LB: Why I’m Not Writing Films in China

This is, of course, subject to change if I get a good enough offer. Meanwhile:

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The SARFT is the State Administration of Radio Film and Television, described in Robert Cain’s fascinating (to me anyway) blog, ChinaFilmBiz.Com, this way: read article

LB: A Whole New Kind of Animation, Just Waiting for You

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Any time you think you’ve seen it all, or that everything’s been done, look at this video and know – all the way down to your soul – that there is always “something new under the sun.” All you havea to do is find it:

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LB: I Used to Think People Got Older

But now I know better.

And so, clearly, does Garry Trudeau:

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LB: Another Reason Why You Shouldn’t Ask Writers to Read Your Writing

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Whoa! F. Scott Fitzgerald was a Whole Lot Tougher Than We Thought

The next time you think about asking somebody – you know, like your favorite writer – to read your work and give you an honest evaluation, keep in mind that this is the kind of result you might get:

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Dear Frances: read article

LB: If I Hadn’t Made It in Television, I Would’ve Been a Comic Book Writer

…Like my buddies Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway. (Although Gerry did a fine job of escaping that ghetto, didn’t he, by rising to Co-Executive Producer of LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT, among other TV shows?).

I’ve always thought that those working in the two media had a lot in common, and recently two writers still working in comic books have cemented that theory – John Ostrander and Martha Thomases. Here’s Martha’s take on soap opera, which coincidentally happens to be right in line with, yeah, you guessed it – mine.

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