…And he wants us to pay. Ah well, we all love him aspire to become him anyway:
RICKY’S BLOG – Read Ricky’s thoughts on his upcoming projects, visits to restaurants and round-headed friends
I also finished editing the pilot episode of our new internet project. It will be called “Learn English with Ricky Gervais” and it’s turned out great.
We hope to have it subtitled into as many languages as possible.
…And it just appeared today! (Who says OldMedia can’t compete?)
What does this have to do with television writing? Check out the Lockhorns’ expressions. Did you ever see such despair?
Pinar Tarhan has some quality insights into writing:
How to Handle Rejection (and When It Might Be A Good Thing) – by Pinar Tarhan
Writers are constantly exposed to a form of rejection. Well, no one likes to be rejected in any area, but we writers need to face the music more often than others. We apply to a lot of writing gigs both online and offline, try to get our stories/novels published, and/ or get our scripts read by producers/agents. And it doesn’t always matter whether we targeted the right market or abided by the guidelines. It doesn’t always make a difference that our writing is good, or the query letters rocked. John Grisham got rejected. J.K. Rowling got rejected. Do I really need to give more examples?
Author, playwright, politician and commentator Gore Vidal, whose vast and sharpened range of published works and public remarks were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, died Tuesday at age 86 in Los Angeles.
Some of my personal favorite Gore Vidal quotes that have no relevance to politics or culture:
My writing hero talked to Mike Wallace back in 1959, and Rod wasn’t exactly a happy camper:
Thanks, Robin!