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Month: January 2017
Troy DeVolld: 2017 NEW YEAR’S SUGGESTIONS FOR REALITY TV
by Troy DeVolld
Well, here we are, not so deep into 2017. I’m wrapping up on season three of Vh1’s K Michelle:My Life and looking forward to some new shows and non-TV opportunities the year is already hinting at… including another book.
If you know me, you know what a fan of lists I am. I keep a list of goals to be accomplished in one year, five, and ten, and I’m also a big fan of making resolutions.
While I’ll be keeping mine to myself, as I usually do, here are a few that reality television viewers and producers might want to consider if they haven’t already filled up on “stop eating donuts” and “spend more time with Mom.”
Munchman sees ‘One Day at a Time’
by Munchman
This mini review will be short – like the show, which is a half-hour Netflix presentation that reboots Norman Lear’s late ’70s-early ’80s sitcom, One Day at a Time – and probably sweeter than the crappy pilot I just watched.
Oh, damn, I gave it away. Shit.
How to Save for Retirement When You’re a Freelancer or Self-Employed
If certain rumors about the future of Social Security are to be believed, the following is indeed a public service message and important not only to writers but to everybody out there who, you know, makes a buck or two on their own:
by Dan Rafter
It’s not easy saving for retirement when you work a full-time job that provides a steady income every month. But if you work as a freelancer, small business owner or independent contractor? Saving enough for retirement can be even more challenging because your income can vary so much each month.
Dennis O’Neil: Let There Be White!
by Dennis O’Neil
All right now, settle down. Here it is, already the new year and we haven’t even started yet. Started what? That’s just about the kind of question I’d expect from you, mister smarty pants!
We can begin with a gripe, follow with a premature digression and then maybe segue into a topic. Ready for the gripe? Here goes: Geez, a lot of stuff sucks!
But let me tell you about my early days in the writing dodge. When I was groping through the universe, certain of very little, a person or persons whose identity I’ve forgotten told me that clarity was of high importance. Or maybe even crucial. I believed him/her/them and conducted my professional life accordingly, and it seemed to me that the perpetrators of the novels and comic books and films and plays and short stories I was absorbing mostly did the same. (Poems? Maybe not so much. That Ezra Pound can be pretty rough going.) Murkiness was, by and large, not considered a virtue.