Archive for the ‘Book Mentions’ Category
GATE 2 – What an Amazing Event! ;-)
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
GATE (the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment) is a nonprofit 501c(6) membership trade association that strives to inspire and empower professionals in the media, entertainment and arts to consciously create and distribute transformational content. Founded by visionary Chairman and CEO, John Raatz, last night’s “coming out” event brought “the tribe” together to activate and catalyze [...]
Tags: 12/22/12, 196 countries of the world in alphabetical order, Amish Grace, Annie Lennox, Ash Ruiz, Baba Oyadare Ranson III, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Damien Rose, Dara Marks, Didgeridoo, Don Miguel Ruiz, Drew Dellinger, Eckhart Tolle, Edward James Olmos, Faith Rivera, Frances Fisher, Fred Alan Wolf, Funkamentalz, Gary Zukav, GATE, Gate Community, Gate2, Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment, Hieroglyphic Stairway, Inside Story, It's 3:23 in the morning, Jahan Raymond, Jean Houston, Jim Carrey, John Raatz, Kate McCallum, Kyle Cease, Lili Hadyn, Louie Anderson, Marianne Williamson, Marta Mobley, my great great grandchildren, NOW, only a new seed can yield a new crop, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Quantum Physics, Rafael Bejarano, SuperBowl XLVI, The Four Agreements, Tibetan Bowl, violin, Wade Colwell-Sandoval, what did you do, Worldside
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Sample Client Projects
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
I Ghostwrote Million Dollar Cup of Tea, the mother-daughter kitchen table start-up that turned into the $75 million dollar business of Oregon Chai, for C0-Founder (Mom) Tedde McMillen who was so thrilled with what we came up with together that she very kindly gave me a “with” cover credit as a nice surprise when it [...]
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The Great Linda Seger Has Done It Again!
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
In this, her ninth book on screenwriting, the industry’s matriarch who essentially created the job of script consultant three decades ago, Dr. Seger has gone on to clarify one of the most elusive elements of screenwriting in her latest book: WRITING SUBTEXT: what lies beneath. “Subtext is the true meaning simmering underneath the words and actions,” she [...]
Tags: Book Reviews, Linda Seger, on the nose, rewriting, Screenwriting, subtext, what lies beneath, Writing Subtext
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Which Show Should I Spec?
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
Writers are unfortunately often perceived to be at the bottom of the food chain in the feature world. But in the world of TV, it’s a very different story. TV Writers are some of Hollywood’s best-paid and most respected professionals. But the odds of breaking in (or back in) to that coveted writer’s room seem [...]
Tags: 30 Rock, 90210, Aaron Spelling, All is Lost, big bang theory, Breaking Bad, cable, Castle, CBS Diversity Program, character’s point of view, Charmed, close-ended, Comedies, Community, Cougar Town, Criminal Minds, CSI:NY, Dexter, dilemma, episode, feature, Girlfriends, Glee, goal, Hollywood, How I Met Your Mother, irony, Jen Grisanti, Mad Men, Medium, Melrose Place, modern family, multi-camera, NBC Writer’s on the Verge, NCIS, network, Numbers, Nurse Jackie, one act play, Parenthood, pilot, procedural, screenplays, serial, series, single camera, sophomore shows, Spec, speculative, subtext, Supernatural, The 4400, the closer, The Good Wife, The Mentalist, The Walking Dead, three camera, Tracking Board, True Blood, TV Writers, Two and a Half Men, unique voice, United States of Tara, White Collar, writing portfolio
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How To Have a Successful Staffing and Development Season
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
If you’re an aspiring television writer, trying to get staffed this season or perhaps (like me), you’ve got an original pilot (or two) you’re shopping, understanding the business cycles can be helpful in planning and executing your strategies. 2011 Staffing and Development Calendar Staffing Timeline
Tags: advertisers, agents, All is Lost, anticipation, aspiring television writer, business cycles, Calendar, CBS, commercial airtime, Development, dilemma, Diversity Program, executing, Executives, expectation, Heather Hale, inciting incident, irony, Jen Grisanti, managers, NBC, network shows, original pilot, outlines, picked up to series, planning, Protagonist, rock and a hard place, series, staffing meetings, staffing season, Staffing Timeline, strategies, studio executive, subtext, surprise, The Good Wife, Tracking Board, Upfronts, White Collar, Writer’s on the Verge, writers rooms
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