Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
California Christmas
Sunday, December 25th, 2011
The Marina Del Rey Boat Parade – complete with fireworks – what fun!
Tags: Boat Parade, Christmas in California, Marina del Rey, Mariner's Village, NW Passage, Parade of Lights
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Flash Forward is Back! :)
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
I’m really excited and truly honored to be coaching the first big Flash Forward in years. I’m thrilled to be joining a dozen terrific alumni coaches (see list below), all of us volunteering our time to mentor and support the 80 actors, directors, TV and film screenwriters, playwrights, producers, composers, singers, musicians, magicians, comedians, Dept [...]
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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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Watercolor West Tony Sheets Demo
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
Yesterday, my watercolor teacher who ya’ll know I love so much, took our class on a field trip to the Watercolor West Annual Juried Exhibition in Orange County and to learn from a wonderful demonstration by Tony Sheets. So cool. Imagine being so good at your art that you could literally be in flow in a theater [...]
Tags: Art, Deborah Swan Mc Donald, Millard Sheets, painting, Tony Sheets, Watercolor
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2010 Emmys
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Billy and I had a lovely time at the 2010 Primetime Emmys at The Nokia Theatre Sunday, August 29. And enjoying dinner at The Palms afterwards with Xaque Gruber, Holly Celeste Fisk (nominated for Best Roommate) and their guests! We racked up some serious pointage in our combined efforts to get Xaque’s face painted on the [...]
Tags: awards ceremonies, Billy Burns, Emmys, Holly Celeste Fisk, Xaque Gruber
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