Indie Filmmakers – Amazon Wants You!

And this time it looks like they really mean it:

Check out Amazon Direct!

by Jason Guerrasio

With the Sundance Film Festival just finished, filmmakers whose films didn’t get sold during the festival are now trying to come up with a strategy to stay relevant in the eyes of buyers.

In the hopes of attracting some of the movies that aren’t having distributors knocking down their doors, Amazon announced before the festival began that any feature film that played at this year’s Sundance can join its Amazon Video Direct platform, a service that Amazon touts as being a “self-service publishing interface, without the need for complex negotiations or contracts.” read article

Prominent fortune cookie writer retiring due to writer’s block

Not a Wonton Food Inc fortune cookie, just a sort of clever facsimile

by TVWriter™ Press Service

Word has it that the United States’ pre-eminent fortune cookie writer has retired, and it’s all because of a case of writer’s block.

According to Channel 25, the ABC network affiliate in Waco, TX:

Donald Lau has worked at Wonton Food Inc. for 30 years as both a fortune writer and chief financial officer.  But he’s retiring from at least one of his roles after a linguistic dry spell. read article

Kate G: ClexaCon March 3rd – 5th 2017

by Kathryn Graham

ClexaCon! A convention focused solely on queer women in the media. It aims to celebrate and elevate women on and behind the screen.

Born of the desire to see more and better representation for LGBTQ women, ClexaCon connects filmmakers, actors, visionaries, and the fans. Actresses like Zoie Palmer and Katherine Bell, among many others who play bisexual or lesbian characters on television, will be present. read article

Writers Guild of America West February 2017 Calendar

Clickable version is HERE

Nickelodeon Writing Program Open for Submissions

by TVWriter™ Press Service

Yeppers, kids, this is the official logo. Doesn’t it make ya feel deadly?

Nick’s global Writing Program is one of the best in the biz, if they do say so themselves.

Alumni have gone on to create their own Nickelodeon shows and write for an assortment of TV series and films.

While in the Program, writers meet Nickelodeon’s series creators, work in writers’ rooms, and receive hands-on experience writing spec scripts and pitching story ideas in both live action and animated television, all while being provided a salary. read article