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Smooth, beautiful, and awesome ending. Saw a glint of coin when I shouldn't have :rolleyes: but the handling was damn sexy still. (:

Good find Dee Anyone wanting to get into mentalism would benefit from this book. I wouldn't put it first on you list of things to study (there are better starting places...and much worse) but it's an excellent reference at an awesome price.

Good advice And 2 points for the LOTR's reference.

If you want to stay just with cards, the royal road is probably the best answer. A good supplement would be card college volume 1. If you want a good varied, sleight of hand based view of everything in magic, I would suggest The Amateur Magician's Handbook by Henry Hay (out of print, 10-15...

Learn everything right the first time. This is a good tip for everything in life, but applies to magic specifically due to muscle memory. If you practice a move incorrectly, you will do it incorrectly. Take time to learn everything correctly the first time around and you wont spend months...

I scrapped both of my color changing decks, and have been reworking my sponge ball routine. I've always loved sponge balls, but justification (as you said) is difficult. I use them as a learning/explination tool, something to keep your mind occupied while I tell you about something boring(and...

I'm totally in. Awesome contest, I would have entered without the prizes probably. O_o

Wow. As many brainstorming-esk ways I use to try and come up with presentations I've never seen this one. It looks pretty brilliant, if anything it'll get you thinking. And great addition Morgician, I'm use to having a full list of ideas and then a full list of tricks and seeing how I could...

They actually publish their hard earned work to share with you and help advance your magic. The money does supplement their income, but most creators are also performers at private parties and resturants. Not every book is written for 'effects' either. Many effects just don't fit peoples...

On the Contrary. You want a character built and solidified no matter how you perform, especially if you do it often and are being paid to do so. Even if your character only shows up through personality, the way you present cards, coins, and sponge balls. If you do a comic card trick and then...

Perhaps he wants to leave the book unkown so you'll think about all the books you've read and not used valuable information out of. If he just names the book, you'll immediately miss the point and think of something you have used from it to seem superior. I have no idea what book you're...

I actually used ACR moves to show the entire deck was one card. No card selected and the reason why is I would know what it was. But then show the cards to be all different, which is impressive, because I either switched the entire deck from all the same to all different or have sleight of hand...

What is your name? Richard Allen How long have you been doing magic? I've lost count of the years. There was no 'definitive' moment when I started. Serious study of the art has probably been going on for the last 3 years though. How long have you been a member of T11? November 15th...

My laptop is dying so this will be short. It varies, I don't create a ton, but I do create some stuff. A few days ago something just kind of hit me, a new use for something I had read in Corinda's 13 steps (or was it Bob Cassidy's Fundamentals...I am no good at sourcing) but instead of...

...I actually don't have either. Yeah, I am a loser... Just didn't like having either/using them actually. I'll pm you

I'm in Raleigh. Might be willing to try and hookup for some magic related fun. What brings you to the middle-NC Scene?

If you have 13 steps...you have everything you need? ;) Depends on where you are going to be performing, what time length you have, and what character you present yourself as. Most mentalist pick one or two things and specialize in them. If you do PK, find a really good routine that...

:rolleyes: Someone missed the first post...

And yet, in the end, you merely forget your problems... By counting backwards and doing deep breathing you're relaxing yourself, that is actually good advice to anyone who gets stressed, ever. At the same time you are replacing your thoughts with 'positive' thoughts, dwelling on something...

Nothing wrong with regularly performing this effect. You created it, as have many other magicians, so you may use it. The great debate would be if you could use it on television. If you plan on having a tv special it would be nice of you to contact both Luke and Wayne about it, explaining...