Herbie J Pilato: The best thing you can do for your career is to live your life.

liveby Herbie J Pilato

Attachment to anything is never a good thing.

One of my favorite quotes to this regard is from the genius spirit of Confucius who has said, “Lose expectation; gain everything.”

And this may be applied to every aspect of life…and career and how, for a writer, both intertwine moreso than for other professionals (or for anyone at any level of employment). read article

The Lego Movie: Are We Lego, Or Are We Meta-Lego?

Overthinking the surprise smash hit of the year:

Will-and-Emmetby fenzel

When you build a house out of Legos, there’s a point where it goes from being “a bunch of blocks” to being “a house.” This isn’t quite when it’s finished — but before that, when the walls and maybe a bit of the roof has started to take shape. Your view of it naturally changes and expands to consider it in a new way.

And yet, as much of a “house” as it becomes, the “Lego-ness” of any such project is apparent from those trademarked studs and certain qualities of shape and texture. It never leaves, and is still there when you look for it. read article

Puppetoon Fun For Everybody!

pup-coverTVWriter™ bud Arnold Liebovit has put together one of the most enjoyable DVDs in recent memory – THE PUPPETOON MOVIE, a collection of the “Oscar-Winning Animation of George Pal.”

Check it out:

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Pitching Advice: Revealing Your Big Surprise Twist

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The Bitter Script Reader gives us his take on a problem as old as, well, film and TV:

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LB: What Was It Like to Work with Lynda Carter & Loni Anderson?

 Glad You Asked Dept. 2/24/14

Lynda_Carter2Today’s question is about two of network television’s hottest, um, babes. If I can say “babes.” (Oh well, my wife Gwen the Beautiful undoubtedly will set me straight after she reads this.)

Where were we? Oh, right. Today’s question is about two of the most popular female stars in TV – in the ’70s, that is. Lynda Carter, AKA Wonder Woman, and Loni Anderson, AKA Jennifer Marlowe.

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