to films, editing trends, the role of digital editing, my two books and more.

Today the podcast will broadcast at 3 p.m. PST. It will be available through Wednesday here:

After Wednesday, the podcast will be archived and available on the Blog Radio site or its main site:

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I just got off the phone with Jamey DuVall, producer, writer and co-host of Movie Geeks United!, a top social networking media site that features interviews with John Sayles, Paul Shrader, and Francis Ford Coppola and many others filmmakers and film writers. Recent interviews include film journalist Peter Biskind, (author of recent biography), composer Atticus Ross, and actress CCH Pounder. So there’s something of interest to everyone here.

Jamey questioned me about a bunch of editing topics: the editor and the director and the producer, the editor’s contributions, editing trends, the role of digital editing, my two books and more.

The podcast will be available next Wednesday, January 27. JoyofEditing will let you know and provide a link to it. In the meantime, check out Movie Geeks United! for yourself.

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I never had kinder but now I have a kindle. Yes! Amazon will now make a wireless delivery via Whispernet of my first book, Cut by Cut: Editing Your Film or Video. You can sample it for free or order it here:

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