Swipe, Cliffhanger, Buy: Why Brands are Betting on Micro-Dramas

October 16, 2026.Reading time 8 minutes.

Ads used to interrupt the story. Now they are the story. Micro-dramas are vertical, soap-style series with one- to two-minute episodes built on betrayal, secret billionaires and cliffhangers.

New Published Feature Story by R. Michael Brown – A Land Remembered Comes Home

October 9, 2026.Reading time 4 minutes.

For a Hardee County rancher’s son, playing Zech MacIvey is not make-believe. It is family memory, Florida history and the open country still worth saving.

Five Tech Revolutions. Everybody Doubted Them. Then They Took Over.

July 27, 2026.Reading time 18 minutes.

Technology has a funny way of showing up uninvited, rearranging the furniture, and putting the office and industries into a panic. I’ve watched it happen five times: Personal computer, Cellphone, Internet and Web, Social media, Artificial intelligence

2025 Christmas Parade – Lake Placid, Florida

December 15, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Started off with the high school JROTC! Go Dragons!

Nothing better than small-town USA.

Lake Huntley has a Hold on Me – Love Song for My Wife

November 28, 2025.Reading time 5 minutes.

Wrote and produced a Thanksgiving love song for my wife Leonor Martinez (Mama) about our life here on Lake Huntley in Lake Placid, Florida.

R. Michael Brown Delivers 100 Years at the 100 Documentary to Rave Reviews

October 19, 2025.Reading time 7 minutes.

100 Years at the 100: A Century of Learning in Lake Placid, FL A delighted audience watched the premier of 100 Years at the 100 on Saturday, October 18, 1925. The documentary film was produced for the Centennial Anniversary of the South Florida State College – Lake Placid Center in Lake Placid, Florida and was […]