Carla Custance Wins Women in Film Screenwriting Award!

carla-custanceObservant visitors to TVWriter™ will note that just 2 days ago we reported that 21012 and 2014 Spec Spec Scriptacular winner Carla Custance was a Finalist for the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival UBC Creative Writing Award for Best Screenplay, and now we’re bustin’ with pride because:

Carla won the top prize!

Way to go, Carla! We knew you were awesome and loo, forward to the next honor (like maybe a gig?) your awesomeness brings you! read article

TVWRITER™ NEWSLETTER – Spring 2016

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following went out to those on the TVWriter™ e-mail list yesterday. Here it is for those of you who – OMG! – haven’t signed up yet:

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A WORD FROM LB read article

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE Tribute Dinner

by Team TVWriter™ Press Service

littlehouseprarieContributing Editor Herbie J Pilato, the King of Classic TV, wants us all to know that the stars of TV’s most beloved family shows will gather on Friday, March 19th for “A Little House on the Prairie Tribute Dinner” – which will be held at the West Wing Ballroom at the Anaheim White House in Anaheim, California from 4 PM to 10 PM.

Fans of the series are invited to dine with their favorite stars of the legendary series, including Dean Butler (also the star of “The New Gidget”), Radames Pera (“Kung Fu”), and author/comedian Alison Arngrim, who will be leading a special tour to Big Sky Ranch (where the show was filmed), among many others.

The evening will include cocktails, an elegant three-course dinner, behind-the-scene stories, special surprises, and more. read article

The Week at TVWriter™ – March 14, 2016

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In case you’ve missed what’s happening at TVWriter™, the most popular blog posts during the week ending yesterday were:

Peggy Bechko on the Writer’s Curse: Overthinking read article

It’s CARGO 3120 Day

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Longtime TVWriter™ visitors may recall that LB and the minions here have always had a soft spot for the writing of Aaron Walker Sr. and Daymond C. Roman and CARGO 3120, the project they’ve been struggling with for a couple of years now.

Originally intended as a television series, then a live-action web series, then an animated web series, and then a weekly web comic, this fascinating science fiction premise has had tough going…not because of any lack of talent behind it but because of, well, a problem all of us probably know all too well: read article