The Writer is God
The Guardian reports that the only way to raise the quality of UK television series is to adopt the showrunner/writing room system prevalent in the U.S. They write, in part: The only way to produce...
View ArticleWidespread Positive Reaction to MWA’s Action
The reaction to MWA’s delisting of Harlequin has been overwhelmingly positive. I wish I could share with you the dozens of emails I’ve received from authors, many of them published by Harlequin,...
View ArticleIt’s All About Buzz
If you read the newspapers, the blogs and the trades, there's no question that MAD MEN is a huge critical and popular hit. But if you look at the numbers, it's a different story. On Sunday, MAD MEN,...
View ArticleWho Needs a Writing Staff?
THE WALKING DEAD showrunner Frank Darabont stirred up a lot of talk among TV writers today by firing his writing staff and announcing that he would rely on himself and just a couple of freelancers to...
View ArticleWhat Does MWA Do?
I always feel guilty when I spend more time posting on someone else's blog than my own…which is what has been happening over the last few days. I have been cheating on you over at Joe Konrath's blog....
View ArticleInside the Mind of a Literary Thief
Everybody knows by now that the spy thriller Assassin of Secrets was stitched together by "author" Quentin Rowan from passages stolen, word for word, from other espionage novels. But he went even...
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My TV Book Addiction
I have an addiction — I love books about TV, even if they are about shows I don’t like or have never watched. I buy them on the off-chance I will learn something about the business, or about...
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My TV Book Addiction, Part II
I love Bear Manor Media. They publish TV books that no publisher in their right mind ever would. Who else but Bear Manor would publish books about the western Temple Houston and the sitcom Good Morning...
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Three New TV Books Reviewed
I’m a sucker for TV books, even those about shows I didn’t watch or don’t particularly like…because, often, I can learn something new about the development, writing and production of TV series that I...
View ArticleDisney Must Pay
I am a member of the #DisneyMustPay Joint Task Force, a group of various writers’ organizations (SFWA, MWA, ITW, etc), that is demanding that authors, comic book & graphic novel creators get paid...
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