Crowdfunding: THE DEVIL YOU SAY

Not a picture of Robin Walsh but of the star of her puppet play!
Not a picture of Robin Walsh but of the star of her puppet play!

TVWriter™ pal Robin Walsh is without doubt the finest puppeteer working today.

You might even say she’s demonic.

We fully support everything Robin does, and this could well be her best show yet. TVWriter™ urges you to check out her Kickstarter page for THE DEVIL YOU SAY, a one-act puppet soliloquy in which “The Devil himself takes the stage…to mount his defense and show who’s really to blame. God, Satan, Man…?” read article

Peer Production: S(HER)LOCK

Now this looks like something worth contributing to:

new take on Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock as a woman has wonderful possibilities. Find out more about this upcoming (we hope) series on Kickstarter!

Leesa Dean: Adventures of a Web Series Newbie #84

Back to the Drawing Board
by Leesa Dean

So, heard back from the extremely long-shot opportunity for one of my projects and…it was a long-shot.  They didn’t buy it.  Le sigh. becoming-a-writer-01  Luckily, I’m one of those types who moves on from rejection pretty quickly, i.e., spent a night with friends drinking, grousing, complaining, occasionally weeping and moved on by the next day.  Ok, maybe not weeping.

My first inclination whenever I get rejected/turned down/kicked to the curb is to put together a plan b and/or c.  So I did.  And, truthfully, I actually am pretty excited about the prospects.   Because it’s the end of the year, going back into meetings is pretty much out, which is fine.  It gives me time to refine, rewrite, strategize about relaunch/promo and work on the three other projects I’m doing.

My grandmother always used to say, “One door closes, another one opens.”  And I’ve found that’s always been the case.  Or maybe that’s just my perspective. read article

Leesa Dean: Adventures of a Web Series Newbie 76

THE WEB SERIES IS DEAD. LONG LIVE THE WEB SERIES
by Leesa Dean

rip-spokeo-info-bubble-copyRecently there was an article in The Guardian about the future of web series that’s been causing a bit of an uproar in the indie web series community.

It says that web series are in decline because Hollywood has stepped in and indie creators can’t compete with the big guns: Netflix and Amazon.  It goes as far as saying that aside from a few established talents/series that have managed to sustain themselves, everyone else seems to have “packed their bags and gone home.”

Wow.  Harsh!  I agree.  And disagree. read article

Peer Production: BAD TIMING

How to sit back, relax, and enjoy the Apocalypse.

THE GOOD: This is the best web series about the end of the world evah.

THE GOODER: Funny as hell. read article