Category: By Larry Brody

LB: Newb Writers, How Do You Know You Can Trust Your Rep?

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Glad You Asked Dept. 5/5/14

Woohoo! Question time. And today’s question, from Linda D, is one that every single one of us – including me – has asked ourselves and others at least once or twice in our lives:

Dear LB,

I would like to get your professional opinion regarding a management and production company I’ve been dealing with for about two years. I like them and understand that selling stuff to TV is tough, but basically I have put my faith and trust in one guy who claims to know a lot of people and am still waiting for something to happen. read article

LB Ponders Cutting the Cable-Satellite Cord…

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For the past year and a half, TVWriter™ has been carrying articles about people cutting the cord, as in canceling their cable/satellite service subscriptions and doing everything for free – make that close to free – on their desktops/phones/tablets. Last month I finally decided to give it a try and see if getting all our entertainment via our web connection would work for the Brodys.

This was no idle experiment prompted by a desire to actually learn something, nosirree. It was born out of anger and frustration caused by the wonderful folks at my Unmentionable Satellite Network and their pricing policies, which led to a several months long adventure during which I pared services and programming and managed – oh miracle of miracles! – to get my monthly bill down from an irritating $107 to $41. read article

LB: Some Facebook Writing Finds

Yeah, writing advice and commentary are everywhere. Sometimes it’s valid. Sometimes it’s entertaining. And sometimes you get lucky and find both.

There’s this:

Thanks to Leesa Dean!
Thanks to Leesa Dean!

And this: read article

LB Sees SILICON VALLEY

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The Good:

  • I’m thinking, I’m thinking….

The Not-So-Good: read article

LB: “Mad As Hell” is a great book about a great film written by an even greater writer

mad as hellBuy this book.

I really mean it. I’ve read it but can’t quantify it. No “Good,” “Not So Good,” cute snarking can cut it when it comes to reviewing this “behind-the-scenes story of the making of the movie Network, which transformed the way we think about television and the way television thinks about us.”

Of course, I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out the ultimate irony of the Amazon listing of a book titled Mad as Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies. read article