Bob Tinsley: Hefalumps and Woozles, or, Ebooks and Scripts

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Transmedia.

That’s a hot new buzzword making the rounds of the prose indie publishing interwebs. I searched for it on TVWriter and got two hits; in neither of them did I find the word “transmedia”. Don’t know what the deal with that is.

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‘Borgias’: Two-Hour Movie Script Gets E-book Treatment

Because the future is now:

jeremy_irons_francois_renaud_the_borgias_h_2013by Lesley Goldberg

The Borgias fans are getting closure after all.

The canceled theJeremy Irons drama after three seasons, the premium cable network announced Monday that creator Neil Jordan‘s script for a two-hour movie follow-up would be released this week as an e-book.

“Breaking #Borgias News! SHOWTIME and THE BORGIAS creator Neil Jordan are excited to announce the release of his new e-book, THE BORGIA APOCALYPSE, based on his original script for THE BORGIAS two-hour finale,” the network announced via Twitter. “THE BORGIA APOCALYPSE will be available this week via major e-retailers. We’re thrilled that the series’ loyal fans will have the opportunity to read Neil’s final farewell to one of history’s most infamous families.” read article

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 8/18/13

Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are

  • Barry Schindel (LAW & ORDER) is the new showrunner of CBS midseason drama series INTELLIGENCE. To which we feel duty bound to say – ready? sure? – “Smart move!” (Hey, look, dunno when you’re reading this,but we wrote it pretty damn early in the a.m.)
  • Ken Marino & Erica Oyama (he’s a star of CHILDRENS HOSPITAL; she’s his, um, wife) have sold a sitcom about a new twist on the American dream to Fox. (And why not? Ken and Erica are living it, right? Cuz that hitch your wagon to a star thing, isn’t that the real American dream?)
  • Mickey Fisher (noob!) has sold a science fiction drama, ECTANT, to CBS with a straight-to-series order. (Interestingly, this wasn’t a case of the writer pitching to the network but rather of the networks pitching to the writer. Every place in H’wood wanted this show…or, um, its producer, some old guy named Steven Spielberg. Must be the Hitch Your Wagon Syndrome we’ve been hearing about.)
  • Alexandra Rushfield (PARKS & RECREATION) has written STUCK, a sitcom pilot for Fox. (Because, in line with today’s theme, it too has hitched up with a mighty fine wagon – Rashida Jones, formerly a co-star of the very same PARKS & RECREATION, will be the producer. Anybody want to bet that she’ll also end up the star?)

More & More Peeps are Hating on “Kindle Worlds”

But let’s be honest, Kurt Vonnegut’s estate is just as much to blame. The late, lamented Kurt-man must be totally entangled in his latest cat’s cradle from turning over and over in his grave.

Dig it (um, that’s a grave joke, see?):

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The 2013 PEOPLE’S PILOT Semi-Finalists are:

22nd PEOPLE’S PILOT SEMI-FINALISTS

For contest ending June 1, 2013

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