Breathes There a Soul So Dead…

…that they don’t love Nathan Fillion?

Of course a good script is essential for success…unless your show stars Nathan Fillion.

Life is good – certainly simple – once you cop to your inner fanboy.

*This* is a Good Idea

When is “editing” really “marketing?” Read on:

Children’s author crowdsources the editing of her new time-travel novel
by Charlie Jane Anders

Most authors nowadays try to get as many pairs of eyes as possible to look at their books before they’re published. Look at the acknowledgements of any science fiction or fantasy novel, and you’ll see a list of beta readers and people who gave feedback on early drafts. read article

What We Can Learn From DaVinci

Although, when you think about it, what CAN’T we learn from him?

8 Lessons for Modern Creators from Leonardo da Vinci
by Simon Brushfield

[T]he lessons of Leonardo and his time are not confined to the history books – here’s what they have to teach modern artists and creators. read article

Nothing Shines Like Good COPPER

There’s something about this upcoming BBC America series. Oh, yeah – Tom Fontana & Barry Levinson. To us, that means it’s going to both sound and look GOOD.

(Note to BBC America: We know you have the official billing as Barry Levinson & Tom Fontana, but this site is writercentric…which we think you should be too.)

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munchman: Real 64 Year Old Women Do Not Look Like This

Older than my Gramma

Barbara Hershey to Star in Lifetime TV Movie ‘Left to Die’
by Lesley Goldberg

Barbara Hershey is heading to Lifetime.

The Oscar nominee has been tapped to star in the female-skewing cabler’s original telepicLeft to Die, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Based on a true story, Hershey will play Sandra Chase, a woman who takes an innocent vacation in Ecuador but ends up being wrongly imprisoned for drug trafficking. read article